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Granta Nakayama specializes in energy and environmental issues. A partner in our Environmental practice with a focus on energy, Granta represents companies in a range of regulatory and enforcement matters.
With training as a nuclear engineer and more than a decade of experience as a practicing engineer and technical manager, Granta represents clients with products or services regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), along with state government agencies such as the California Air Resources Board. He defends companies in enforcement actions and litigation involving regulations and rate proceedings, and represents their interests in agency rulemakings and Congressional matters.
From 2005 to 2009, Granta served as Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. In that role, he led 3,400 employees in a national enforcement and compliance program covering air, water, waste, toxic chemicals and pesticides. During his tenure, EPA achieved record annual pollutant reductions (more than 3 billion pounds) and injunctive relief (over $11 billion).
The National Law Journal has recognized Granta as a 2016 "Energy and Environmental Trailblazer." He has been listed by The Legal 500 every year since 2010, and was recognized as a "Hall of Famer" in both the environmental litigation and regulatory and the rail and road litigation and regulatory sections in 2020. He has also been ranked in each edition of Chambers USA since 2010.
J.D., George Mason University School of Law
S.B. Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M. Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
District of Columbia
Virginia
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
July 24, 2023
Grant Nakayama comments on David Uhlmann's confirmation by the Senate to lead EPA's enforcement division
July 1, 2024
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
January 24, 2024
General Counsel’s Decision Tree for Internal Investigations for the Energy Industry
December 26, 2023
IRS and Treasury Issue Guidance on Section 40B Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
July 24, 2023
Grant Nakayama comments on David Uhlmann's confirmation by the Senate to lead EPA's enforcement division
July 1, 2024
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
January 24, 2024
General Counsel’s Decision Tree for Internal Investigations for the Energy Industry
December 26, 2023
IRS and Treasury Issue Guidance on Section 40B Sustainable Aviation Fuel Credit
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
June 6, 2024
King & Spalding Earns 198 Lawyer Rankings, 90 Practice Group Rankings in Chambers USA Guide
July 24, 2023
Grant Nakayama comments on David Uhlmann's confirmation by the Senate to lead EPA's enforcement division
J.D., George Mason University School of Law
S.B. Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S.M. Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
District of Columbia
Virginia