Allison Sloto

Primary Focus & Experience

Ms. Sloto focuses her practice on a range of environmental matters, particularly on identifying and resolving environmental issues and liability in transactions, including financing, project development, mergers and acquisitions, real estate development, securities offerings, and corporate restructuring. She regularly provides environmental advice and due diligence support for large-scale renewable energy projects. Her educational background allows her to provide a multidisciplinary perspective when counseling clients on Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”), especially climate change and sustainability concerns.

Before joining Milbank, Allison represented developers on a wide range of projects requiring environmental and land use permitting, including site plan and/or special permit approvals, variances, the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, tidal and freshwater wetlands, wastewater and stormwater discharges, solid and hazardous waste management, and the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program. She has also litigated environmental and land use claims, including Article 78 proceedings and Section 1983 due process claims.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Allison has been selected yearly since 2021 as a Super Lawyers Environmental Rising Star. She is a graduate of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and Yale School of the Environment’s Juris Doctorate/ Masters in Environmental Management program. She serves as the Chair of the Climate Change and Renewable Energy subcommittee of the New York City Bar Association’s Environmental Law Committee. While in law school, Allison was the Research & Writing Editor for the Pace Environmental Law Review.