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Zaheer Tajani, an associate in our Environmental, Health and Safety Practice, focuses on a broad range of investigations, compliance, and corporate matters for clients across multiple sectors, with a focus on the technology, industrial, and manufacturing sectors.
Zaheer advises clients around the globe on a range of ever-evolving topics related to environmental laws, policy, and compliance. His clients include public and private entities across industrial sectors, including automotive and other industrial product manufacture, renewable energy and energy transition, land management, waste management, and energy and AI infrastructure.
Zaheer's regulatory practice focuses on compliance, investigation and litigation related to a broad set of environmental statutes. These include experience in both the public and private sector working on the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Endangered Species Act, Tribal and cultural-resource issues, and National Environmental Policy Act.
Formerly an environmental engineer, Zaheer previously worked in environmental remediation in the private sector and, later, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Water. Zaheer joined King & Spalding in 2025 after multiple years of private practice and federal government service. As a public servant, he served as Associate Deputy General Counsel at the Department of the Army where he focused on Supreme Court litigation and water and infrastructure matters with the Army Corps of Engineers. He also served as a Senior Advisor to the Solicitor at the Department of the Interior and as a Senior Deputy Associate Counsel in the White House.
J.D., Pace University School of Law, Valedictorian
Masters of Environmental Management, Yale School of the Environment
B.S. Civil Engineering, Cornell University
District of Columbia
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
Spanish
Urdu
December 1, 2025
King & Spalding advises Eagle Corporation in the $675 million sale of Concrete Pipe & Precast, LLC
November 20, 2025
EPA and Corps of Engineers Release a Proposed New Definition of “Waters of the United States,” Limiting Federal Jurisdiction
October 14, 2025
CEQ Issues New NEPA Implementation Guidance: Another Step in the Ever-Evolving NEPA Landscape
August 19, 2025
Executive Order Seeks to Turbocharge U.S. Commercial Space Industry
December 1, 2025
King & Spalding advises Eagle Corporation in the $675 million sale of Concrete Pipe & Precast, LLC
November 20, 2025
EPA and Corps of Engineers Release a Proposed New Definition of “Waters of the United States,” Limiting Federal Jurisdiction
October 14, 2025
CEQ Issues New NEPA Implementation Guidance: Another Step in the Ever-Evolving NEPA Landscape
August 19, 2025
Executive Order Seeks to Turbocharge U.S. Commercial Space Industry
December 1, 2025
King & Spalding advises Eagle Corporation in the $675 million sale of Concrete Pipe & Precast, LLC
J.D., Pace University School of Law, Valedictorian
Masters of Environmental Management, Yale School of the Environment
B.S. Civil Engineering, Cornell University
District of Columbia
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
Spanish
Urdu