Heading the environment and natural resources practice at Borenius, Casper Herler combines a focus on project development mandates with an acute knowledge of sustainability and social impact matters. Alongside a deep familiarity with low-carbon data centres, hydrogen infrastructure, and the batteries value chain, Herler places a notable emphasis within his practice on sustainable mining projects, supporting the sector in its veracious adoption of environmental best practice.
A key client is multinational mining company Anglo American, whom Herler is advising on its voluntary ecological compensation project. The project will ensure that forest biotypes and ecosystems are protected, while leaving a positive social impact within the local community.
Through his engagement with the AmCham Finland working group, Herler has supported the drafting of a model which reforms the permit system in Finand, helping facilitate investment in projects which leave a positive green impact.
Herler played an essential role within the firm’s development of its sustainability strategy, leading its engagement with EcoVadis and the WWF Green Office programme during his tenure as managing partner.
At Holland & Knight, Jennifer Hernandez has three decades of experience in land use and environmental law, and co-leads the firm’s climate change team as well as heading up the West Coast land use and environmental practice. She is a renowned figure in connection with brownfields, cleanups, conservation and restoration, and advises clients ranging from the private sector to public agencies and nonprofits.
Alongside her legal work, she serves on the board of directors for California Forward, is a founding member of Californian nonprofit Sustainable Conservation, and a board member of various other organizations such as The Breakthrough Institute, The Conservation Fund, and the California League of Conservation voters.
A prolific writer of books and articles on land use, environmental and climate law, Hernandez also teaches on these topics in business schools and universities as well as for client seminars and lawyer professional associations. She has chaired a conference on climate change law in California, and has spoken on various podcasts including California Insider, Serve to Lead, and The Climate One Podcast.
A sustainability expert, Berthold Hofbauer at Heid und Partner Rechtsanwälte frequently undertakes client work and specialised training on green public procurement, socially responsible public procurement, sustainability law, and greenwashing.
Beyond his advisory work, Hofbauer is a lecturer at ANKÖ Academy on sustainable procurement and at FH Burgenland on sustainability law. He also serves as the exclusive procurement law expert for So Fair, an initiative of Climate Alliance Austria which seeks to promote socially sustainable procurement. Additionally, Hofbauer is a co-author of the Austrian Water and Waste Management Association’s green procurement guide.
Global co-head of the CMS ESG taskforce, Laura Houët is a notable advisor to international fund houses and financial institutions on green investment strategies, sustainability regulation and reporting, and climate transition governance. Helping deeply integrate a green consciousness within its internal operations, she also sits on the firm’s sustainability board committee, which helps pursue and coordinate practical steps toward reducing its carbon footprint.
Houët is a thought leader within the firm on ESG matters, co-authoring insights on topics including how industry bodies interact with ESG ratings regulation, the European Securities and Market Authority’s guidelines on ESG and sustainability-related fund names, and the FCA rules into greenwashing and sustainability disclosure requirements.
Owing to her strong reputation regarding ESG regulatory issues, Houët has spoken at events including the European Public Real Estate Association & FTSE Russell Sustainability Summit on the impact of the net zero transition, providing expert insight into the implications of the SDR. As a key voice in the ESG funds space, she was a judge for the Sustainable Investment Awards 2024.
Serving as head of ESG regional development for Linklaters, Gilly Hutchinson coordinates the firm’s advice across Asia on clean energy, sustainable finance, and ESG mandates. Complementing her expertise in advising lenders and sponsors on renewable energy project financings and green and sustainability-linked loans, she regularly leads client training on ESG matters in Hong Kong.
Hutchinson is trusted by leading sustainability and ESG trade associations and working groups in their efforts to promote the green transition. As part of the firm’s membership to the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, she is active in the association’s working groups and served as a panellist on its biodiversity webinar series. She also sits on the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association’s ESG and sustainable finance working groups and the Private Wealth Management Association’s ESG committee.
Contributing to efforts to integrate environmental sustainability into office strategy and raise awareness of how staff and clients can help combat climate impacts, Hutchinson leads the firm’s Hong Kong environment committee. She also makes a regular thought leadership commitment, including co-authoring an insight into the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s climate-related disclosure requirements.
Alberto Ibort leads Perez-Llorca’s urban planning and environmental practice in Spain and is highly regarded for his extensive expertise in sustainability. His practice spans industrial waste management, water and biodiversity protection, and net-zero carbon initiatives. Recently, Ibort expanded his focus to include emerging areas such as green compensation schemes, energy transition strategies, and the integration of ESG criteria into corporate operations.
