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ESG
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP assists clients ranging from start-up companies to significant intergovernmental bodies and NGOs with work including impact financings and transactional, litigation and regulatory matters in the field of ESG. Regulatory partner Raminta Dereskeviciute co-heads the team and is a recognised authority in EU and UK chemical legislation (REACH), metals and mining policies. Ranajoy Basu excels in emerging markets work and frequently leads on social and development impact bonds and green structured finance transactions. Impact finance specialists Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan and Priya Taneja are further names to note.
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Key clients
- PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
- Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet
- The International Federation of the Red Cross
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- British Asian Trust (BAT)
- Finance for Education
- Developing World Markets (“DWM”)
Work highlights
- Represented PETA as an intervener in the landmark case T-656/20 - Symrise AG v European Chemicals Agency before the European General Court, challenging requirements to conduct vertebrate animal testing for substances which are only used in cosmetics.
- Advising Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP) and Federated Hermes in structuring an innovative finance mechanism to leverage private sector capital to invest in sustainable agricultural practices.
- Advising The United Nations in launching a landmark Global Fund for Refugees (GIFR). The GIFR is an innovative $ 500 million Shariah-compliant global fund, established to address the developmental and humanitarian needs of millions of forcibly displaced people.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Raminta Dereskeviciute, Ranajoy Basu