The environment team at Latham & Watkins often advises governments, companies, shareholders, and investors on a range of environmental matters, including on climate change-related mandates. Notably, the firm has recently assisted major clients with the environmental and ESG due diligence aspects of M&A transactions, as well as with environmental and climate change disclosure requirements on an international scale. Praised for his ‘exemplary, timely, and commercial’ advice, practice head Paul Davies’ practice focus spans the environmental aspects of global corporate transactions and the provision of strategic ESG advice. Davies is often supported by the ‘commercial, insightful and pragmatic’ Michael Green, another specialist in ESG-related transactional matters.
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‘Paul Davies is both generous with his time and an extraordinary thought leader, providing a wide range of advice and expertise across Environment and planning, ESG and human rights and considering the intersection of these three different and emerging areas of law. His advice is exemplary, timely, and commercial and Paul always stays at the forefront of a highly and rapidly evolving area of law.’
‘Broad expertise across the full field of environmental compliance, advisory, transaction and litigation work. ’
‘Latham is an expert, highly commercial, collaborative law firm, with particular experience of working on large, complex transactions.’
‘Paul Davies has a long reputation as an expert environmental lawyer. Highly collaborative and provides clear opinions.’
'Paul Davies and Michael Green are a force like no other. Across every detail, strategic, commercial, insightful and pragmatic. They are focused on the solution every step of the way.'
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- Platinum Equity
- Microsoft Corporation
- The Carlyle Group
- One Rock Capital Partners LLC
- TotalEnergies
- Yellow Wood Partners
- American Airlines
- Medline
- Trafigura
- Energy Capital Partners
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