Ibort is noted for his advisory work toward the restoration of the Alcudia wetland in the Balearic Islands. This significant project, undertaken in collaboration with WWF, is dedicated to recovering and conserving a vital ecosystem that bolsters the region’s climate resilience.
A recognised thought leader, Ibort co-authored the firm’s publication on the emerging EU regulatory framework for sustainability under the European Green Deal, providing critical insights into climate change policies impacting various economic sectors. Ibort also drives the firm’s thought leadership initiatives as the editor of its environmental newsletter.
Active across Bruun & Hjejle’s ESG and banking and finance teams, Anne Cathrine Ingerslev is a key contact on debt financing mandates across the green energy and electricity segments, counting large-cap corporates, major private equity and infrastructure funds, and leading financial institutions among her clients.
A notable repeat client is leading global renewables firm European Energy, whom Ingerslev assisted in its major green finance transaction, consisting of a €375m green bond offering, green bond tender offer and mandatory call, and €100m green revolving credit facility. Also for European Energy, Ingerslev advised on the €150m green portfolio financing of solar and wind assets across Europe. With the deal an innovative example of how portfolio financing can facilitate green project development, Ingerslev followed the mandate by authoring an academic article which reflected on the key legal challenges and learnings.
On the sponsor side of deals, further clients include telecommunications player TDC NET and energy and fuels supplier OK. Attesting to her comfort acting for leading domestic banks, Ingerslev represented Danske Bank and Nordea regarding energy technology company Topsoe’s inaugural green bonds issuance.
With over 20 years of environmental law expertise, Olivia Jamison at CMS is a key contact on UK and EU climate change law and policy, offering focused expertise into GHG emissions reductions, sustainability, biodiversity, and the low-carbon and circular economy. In offering a London and Dublin practice, and by leading the regional team which advises on the European Green Deal, Jamison is a valuable advisor to clients on how UK and EU green regimes interact and impact business practices, investments, and products.
Having initiated its UK and global commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative, Jamison takes up a leading role in managing the firm’s climate commitments by sitting on its global EST steering committee and sustainability committee. Helping ensure the partnership remains cognisant of sustainability best practice, Jamison presented on climate change risk and litigation at the firm’s global partners conference.
Complementing her legal insights into environmental emissions, plastics regulation, and waste reduction as part of the firm’s thought leadership offering, Jamison writes a quarterly legal article on environmental developments for the Chartered Institution of Waste Management.
Nicole Jaureguiberry heads up Perez Alati’s conservation and natural resources department, focusing her practice on the public law and environmental sectors. In particular, she is known for her expertise in natural protected areas and in regulatory issues related to the environment. Bringing experience as former General Counsel at the National Park Service of the National Ministry of Environment, she often advises the public sector on legal matters surrounding the conservation of natural resources, sustainability and climate change.
Jaureguiberry is also a regular speaker and author on these topics, and is an active member of the Women in Nature Network (WiNN) in Argentina.
With over a decade of experience, Fernanda Jiménez at TACTIC has vast expertise in environmental policy and regulatory issues at a national and international level. She has advised clients on issues such as environmental requirements for real estate projects, and water and waste management regulations, often working with relevant environmental authorities, such as the Costan Rican Water Department and Ministry of Environment and Energy. Her recent clients include conversation and sustainable development non-profit Tropical Science Centre and Dutch-Costan Rican foundation Work with Nature.
Jiménez brings a background as legal advisor for Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency CINDE’s Tourism Infrastructure Department, where she contributed to the fostering of sustainable practices, and has acted as consultant for international environmental initiatives and organisations, such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Project Lifeplan. Also within her presidency at the Costa Rican Association of International Law (ACODI), she is committed to advancing environmental causes and sustainable legal practices.
Jiménez regularly shares her know-how in biodiversity and environmental issues via speaking engagements, and also teaches international environmental law as visiting professor at the University for Peace.
A&O Shearman counsel Kok Jin Ong is a leading voice in Singapore on M&A and joint venture transactions within the energy and infrastructure sectors, providing crucial assistance on major energy transition deals. As a trusted advisor to impactful clients in their scaling-up of green businesses, he regularly acts for energy companies on joint ventures and equity raises and for financial institutions on their bids and investments.
