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Here you will find all the latest information for the United Kingdom. This includes upcoming events, news and insights.
United Kingdom Insights and Events
Race to Zero: Professional Service Providers and engaging with Serviced Emissions
Webinar and discussion to explore what the guidance means for the legal profession hosted by the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5. Panel speakers include members of the UN Race to Zero Climate Champions David Hunter (Senior Counsel Bates Wells, and member of the Race to Zero working group) and Rob Clarke (lawyer Client Earth and…
Check Your Integrity: to act or not to act, and the Solicitors’ Principles
This article explores whether solicitors are professionally obligated to work for clients even if they believe their advice will contribute to significant harm, such as environmental damage.
Social Outcomes Conference 2024
GAIL is contributing to the Social Outcomes Conference 2024 (SOC24), taking place on 5-6 September online & in-person at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford.
Beyond Supply Chains: new EU rules increase pressure on companies to adopt responsible business practices
This article explores whether solicitors are professionally obligated to work for clients even if they believe their advice will contribute to significant harm, such as environmental damage.
The $20 million lawyer: signifier of system failure (and potential superhero saviour?)
This article by The Uncertain Solicitor examines the phenomenon of $20 million salaries for top lawyers, critiquing it as a symbol of systemic economic and environmental imbalance. It argues that such high earnings reflect and exacerbate unsustainable practices contributing to climate change and societal inequality.
Navigating Challenges in Implementing Impact: 3 Perspectives
In this session, our panellists offer diverse observations on how a maturing ESG environment is impacting their work and fiduciary obligations.
Ranajoy Basu
Chair, GAIL UK
Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Ranajoy Basu Heads McDermott, Will & Emery’s impact finance practice having extensive experience in debt capital markets and impact finance transactions. Ranajoy is recognised as one of the world’s leading lawyers in cross-border climate change and impact finance structures, including social and development impact bonds, renewable energy and “green” structured finance transactions as well as being a legal expert in adaptive and sustainable finance. He advised on the very first impact bond and has since, advised on some of the most innovative financial inclusion structures around the world targeting both environmental and social sustainability. Ranajoy’s key clients include supranationals, multilateral development banks, NGOs, not-for profit entities, impact funds, industry bodies, regional authorities, banks and corporates on structuring social impact finance solutions. He is a regular speaker on climate change, social sustainability and innovative finance.
Chris Garner
Associate General Counsel, SunFunder
Christina Bartholomew
Lawyer, co-Founder of Stories Evolved, a UK-based ESG Consultancy, Sustainability Teaching Fellow (FHEA)
United Kingdom
David Hunter
Consultant, Bates Wells
Fenella Chambers
Counsel Responsible Business (Pro Bono) Lawyer, Hogan Lovells
United Kingdom
Frances Holliday
General Counsel, LeapFrog Investments
Jonathan Gilmour
Partner, Head of Derivatives & Structured Products, Travers Smith
Mark Kenderdine-Davies
Chief Legal Officer, CDC Group
Matthew Hobbs
Senior Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
United Kingdom
Melissa Manzo
General Counsel, AgDevCo
Naomi Sander
Senior Legal Counsel & ESG-Impact Lead, Asset Green
Rhian Thomas-Turner
R&D Lead, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales
United Kingdom
Richard Gerrard
Senior Legal Counsel, AgDevCo
Sarah Ellington
Legal Director, DLA Piper