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  • Powering Progress: Net Zero Perspectives from Industry Leaders
    26 September 2024
    BritishAmerican Business
    BAB Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Series
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Ulysses Smith
    Speaking Engagements
  • Briefing on March 6 SEC Climate Rule and What Comes Next
    8 March 2024
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Webcast
    Speaker: Eric T. Juergens, Caroline N. Swett, Ulysses Smith
    Speaking Engagements
  • ESG 2023: What it Means for Boards, Management and Counsel
    20 June 2023
    Practising Law Institute
    Webcast
    Speaker: Stuart Hammer
    Speaking Engagements
  • ESG Issues in International Dispute Settlement
    17 June 2023
    Shanghai Arbitration Commission and Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
    Shanghai, China
    Speaker: Cameron Sim
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Evolving ESG Landscape: Securities Litigation & Enforcement Risks
    28 March 2023
    Women In Securities, Debevoise & Plimpton and Morrison Foerster
    San Francisco, California
    Speaker: Kristin A. Snyder
    Speaking Engagements
  • Working with Consultants: How to Put Your Best Foot Forward Without Stepping on Toes
    1-3 May 2022
    Cambridge Forums
    2022 Forum for ESG Legal Leaders
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Stuart Hammer
    Speaking Engagements
  • Latest Development in SFDR
    18 November 2021
    Global Private Capital Association (formerly EMPEA)
    GPCA Leadership Councils
    Webcast
    Speaker: Patricia Volhard
    Speaking Engagements
  • A New Green Chapter: US and UK Sustainability Developments from COP26
    17 November 2021
    BritishAmerican Business
    Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Series
    Webcast
    Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe
    Speaking Engagements
  • FinTech and Racial Equity in Global Perspective
    10 November 2021
    The World Bank
    Law, Justice and Development Week 2021—Law, Racial Equity and Development
    Webcast
    Speaker: Avi Gesser
    Speaking Engagements
  • Environmental Degradation and Indigenous Rights: Is International Law Fit for Purpose?
    30 October 2021
    American Branch of the International Law Association
    Webcast
    Speaking Engagements
  • What You Need to Know to Raise Capital in Europe
    9 September 2021
    Global Private Capital Association (former EMPEA)
    GPCA - Debevoise Live Training: Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
    Webcast
    Speaker: Patricia Volhard
    Speaking Engagements
  • Updates in the ESG Space
    3 June 2021
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Global Funds Monthly Regulatory Update
    Webcast
    Speaker: Marc Ponchione, Patricia Volhard
    Speaking Engagements
  • Banking and Climate Change
    14 May 2021
    Ro Legal
    Webinar
    Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe, Rhianna Hoover
    Speaking Engagements
  • Advice for Banks and Financial Services: Navigating Challenges Posed by Climate Change
    29 April 2021
    Debevoise and Risk Management Association
    Webinar
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Banking and Climate Change
    4 March 2021
    New York City Bar Association Banking Law Committee
    NYCBA Banking and Climate Change
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid, David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Disclosures of Environmental Risks and Adverse Impacts – Categorising Sustainable Investments for the Taxonomy Regulation
    5 November 2020
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    ESG Webinar Series
    Webinar
    Speaker: Samantha J. Rowe, Stuart Hammer, John Young
    Speaking Engagements
  • Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence Laws: What are Their Implications Regarding Corporate Climate Change Impacts?
