This series of ESG-focused thought leadership webinars will share insights and practical guidance for businesses considering what ESG means for them in the context of the current crisis and beyond.
Date: 26 August 2020 Topic: ESG and the Supply Chain View recording
Speakers: Jo Hewitt (Chair), Francesca Richmond, Ben Smith and Graham Stuart
Date: 12 August 2020 Topic: ESG Regulation for Financial Institutions View recording
Speakers: Nick O’Donnell (Chair), Tim Alferink, Jennifer Klass and Caitlin McErlane
Date: 29 July 2020 Topic: ESG and the Modern Workforce View recording
Speakers: Beatriz Araujo (Chair), Jo Hewitt, Jonathan Sharp and Jonathan Tuck
Date: 15 July 2020 Topic: What Is the New European Green Finance Taxonomy, and How Will It Affect Your Business? View recording
Speakers: Jo Hewitt (Chair), Caitlin McErlane, Anahita Thoms and Sam Gill, Co-Founder and COO of Sylvera
1 July 2020 ESG and the Modern Customer View recording
Speakers: Jo Hewitt (Chair), Beatriz Araujo, Nick O’Donnell and David Scott
17 June 2020 Green Finance View recording
Speakers: Caitlin McErlane (Chair), Michael Doran, Eva Segur-Cabanac, Chantal Thompson and Caroline Escott, Senior Policy Lead (Investment and Stewardship) at Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association
3 June 2020 Introduction to ESG View recording
Speakers: Beatriz Araujo, Jo Hewitt, Caitlin McErlane, Nick O’Donnell
Michael is a finance partner in the London office and has deep experience of the international financial markets.
Michael has extensive experience across the developed, emerging and frontier markets. His clients include private equity/credit funds, investment banks, multinational corporations, sovereign governments, state-owned entities, state agencies, supranational banks and sovereign wealth funds
Caitlin is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Financial Services Regulatory practice group, based in the London office.
Caitlin's practice focuses on advising a range of global financial institutions on complex and high value regulatory matters. She advises banks, asset managers, major corporates and payment institutions on navigating UK and EU financial services regulation. She has particular experience in advising clients on regulatory implementation projects, day-to-day compliance issues, and regulatory issues arising in the context of acquisitions, restructurings, and divestments within the financial services sector. Caitlin also advises market infrastructure providers on markets regulation and the provision of cross-border trading solutions.
Caitlin leads our London office’s ESG regulatory work for financial institutions, and advises a range of clients on the drafting and implementation of ESG policies and structuring ESG-focused investment products. Caitlin is an authority on regulatory reforms in the sustainability space and sits on a number of trade association working groups.
Caitlin has been recognised as a "Leading Partner" by The Legal 500 UK, where she is cited by clients as "a great lawyer [who] has a photographic recollection of regulations which makes her an amazing resource for any tricky topic." She is ranked by Chambers for financial services regulation, where clients describe her as "an expert in her field", a "phenomenal regulatory lawyer" and "a highly responsive and excellent communicator" who "consistently provides pragmatic solutions that are within the regulatory framework". Caitlin is also acknowledged by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in Real Estate Funds.
Nick O'Donnell is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate department in London. He has over 15 years' experience advising on a wide range of corporate finance transactions and is recognized in his field by The Legal 500. He has spent time on secondment with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Macquarie and Mubadala. Although London based for the majority of his career, he has previously been located in Abu Dhabi and New York. He regularly publishes articles, and has been quoted and interviewed on the press and TV, on matters relating to the London market.
Eva-Maria is a partner in our Austrian corporate / M&A group and a member of our global sustainability practice. She acts as global lead sustainability partner for our financial institutions industry group, heads Baker McKenzie's capital markets practice in Austria and is a member of our EMEA steering committee for capital markets. Eva-Maria is a dual-qualified lawyer, admitted to practice in Austria and New York. Prior to joining Baker McKenzie's Vienna office in 2008, Eva-Maria worked in the New York, Paris and Frankfurt offices of a well-known US law firm.
