Alexander Ehrle advises on export controls, sanctions, foreign investment screening and supply chain-related sustainability regulation, with a focus on EU-regulated, cross-border compliance.
DC-based Lynd advises on the intersection of ESG and customs law, with a focus on supply chain due diligence, forced labour compliance and cross-border trade regulation.
Counsel James Ford specialises in the ‘S’ in ESG, advising companies on human rights due diligence, modern slavery obligations and supply chain governance.
Forward 40 nominee Meaghan Colligan Hembree has joined DLA Piper as a partner in Washington, DC, and will serve as environmental lead for the firm’s environmental and natural disasters task force.
ESG specialist and Forward 40 nominee Emma Bichet will be promoted to partner at Cooley from 1 January 2026, as part of the firm’s latest global round of partner elections.
The Amsterdam-based ESG disputes specialist – and Forward 40 nominee – spoke to Forward Law Review about her promotion and the growth of ESG litigation in the Dutch courts.
Amsterdam-based partners Ate van IJlzinga Veenstra and Quirine Eenhorst led the team that advised Climate Fund Managers on the fundraising for Climate Investor Two, which has become the largest climate adaptation infrastructure fund in emerging markets.
Forward Law Review is seeking outstanding nominations for the 2025 edition of Forward 40, our global spotlight on the next generation of ESG and sustainability lawyers.
The number of cases before the ICJ is high, say panellists at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LIDW event – reflecting frustration with the UN Security Council and an increasing move beyond bilateralism.
The US litigation boutique, which represented Dominion Voting Systems in its successful US$787.5 million defamation suit against Fox News, says it will fight the order.
“This is a long-term game and if you fail to understand the risks and the regulations and the policies now – then, when the world changes, you'll be really caught out.” The team behind the Oxford Climate Policy Monitor reflect on their symposium.
More than 500 law firms – including Freshfields, Arnold & Porter and Fenwick & West – joined a brief in support of Perkins Coie, claiming that President Trump’s executive order against the firm violates “core First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment guarantees, as well as bedrock separation-of-powers principles”.
Bart Van Vooren says he intends to act as a bridge between the private sector and the Cali Fund’s governance, as he takes up a role on its steering committee.
Amid volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity, law firms worldwide must prepare to navigate a complex web of strategic risks, writes Robert F van Beemen, partner at DRB in the Hague and chair of the IBA’s Law Firm Management ESG Subcommittee.
The law firm targeted in an executive order by President Trump on Friday has filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief. “The President’s sweeping attack on WilmerHale and other law firms is unprecedented and unconstitutional,” it says.
The Scared Climate Optimist: Joshua Domb at Gen-R Law looks at the strategic use of litigation to drive systemic interventions and board-level focus on climate change.
A bipartisan coalition of state AGs led by California attorney general Rob Bonta has published an open letter in support of judicial independence. “President Trump’s recent executive orders seek to break apart the very foundation of the law we practice,” they say.
The White House launches another attack on ‘Big Law’, this time citing the Chicago-based firm’s pro bono work for “destructive causes” as it withdraws security clearance and government contracts.
A presidential memorandum to the US attorney general warns US law firms over “unethical” litigation against the federal government and in immigration claims – as an email from the chair of Paul Weiss outlines the “existential threat” faced by the firm.
A letter signed by bar associations around the world says they are “dismayed by the recent actions by the US government targeting legal professionals at both the international and domestic levels, which violate international human rights law and undermine the rule of law.”
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has written to 20 of the world’s biggest law firms demanding information about their DEI employment practices, saying: “No one is above the law – and certainly not the private bar.”
Paul Weiss is the third law firm to be targeted by President Trump, who accuses it of hiring an “unethical attorney” and discriminating against its own employees through its DEI policies. Trump’s executive order implied more firms may be sanctioned.
The US president issued an executive order on 6 March revoking Perkins Coie’s security clearance over claims its representation of Hillary Clinton and DEI policies constitute “egregious activity”.
The American Bar Association has issued a press statement criticising US government efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession - after the White House suspended security clearances for two Covington lawyers and FTC commissioners were barred from attending events hosted by the “left-wing and radical” ABA.
Sharon Singh is co-head of McMillan’s environment and indigenous practice. The Vancouver-based partner talks to Forward Law Review about her practice, her experience at Rio Tinto and what a potential change in the Canadian government might mean for the country’s environmental and human rights policies.
“It's a question of separating the noise from the signal,” said Alan Andrews, interim CEO of the NZLA, on the topic of recent political pushbacks against sustainability. “I think we will see a temporary blip.”
Alan Andrews, interim CEO of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, explains why – despite an ESG backlash, economic headwinds and political opposition – every lawyer will need to develop their practice to meet the challenges and opportunities of climate change.
As law firms worldwide rush to bolster their ESG practices there is a risk that valuable pro bono work will fall by the wayside. By Jacquelyn MacLennan, a member of the Brussels Bar and a Scottish solicitor, a CEDR-accredited mediator and Hon. Professor at Edinburgh University Law School.
Arturo de la Para, Preslava Dilkova, Amanda Dollinger, Fabio Mario Guidi, Alexander Maugeri and Bijan Tavakoli have been elected to the partnership at Jones Day.
From client demand to climate risks: Linklaters’ sustainability director Matt Sparkes explains why the firm wants to prove it’s a responsible business.
Sharon Singh becomes co-head of McMillan’s indigenous and environment practice and is the second Bennett Jones partner to join the firm’s Vancouver office in recent months.
