Sustainability & ESG

Weil is at the forefront of sustainability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, employing a cross-disciplinary, global and highly collaborative approach to advising our clients on navigating different constituency pressures amid the rapidly evolving regulatory environment. Our team includes attorneys with highly-specialized ESG expertise, who work seamlessly with our industry renowned practice groups.
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Notable Representations, Key Contacts

We counsel public and private corporations, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, boards of directors, C-suite executives, financial institutions and other financial sponsors on the full range of ESG issues that affect their business. This includes advising on ESG (including anti-ESG) considerations in public company and private equity M&A, fund formation and banking and finance, litigation and regulatory matters focused on E, S and/or G matters, and compliance with disclosure requirements and related internal controls and procedures.

Our integrated approach involves partnering with our clients to evaluate their business strategy, assess impacts, risks and opportunities, and provide sound and highly-tailored business judgment and guidance on compliance, market trends and investor expectations. We strive to provide the very best advice to all clients in all industries, irrespective of position on and approach to ESG issues, while being cognizant of tensions that may arise when clients, shareholders and other interested parties have different priorities and expectations.

Our Capabilities

Corporate Governance; Strategy and Risk

Crisis Management

Disclosure and Reporting; Sustainability Ratings

Litigation, Investigations, Enforcement and Regulatory

Shareholders and Investor Engagement

Transactions and Due Diligence

Sustainability and Impact Funds

Environmental, Health and Safety Matters

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Counselling and Response

Human Capital Management, Human Rights, DEI and Anti-DEI

Key Contacts

James Bromley

James Bromley

Partner

London

Lyuba Goltser

Lyuba Goltser

Partner

New York

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Rebecca Grapsas

Partner

New York

Seth Kerschner

Seth Kerschner

Partner

New York

Matthew D. Morton

Matthew D. Morton

Partner

Washington, D.C.

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VIDEO: Barry Wolf speaks with Lyuba Goltser, Co-Managing Partner of our Corporate Department, Co-Head of our Governance, Securities & Reporting Group and founding member of our Sustainability and ESG Advisory Group. Among a range of topics, Lyuba shares insights about the lasting impact of her Weil summer associate experience, the evolution and growth of her practice, and trends in the regulatory landscape.

Shortcut Links

Seth Kerschner Ranked Band 1 for Environment: Mainly Transactional in New York

Chambers USA 2025

Annemargaret Connolly Named 2024 “Environment Lawyer of the Year” and “ESG Leadership Lawyer of the Year”

Euromoney Legal Media Group Americas Women in Business Law Awards

Ranked Band 1 for Environment: Mainly Transactional in D.C.

Chambers USA 2026

Ranked Tier 1 for Environment: Transactional

Legal 500 US 2026

Named National Tier 1 Environmental Law Practice

U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” Survey 2022*

* Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Speaking Engagements, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements

Speaking Engagements

  • Data Centers and ESG: Managing Climate, Water and Community Impact Speaker(s): Rebecca Grapsas, Seth Kerschner and Janina Moutia-Bloom

    May 28, 2026 — Governance, Securities and Reporting partner Rebecca Grapsas, Environmental partner Seth Kerschner, and Private Funds associate Janina Moutia-Bloom spoke on the panel “Data Centers and ESG: Managing Climate, Water and Community Impact”, a featured event of the 2026 Berkeley Corporate + Climate Summit.

  • PEI Impact Investor Global Summit Speaker(s): James Bromley, Seth Kerschner and Matthew D. Morton

    May 19-20, 2026 — London — Weil was proud to be a Principal Sponsor of this year’s PEI Impact Investor Global Summit, held in London. The summit – hosted by PEI Group and New Private Markets – is the leading global event for impact investing in private markets, convening more than 650 investors, fund managers and allocators shaping the future of sustainable capital.

  • Key ESG Regulatory Developments: Need to Know in 2026 Speaker(s): Rebecca Grapsas, Seth Kerschner, Marc Schubert, Hayley Lund and Amy Waddington

    April 28, 2026 — Governance, Securities and Reporting partner Rebecca Grapsas, Environmental partner Seth Kerschner, Regulatory Funds partner Marc Schubert, Disputes and Investigations partner Hayley Lund and Sustainability & ESG senior counsel Amy Waddington spoke on the panel “Key ESG Regulatory Developments: Need to Know in 2026” as part of the Sustainability & ESG Webinar Series.

  • Subsidiary Governance Essentials for Multinationals Speaker(s): Rebecca Grapsas

    April 17, 2026 — Governance, Securities and Reporting partner Rebecca Grapsas spoke on the panel “Subsidiary Governance Essentials for Multinationals“ at the American Bar Association Business Law Section Spring Meeting, in Atlanta.

  • