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Europe
Here you will find all the latest information for Europe Region. This includes upcoming events, news and insights.
Europe Insights and Events
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Strengthening Global Collaboration Among Lawyers to Uphold the Rule of Law
This interactive roundtable focused on strengthening cross-border collaboration in support of the rule of law, in partnership with Trinity International in Paris.
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A New Legal Ethic for a Fractured World
This article sets out why, in the midst of climate crisis, digital disruption, and rising inequality, lawyers must embrace a renewed global legal ethic—grounded in human dignity, accountability, and the rule of law—to collaboratively shape a just and sustainable future.
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Shaping a New Corporate Governance
This in-person event in Turin, Italy covers building participatory business models and decision-making processes that onboard nature and society.
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JOINT PRESS RELEASE EU watchdog slams Commission’s undemocratic environmental rollbacks
The EU Ombudswoman has ruled that the European Commission acted improperly in weakening environmental and human-rights protections through opaque, non-democratic “Omnibus” processes, prompting NGOs to demand stricter transparency and evidence-based lawmaking for all future reforms.
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Regulation – A Tool or a Barrier for Impact?
This webinar brought together practitioners and thought leaders from across Latin America to explore how legal frameworks can both enable and constrain social and environmental impact.
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Law, Community and Collective Power – Keynote Plenary by Tetiana Sakharuk
Tetiana Sakharuk, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine and a former practising lawyer, delivered an address highlighting the vital role of the legal profession and business leaders in strengthening the “social” pillar of ESG — particularly during times of crisis. Read more here.
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.
Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen (AVW)
Vice Chair
EU/Regulatory Partner, Keystone Law
Belgium
Dr Alexandra von Westernhagen (AVW) is an EU and UK regulatory lawyer, educator and speaker with more than 20 years of experience across international law firms in Brussels and London, public institutions including the European Commission, and academia. She is qualified as a lawyer in Germany and in England & Wales.
Based in Brussels, Alexandra is an EU/Regulatory Partner at Keystone Law in the United Kingdom. She also runs her own training and advisory practice, AVW, through which she teaches and speaks internationally on the intersection of law, sustainability, technology and governance.
Her work focuses on regulatory frameworks that support sustainable and human-centred economic systems, including the EU sustainability framework and broader regulatory developments shaping responsible innovation and global markets.
Alberta Longanesi Cattani
Managing Associate, Paris, Stephenson Harwood LLP
France
Alissa Pelatan
Founder & Partner, AMP Avocats
France
Anh-Thu Thai
Head Legal Corporate (Corporate Affairs & ESG), Alpiq
Switzerland
Benoit Spitaels
Founding Partner, Impact Advocaten
Belgium
David Frydlinger
Partner, Cirio Law Firm
Sweden
Derin Altan
Counsel, White and Case
Turkey
Dino Serafini
ESG & Sustainability Legal Lead, Arendt & Medernach
Luxembourg
Emiliano Giovine
Partner, RP Legal & Tax
Italy
Juan Diego Mujica Filippi
Impact Law and Governance Lead, Nativa
Italy
Krzysztof Góźdź
Partner/Co Founder, Impactiv.Law
Poland
María Peña
Technical Associate, Enterprises (Social Finance Team), International Labour Organization
Switzerland
Roberto Randazzo
Head of ESG and Impact, Legance
Italy
Rutherford Hubbard
Manager Legal (Private Equity and Structured Finance), FMO, The Dutch Development Bank
The Netherlands