Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry
DLA Piper
United Kingdom
DLA Piper’s Jean-Pierre Douglas-Henry stands out for his knowledge of environmental and social risk and climate litigation strategies.
Douglas-Henry oversees the firm’s pro bono practice and manages its support of Blue Zone states at the climate, biodiversity, and desertification COPs. Douglas-Henry also serves as Executive Sponsor for the firm’s strategic pro bono partnership with the UNHCR, which places an emphasis on climate refugees and displacement initiatives.
Helping boost sustainability in the legal sector, Douglas-Henry sits on the steering committee of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance. He also coordinated the firm’s team which, alongside the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, researched how boards approach the climate transition and developed a readiness toolkit.