Tal Carmeli is an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

Tal advises clients on environmental matters, including the effects of climate change.

Tal advises energy companies, financial institutions, private equity firms, and project developers on a range of transactional and environmental matters, including climate change, renewable fuel programs, voluntary and compliance-grade environmental commodities, and carbon neutrality.

Her experience includes transactional diligence, contract negotiation, and permitting.

Tal's experience includes advising:

  • Microsoft on the deployment of its US$1 billion Climate Innovation Fund
  • Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on environmental commodity transactions, including carbon allowances and carbon offset credits
  • American Airlines and Frontier on greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and disclosure issues
  • C-Quest Capital on ongoing basis on the structure and negotiation of all carbon credit sale agreements and various documents
  • Emergent Forest Finance Accelerator on its legal agreements with donors, credit purchasers, and host countries for international REDD forestry projects
  • Private equity funds on policy matters related to compliance carbon trading markets
  • NRG Energy on its acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, for US$740 million
  • Searchlight Capital Partners on strategic investment in Wecom
  • The Israeli Environmental Protection Agency, in the Legal Department, focusing on criminal and administrative enforcement of water pollution violations*
  • A leading Tel-Aviv law firm, in the environmental and climate change practice, advising:
    • Chevron Mediterranean Limited on various environmental and operational regulatory matters and environmental class actions*
    • PepsiCo on its acquisition of SodaStream International, for US$3.2 billion (2018)*
    • Nestle on its acquisition of Osem, an Israeli food manufacturer, for US$840 million (2019)*
    • Israel Electricity Corporation on its sale of the Ramat Hovav Power Plant to Edeltech Group and Shikun & Binui Holdings Ltd., for US$675 million (2019)*
    • Israel Electricity Corporation on its sale of the Alon Tavor Power Plant to MRC Group. Composed of China Harbor Engineering, Mivtach Shamir Holdings, and Rapac Energy, for US$523 million (2019)*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • LLM, Columbia University
  • LLB in Law & Environmental Science, Hebrew University

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Hebrew