Key to Ong’s transactional practice is his comfort across a diversity of energy transition technologies. Major and ongoing clients include leading green fuels player Intercontinental Energy, whom he assists on its equity raises and strategic investments, and clean energy platform ACEN Renewables, which sought his advice on joint venture matters concerning its solar power and battery storage objectives.
Complementing the cross-border nature of his client work, Ong is a notable thought leader on how emerging economies can support their green transition journeys, co-authoring articles on topics including Vietnam’s power development plan and how the Philippines can leverage policy, regulation, foreign investment, and technology upgrades to sustain the pace of reform in its wind power sector.
Heading the German energy sector group at Watson Farley & Williams LLP, Malte Jordan is a key advisor across sustainability matters and the energy transition. Alongside a particular focus on private equity investments concerning renewable energy and green infrastructure, Jordan assists on M&A, corporate restructurings, and financings across the wind and solar segments.
As a regular advisor to major global asset managers, Jordan is an expert on transactions which help scale-up operational and development-stage renewable energy projects. A notable client is Christofferson, Robb & Company, whom Jordan acted for on the sale of a 337 MW wind portfolio in Germany and France to Statkraft.
Jordan is a notable thought leader regarding the legal and regulatory frameworks which underpin sustainable development and the growth of the renewable energy sector. Aiding the firm’s thought leadership contribution, Jordan authors articles on topics including transition and carbon reduction strategies in the heavy industry sector. Jordan has also authored articles for the German wind power journal on key considerations within the offshore tender process.
Leading the team at DLA Piper Denmark which specialises in on- and offshore wind projects, Martin Juste regularly advises major domestic clients on high-value transactions in the renewable energy sector. With deep expertise across maritime, transport, and energy law, Juste is a key contact on project and commercial contracts and agreements, M&A, and contentious matters across the clean power industry.
Helping deliver the operation of one of Scotland’s leading green power assets, Juste advised Føn Energy Services in the negotiations for a Balance of Plant-services contract for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm. Other key clients in the renewable energy segment include leading wind turbine player Vestas, major sustainable energy developer and operator Wind Estate, and renewable energy operator Cloudberry Clean Energy and its portfolio companies.
Juste is a notable thought leader in the space, authoring academic chapters on Denmark’s offshore wind licensing regime, advising executives on possibilities in the renewable energy space, and organising internal learning sessions in conjunction with local and innovative green power facilities.
In Australia, Nadia Kalic makes a key contribution to Clifford Chance’s holistic sustainability strategy in its efforts to lead on impactful green client work and leave a positive environmental impact from its operations, serving as a member of its global ESG board and global responsible business board and chairing its APAC ESG board. An M&A and projects specialist, Kalic acts for ambitious renewable energy developers and major investors such as Blackrock on high-value and large-scale investment and development matters across wind, solar, and battery power technologies.
Kalic is a key thought leader on the green transition, regularly authoring the firm’s briefings on Australia’s low-carbon and renewable energy journey while also contributing to blog articles on emerging sustainability topics including local and regional greenwashing developments.
Helping leave a positive green impact in the legal community, Kalic is a board member of the Energy and Resources Law Association, which focuses on promoting best practice, innovation, and collaboration regarding energy, resources, and renewables law.
Clare King heads up the clean energy, waste & sustainability practice at Freeths LLP and co-leads relationships with major energy clients such as Centrica PLC, ENGIE, and Statkraft. A specialist in clean energy projects, particularly battery storage, she led the team advising Cambridge Power on one of the UK’s largest battery deals, and regularly advises developers, investors, and joint ventures on the commercial, regulatory, and transactional aspects of renewable energy, energy storage, and cleantech projects.
With King’s deep technical knowledge across a range of clean energy technologies, including CHP, bioenergy, and carbon credits, she remains at the forefront of large-scale, innovative projects.
She is also a frequent industry speaker, and as part of the firm’s membership with The Chancery Lane Project, she has been responsible for drafting sustainability clauses to introduce sustainability provisions into clients’ supply chains.
Bringing longstanding experience in regulatory matters concerning the power and heat markets, Léone Klapwijk at Van Doorne is an expert advisor to major domestic energy companies in the transition of their portfolios and business models toward renewable and green assets.
Demonstrating her expert regulatory knowledge, Klapwijk assisted large-scale renewable project operator Green Energy Storage in obtaining a grid connection and securing transmission capacity for its battery asset. The deal is crucial in securing a favourable regulatory solution which will support the growth of the battery storage segment in the Netherlands.
