Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Rising stars

Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Aileen Buchanan

Aileen Buchanan

Linklaters LLP

Aileen is a managing associate in Linklaters’ ESG team. She advises clients on a range of environmental, social and governance matters including disclosure and reporting requirements, policies and procedures, and applicable regulatory and soft law regimes. She has particular experience advising on environmental, social and security issues on energy and infrastructure projects, including the application of international sustainability standards such as the Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards and developing stakeholder expectations.

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Rachel Barrett

Rachel Barrett

Linklaters LLP

Rachel leads the Firm’s global ESG practice. She has deep expertise and exceptional breadth of experience advising on existing and incoming ESG regulation and soft law standards, ESG strategy and disclosures, sustainable finance products and frameworks, ESG governance and risk management and on stakeholder activism, litigation risk and crisis management. Recently she has been recognised in the Fifty Most Influential in Sustainable Finance 2023 list by Financial News, as the go-to advisor on ESG matters by The Lawyer Hot 100 list as well as Next Generation Partner in the Environment and Corporate Governance by Legal 500.

Leading individuals

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.