

Adjunct Professor
Boston College Law School
885 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02459
Email: gerard.caron@bc.edu
Fall 2022: Building a Strong Compliance Culture
Spring 2023: Managing Environmental Compliance in RE/M&A Transactions
Mr. Caron received his B.A. from Boston College in 1984 before earning his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1988. He currently serves as Chief Counsel SH&E at Cabot Corporation. Prior to working for the Cabot Corporation Mr. Caron was an associate at Goodwin Proctor LLP from 1989-1997 and a partner from 1997-1998. He also worked as a judicial law clerk at the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts from 1988-1989 before starting at Goodwin.
Memberships
Recent Book Chapters
Co-author of ABA Handbook entitled Environmental Aspects of Real Estate and Commercial Transactions: Acquisition, Development and Liability Management (5 editions) (Chapter on “Structuring the Transaction to Allocate Environmental Liability”)
Recent Articles
Why AI Can’t Replace Humans in Environmental Compliance (Law 360, June 8, 2021)
Beware Sunny Days: Lessons from BP’s 2005 Texas Blast (Law 360, April 16, 2021)
Multidisciplinary Teams Contribute to Healthy Compliance Cultures (Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Docket, March 29, 2021) available at https://www.accdocket.com/multidisciplinary-teams-contribute-healthy-compliance-cultures