UK Law and Practice Contributed by: Ruth Knox and Julian Wolfgramm-King, Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Hastings LLP is a leading global law firm, pre- eminent in cross-border transactions and solving complex legal problems. Its market-leading environ - ment and climate change team provides strategic guidance and pragmatic legal counsel to industrial, energy and private equity clients as they address en - vironmental and climate change challenges around the world. The lawyers’ experience includes advis - ing global public companies and financial institutions on the raft of changing environmental and climate change regulatory developments. They advise across
a full range of environmental regulatory compliance matters and renewable energy projects, including wind, hydrogen, nuclear and biomass. The team as - sists with drafting legislation to ensure responsible use of resources at the international, national and lo - cal levels, as well as preparing clients to participate in voluntary carbon credit projects and carbon trading systems at the regional or international level. The firm would like to thank Jacqueline Hill for her significant contributions to this chapter.
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Ruth Knox is the Global Chair of the ESG & Sustainable Finance practice at Paul Hastings. Ruth advises clients across the full breadth of the firm’s corporate department, including private equity and finance, investment
Julian Wolfgramm-King is an associate in the ESG & Sustainable Finance practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. Julian advises sophisticated fund managers, investors, corporates and
funds and M&A, as well as the firm’s energy and infrastructure clients. Ruth brings over a decade of environment and climate change experience advising some of the world’s most sophisticated investment funds, private equity firms and corporations across the full range of ESG legal services, including in relation to fund formation, corporate/M&A and sustainable finance transactions, and the application of ESG, environmental and climate-related regulatory requirements.
project developers on complex and evolving legal issues relating to carbon markets, natural capital and broader ESG matters. He has a particular focus on environmental market mechanisms, sustainability reporting and environmental liability in transactions. Julian has a decade of experience advising on transactional, regulatory and contentious ESG matters for clients across the energy, resources, property development and heavy industry sectors, bringing a commercial, solutions-oriented approach to complex cross-border work.
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