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Europe Insights and Events
Sweeping changes suggested to the EU Sustainability Framework
In this article, GAIL Europe outlines the most important suggested changes to the CSRD and CSDDD, also touching on the Taxonomy and CBAM and assesses the impact of these changes on global sustainability.
The 2025 GAIL Summit in Mexico City – Save the Date!
Join leading legal professionals from around the world at GAIL Summit 2025, held at the prestigious Universidad Iberoamericana in Santa Fe, Mexico City.
Greenpeace Issues Legal Warning Against Loyens & Loeff Over Ties to JBS Restructuring
Greenpeace has issued a legal warning to Dutch law firm Loyens & Loeff over its role in JBS’s corporate restructuring, arguing it may violate Dutch financial and anti-money laundering laws. Read More here.
Impact Lawyer Career: Exploring Social Impact in Professional Life
This was an insightful discussion on the role of social impact in a legal career that gained valuable perspectives from experienced professionals in the field.
State of Social Procurement:
The World Economic Forum’s latest report sheds light on a growing challenge in global supply chains: the rise of social issues.
Charting Paths: Opportunities and Challenges for Early-Career Impact Lawyers
This session focuses on the fact that ‘impact law exists’ as a career path/practice. Lawyers in their early-career share their personal journeys and the different paths they have taken to get to where they are.

Dan Fuochi
Chair
Partner, Impulsius
Switzerland
Dan is an experienced attorney with a demonstrated history of working with non-profit organizations. An entrepreneur at heart, he advises social businesses and NGOs addressing today’s social, cultural and environmental issues. Most notably, he acts as general counsel to the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation, an organization led and financed by the Multilateral Development Banks and headquartered in Geneva.
Alongside his practice, Dan founded a non-profit aimed at providing legal and administrative support to the elderly and persons with disability in Geneva.
He is a board member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers as well as the Geneva Cancer Ligue.
When he’s not at the office, he can most likely be found hiking with his family, running trails, and climbing mountains in the Alps.

Derin Altan
Counsel, White and Case
Turkey

Alberta Longanesi Cattani
Senior Associate, Ince

David Frydlinger
Partner, Cirio Law Firm
Sweden

Emiliano Giovine
Partner, RP Legal & Tax
Italy

Krzysztof Góźdź
Partner/Co Founder, Impactiv.Law
Poland

Rutherford Hubbard
Manager Legal (Private Equity and Structured Finance) at FMO , The Dutch Development Bank
The Netherlands

Juan Diego Mujica Filippi
Impact Law and Governance Lead, Nativa
Italy

María Peña
Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance, Symbiotics SA
Switzerland

Raluca Radu
General Counsel, The Impact Facility and Co-founder and Board Member at The LISI Foundation
Netherlands

Benoit Spitaels
Founding Partner, Impact Advocaten
Belgium

Anh-Thu Thai
Senior Legal Counsel, Alpiq
Switzerland

Dr. Alexandra von Westernhagen
Partner, EU Sustainability at LiberiusLegal
Belgium

Alissa Pelatan
Founder & Partner, AMP Avocats
France

Roberto Randazzo
Head of ESG and Impact, Legance
Italy