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Liability Solutions
* For Large Corporates & Multinationals

Flacks Group is actively seeking troubled assets globally, offering a proven and efficient acquisition service for environmentally contaminated and non-ESG compliant properties. Our team, with over 40 years of experience and success specializes in conducting transactions rapidly and discreetly, supported by a robust, permanent capital base instilling confidence in handling significant transactions effortlessly to ensure confidence in handling significant transactions effortlessly.

We manage properties with active maintenance without affecting the viability of acquisitions. For instance, our UK chromium site has ongoing maintenance and collaboration with the British EPA, demonstrating our commitment to sustained property management.

We aim for sustainable development by reducing environmental impact. For example, we’ve decreased well sampling at a site in Oklahoma and are working on solar and carbon credit projects, reflecting our shift from brownfields to green solutions.

Acquisition Focus

Real Property: Includes brownfields, refineries, power plants, smelting facilities, oil and gas properties, or any other special situations with environmental or structural challenges.

Preferred Sectors

Including but not limited to Chemical, Mining, Oil and Gas, Coal, Heavy Manufacturing, Petroleum Refining, Pipelines, Power Generation, and Distribution.

Transactional Advantages

Quick, Uncomplicated Closings: Our process is designed
for rapid transactions without financial contingencies, representations, or warranties, while offering collateralized guarantees and absolute confidentiality.

Efficiency: Ability to close in as little as 30 days.

Legacy & Liability Expertise

Environmental Management: A team of skilled advisors and consultants experienced in handling challenges such as asbestos, PFAS, hydrocarbons, chemical spills, PCBs, coal ash ponds, oil and gas wells, and other hazardous contaminants and situations.

No Corporate Liability: Our business model allows you to transfer properties off your books into a multi-billion-dollar global portfolio, 100% owned and controlled by Flacks Group, structured in a manner that ensures your liabilities do not revert back to you. Experienced in addressing complex corporate liabilities and issues related to non-ESG compliant liabilities.

We acquire assets facing challenges due to their sustainability issues, with the goal of transforming them into sustainable and ESG-compliant businesses. Flacks Group ensures the acquired entities are aligned with standards such as IFRS, ISSB (International Sustainability Standards Board), and CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), while also eliminating risks for the seller post-closing. Recent projects in Oklahoma City and Teesside Airport, UK, demonstrate our ability to revitalize real estate assets, transforming them into sustainable, thriving business hubs while meeting stringent ESG criteria.

Flacks Group will be your reliable partner in navigating and closing complex transactions with precision and speed. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss how our specialized acquisition services have helped large corporations globally in achieving their strategic objectives.

PFAS Liabilities & Risk Transfer Solutions

A Permanent Off-Ramp for a Global Corporate Challenge

PFAS: A Mounting Crisis for Multinationals

What We Acquire

PFAS — a class of over 10,000 synthetic chemicals including PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and PFHxS — have become the defining environmental liability issue of this decade. Used widely in firefighting foams, industrial coatings, and manufacturing processes, PFAS are now linked to persistent environmental and human heaith risks.

Multinationals across industries face:

  • Unbounded remediation obligations under CERCLA, RCRA, and global equivalents
  • Third-party lawsuits from municipalities, regulators, and private plaintiffs
  • Transaction and disclosure risk as PFAS emerges in M&A, IPO, and audit reviews
  • Reputational and ESG damage, particularly in chemicals, aerospace, and industrial sectors
  • Global regulatory uncertainty, including proposed bans and classification under EU REACH and U.S. Superfund law

With billions in remediation costs and legal judgments already materializing, PFAS liabilities are a serious financial and operational threat to global businesses, particularly those divesting legacy operations or real estate.

What We Acquire

Flacks Group acquires real estate, business units, and standalone entities burdened by PFAS liabilities, providing sellers with a complete transfer of environmental risk.

We are prepared to assume:

Historical Use of PFAS
  • AFFF deployment at airports, training sites, and military installations
  • PFAS in plating, coatings, machining fluids, and wastewater discharge
  • Fluorochemical and specialty chemical manufacturing footprints
Regulatory Compliance and Cleanup
  • Sites under oversight by the EPA, state agencies, Environment Canada, and others
  • Active monitoring, engineering controls, and long-term remediation
  • Cost recovery and penalty enforcement by regulators
CERCLA and RCRA Reopeners
  • Reexamination of previously closed sites as PFAS gains hazardous designation
  • Retroactive enforcement, regardless of original discharge timing or source
  • Cost sharing or contribution disputes between the responsible parties
Third-Party Legal Claims
  • Natural Resource Damage INRD) actions by states and tribal authorities
  • Class actions for bodily injury and property damage
  • Utility and municipal lawsuits for water treatment infrastructure

Our Transaction Model

Flacks Group’s process is designed for speed, discretion, and certainty, with no financing conditions and no requirement for seller reps or warranties.

  • Permanent Liability Transfer
    Risk is absorbed into a Flacks-controlled entity.
    No future clawbacks.
  • Balance Sheet Relief
    Complete derecognition of the PFAS liability from corporate financials.
  • Transaction Speed
    We close in as little as 30 days, often faster than strategic or PE buyers.
  • Absolute Confidentiality
    Transactions are private. We protect the seller reputation and minimize stakeholder disruption.

A Trusted Partner for Environmental
Liability Carve-Outs

PFAS presents a unique convergence of legal, environmental, and reputational risk — one that cannot be resolved through conventional divestitures alone.
Flacks Group has over four decades of experience managing “unwanted* assets – from contaminated real estate to non-ESG compliant business units. Our deep expertise, discretion, and capital strength make us the ideal partner for corporations looking to exit environmental risk completely and permanently.