Key to Klapwijk’s thought leadership contribution is her engagement in academic discourse. Alongside lecturing for VU Amsterdam on climate change and the energy transition, Klapwijk furthers academic discourse through contributing to legal journals, including co-authoring an article on the Shell climate litigation in the Dutch Journal for Energy Law. Klapwijk is also a key facilitator of industry discourse, having co-hosted a roundtable on ESG and sustainability for the Dutch Association of Legal Counsel and on legislative developments in the heat sector as part of Energy Transition Forums.
Head of ESG at Maples Teesdale LLP Anastasia Klein brings a particular interest in the impact of ESG on the commercial real estate market. She is an expert in ground-breaking green lease matters, assisting in their creation and drafting for major listed and sustainability-focused clients. As well as serving as a member of the British Property Federation’s Green Lease Working Group, Klein also spoke on the importance of environmental and social considerations at the BE News roundtable on the role of green leases within the built environment sector.
As part of her leading commitment to the decarbonisation of the built environment, Klein sits on the BE News ESG editorial advisory board, helping the industry commentator in its mission to build knowledge and best practice concerning sustainability trends. Making a further contribution to supporting the sector in building a greener future, she also spoke at Bisnow’s UK ESG Real Estate conference on how data measuring and effective leadership can best enable companies to achieve their carbon goals.
An expert across a diversity of renewable energy projects, Klint Klingberg-Jensen at Poul Schmith is a leading authority on the transition of Denmark’s energy sector.
A core area of expertise is the CO2 value chain, with Klingberg-Jensen highly adept on complex and novel mandates which help scale-up emerging CO2 capture systems. Klingberg-Jensen assists clients in the space on the legal frameworks surrounding carbon capture and transport infrastructure and on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters concerning carbon credits and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. A further area of expertise is the hydrogen sector, whereby Klingberg-Jensen advises on the development of landmark and large-scale projects.
Key clients in this space include sustainability-conscious utilities Hofor and Evida Holding, major green hydrogen players HH2E and Green Hydrogen Systems, offshore energy supplier CS Wind, and CO2-capture technology experts Aker Carbon Capture.
As a member of the firm’s ESG steering committee, Klingberg-Jensen is actively involved in the development a veracious sustainability strategy, in the implementation of initiatives with a positive environmental impact, and in investments into high-integrity green and decarbonisation projects.
A public procurement expert, Karsten Köhler leads the Leipzig power plant team at Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and is a key contact on project development and tendering matters concerning renewable and alternative energy assets.
A major client is Stadtwerke Leipzig, whom Köhler is advising on funding, construction, and commercialisation matters for its major ongoing project to phase-out coal and secure energy supply within the city through the development of the 120 MW HKW Süd power plant. With the facility designed to run on low-carbon fuels and hydrogen, its operation is a crucial factor in Leipzig’s strategy to address the climate emergency and meet its CO2-neutrality target.
Köhler leads the firm’s green initiative in Leipzig, spearheading its initiatives to switch to green energy and electricity in order to reduce its operational CO2 emissions and meet its sustainability goals. Köhler is also a member of the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union and the Forest Foundation of Saxony, which work to protect species, habitats, and the climate across Germany.
Mikael Kowal, head of the renewables practice at MAQS Advokatbyrå, is a key contact on major commercial and project mandates across the Swedish clean energy industry. Building off his longstanding expertise in the on- and offshore wind segments, Kowal equally brings a wealth of knowledge in the solar, battery storage, green hydrogen, and e-fuels markets.
In the project development space, Kowal assisted key repeat client Liquid Wind in its partnership with municipal utility Sundsvall Energi to develop its FlagshipTWO commercial-scale e-fuel facility. A further notable client in the clean power sector is TotalEnergies Renewables, whom Kowal advised on its joint venture with European Energy to develop its Swedish offshore wind portfolio.
Demonstrating a longstanding commitment to the energy transition, Kowal has served on the board of directors for major industry actors including Rabbalshede Kraft and Renewable Sweden. As a notable thought leader in the space, Kowal leads the firm’s pro bono contributions to wind power association Svensk Vindkraft, whose magazine the firm writes for on the sector’s legal landscape. Kowal is also a trusted keynote speaker at Svensk Vindkraft’s annual conference.