    24 September 2020
    British Institute of International & Comparative Law
    Webinar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Legal Options and Institutional Responses to the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on Maritime Zones, in the Context of International Law
    9 September 2020
    Nola Petelō Faasau - Acting International Legal Adviser, International Legal Team; Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
    2020 Regional Conference on Securing the Limits of the Blue Pacific
    Webinar
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Weathering the Storm: Climate Change and the Certainty of Uncertainty as the New Normal
    30 April 2019
    Turnaround Management Association
    Distressed Investing Breakfast
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Stuart Hammer
    Speaking Engagements
  • Assessing and Managing the Risks Posed by Climate Change
    28 March 2019
    Risk Assistance Network + Exchange
    Climate Risk Management-Assessing and Managing the Risks Posed by Climate Change
    Webinar
    Speaker: Paul M. Rodel
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change Risks, Focusing on Practical Insights for Board Directors
    13 March 2019
    Financial Times Non-Executive Director Workshops
    The Board Masterclass - Key Developments Affecting Board Directors
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Environmental Law: Environmental Dispute Resolution
    2-5 November 2018
    LAWASIA
    31st LAWASIA Conference 2018
    Siem Reap, Cambodia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change
    11 October 2018
    Putney High School
    What Litigators Can Do About Climate Change
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Legal Issues Related to Reporting Climate Scenario Analysis
    12 March 2018
    Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
    Business Environmental Leadership Council
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Launch of the Climate Obligations for Enterprises
    25 January 2018
    London School of Economics
    London School of Economics Seminar
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Investment Protection and Environmental Law
    19 January 2018
    Cambridge University
    Cambridge University Lecture
    Cambridge, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Rising Sea Levels and the Extinction of States in International Law
    24 October 2017
    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    Sixth Committee Event
    New York, New York
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and The Energy Challenges Facing Smart Cities Panels
    9-12 October 2017
    International Bar Association
    IBA 2017 Annual Conference
    Sydney, Australia
    Speaking Engagements
  • Preventing Climate Chaos
    9-12 October 2017
    International Bar Association
    IBA 2017 Annual Conference
    Sydney, Australia
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and Dispute Resolution
    22 June 2017
    International Bar Association
    6th IEL/SEERIL International Oil and Gas Law Conference
    London, UK
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change Arbitration
    26 April 2017
    American Bar Association
    Section of International Law Spring Meeting
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Adjudicating International Environmental Disputes: Lessons from Recent Jurisprudence
    13 April 2017
    American Society of International Law
    What International Law Values, 111th ASIL Annual Meeting
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • The UN Guiding Principles and Business Causation, Contribution and Direct Linkage
    4 April 2017
    International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
    Houston, Texas
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Arbitrating Environmental and Human Rights Disputes Under Investment Treaties
    31 March 2017
    Harvard University
    3rd Annual Harvard International Arbitration Conference
    Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Speaker: Natalie L. Reid
    Speaking Engagements
  • Enforcing the States’ Environmental Obligations: An International Court for the Environment, International Arbitration and Other Legal Avenues
    7 December 2016
    International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
    The World Bank’s Law, Justice and Development Week 2016
    Washington, DC
    Speaker: Catherine Amirfar
    Speaking Engagements
  • Game Changer in Financial Markets: Climate Risk Disclosure
    6 December 2016
    World Bank
    World Bank Law, Justice and Development Conference
    Washington, DC
    Speaker: Paul M. Rodel
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions in Addressing Climate Change-Related Adaptation, Mitigation and Litigation
    5 December 2016
    World Bank
    World Bank Legal Conference
    Washington, DC
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and the Financing of Renewable Energy Projects
    23 September 2016
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference 2016
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaking Engagements
  • Preventing Climate Chaos: The Latest Judicial, Legal and Policy Developments in Achieving Justice and Human Rights in an Era of Climate Disruption
    20 September 2016
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference 2016
    Washington, D.C.
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and Human Rights – Adapting to the Post-COP21 World
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • Climate Change and Human Rights - Reporting Requirements and Future - Proofing Organisations Against Emerging Climate Change Related Risks
    14 June 2016
    Debevoise & Plimpton
    Energy & Natural Resources Roundtable – The New Frontier of Risk
    Debevoise & Plimpton, London
    Speaker: Stuart Hammer
    Speaking Engagements
  • Panel #1 – Renewable Energy
    22 February 2016
    Columbia Law School
    Columbia Law School’s Environmental Law Society Symposium
    New York, New York
    Speaking Engagements
  • Keynote Address
    7 December 2015
    United Nations Global Compact
    Climate Business Forum
    Paris, France
    Speaker: David W. Rivkin
    Speaking Engagements
  • The Latest Judicial, Legal and Policy Developments in Achieving Justice and Human Rights in an Era of Climate Disruption
    7 October 2015
    International Bar Association
    IBA Annual Conference
    Vienna, Austria
    Speaking Engagements
  • IBA's Climate Change and Human Rights Report
    3 September 2015
    Legal Sustainability Alliance
    Annual Meeting of Executive Firms
    London
    Speaking Engagements