Silke Goldberg
Herbert Smith Freehills
As chair of the global ESG leadership team at Herbert Smith Freehills, Silke Goldberg is a leading advisor to major listed and private companies on transition plans, climate- and nature-related reporting and disclosure, greenwashing risk, and EU sustainability regulation. Goldberg pairs this expertise with over 20 years’ experience on international energy and climate change matters, serving as the firm’s corporate law lead on low-carbon infrastructure and green hydrogen projects.
Goldberg is a key thought leader across the gamut of sustainability matters, offering insights on topics including the European wind power sector, green claims, and the legal and commercial implications of biodiversity due diligence and reporting regimes.
Goldberg also makes a leading contribution to the industry discussion on crucial green issues, co-authoring an analysis of the business and investment implications of the UK Labour government’s plans to achieve a zero-carbon electricity system by 2030. Reflecting her leading reputation across sustainability law matters, she spoke at the COP28 Sustainable Innovation Forum on the role of the carbon market in reaching net zero.