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ESG Practices

Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:20 pm
by dipnote1212
Hi TLS!

If I may...can I get a bit of steer on what the top biglaw ESG practices are? And what it is that they do?

On the latter, is the work corporate governance? Or environmental lit rewrapped? Or securities with a narrow focus? Human rights? Is it fair to characterize the area as a specialist practice set that really rides on transactional work? Mostly diligence?

Would love to hear from any/all practitioners.

It strikes me that leading practices are something like the below (perhaps just based on LinkedIn promotion and marketing).

US

> Kirkland
> Latham
> Paul Weiss
> Gibson Dunn?
> Simpson?
> Hogan?

EU/UK

> Clifford Chance
> Links
> A&O
> Freshfields


Thank you!

Re: ESG Practices

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:04 am
by Anonymous User
dipnote1212 wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:20 pm
Hi TLS!

If I may...can I get a bit of steer on what the top biglaw ESG practices are? And what it is that they do?

On the latter, is the work corporate governance? Or environmental lit rewrapped? Or securities with a narrow focus? Human rights? Is it fair to characterize the area as a specialist practice set that really rides on transactional work? Mostly diligence?

Would love to hear from any/all practitioners.

It strikes me that leading practices are something like the below (perhaps just based on LinkedIn promotion and marketing).

US

> Kirkland
> Latham
> Paul Weiss
> Gibson Dunn?
> Simpson?
> Hogan?

EU/UK

> Clifford Chance
> Links
> A&O
> Freshfields


Thank you!
Known ESG paragon, Gibson Dunn lol.

Can only speak to the firm I work at, but it is a small sub-group within the corporate governance practice, which is already sort of its own sub-group. Doesn't seem to produce much billable work - juniors who are involved are mostly writing articles/thought leadership. When there is billable work, it seems to look like corp gov advisory; ESG related activism seems to get handled by the corp gov generalist group.

Re: ESG Practices

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:29 pm
by dipnote1212
Ha - understood, thank you!

Bump for any other perspectives. :)

Re: ESG Practices

Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:12 pm
by The Lsat Airbender
Yeah, ESG is less a standalone practice area and more a faddish trend within corporate governance or shareholder activism practices

Re: ESG Practices

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:04 pm
by Anonymous User
The Lsat Airbender wrote:
Mon Feb 12, 2024 2:12 pm
Yeah, ESG is less a standalone practice area and more a faddish trend within corporate governance or shareholder activism practices
Agreed, the new recycling