Green Guide Profile: Ashurst

Full-service firm Ashurst, an active member of both the Legal Sustainability Alliance and the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, is contributing towards the UK’s commitment to end all climate change contributions by 2050 with a service offering that ranges from sustainable finance, renewable energy and emerging technologies to sustainable real estate and sustainable transport. The firm appointed its first global ESG and sustainability partner, Anna-Marie Slot, in 2019. Slot also co-heads Fintech Legal Labs which encourages any fintech business with a sustainability angle to partner with the firm in order to drive innovation in that space.

The energy and resources team advised the Green Investment Group (GIG) on Project Greenery which entails a pipeline of solar projects in the UK. The first of these combines a solar farm with battery storage technology to provide more flexible output and address demand in peak periods.

Head of the London environment and safety practice Eleanor Reeves leads the team advising the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on all aspects of its CCUS and low carbon hydrogen programmes, which is directly contributing to the formation of both CCUS and hydrogen markets in the UK.

The firm is also ensuring that growing demand for electric vehicles is met, advising Tritax/Abrdn from a real estate perspective on the funding and construction of a pioneering gigaplant car battery factory which at full capacity will produce enough battery cells for 300,000 electric vehicles per year.

Beyond handling a number of ground-breaking green bonds and loans, the firm also authored the UK chapter in The Sustainable Finance Law Review book for 2022 and 2023, and designed an ESG Ready toolkit to assist clients in complying with the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.


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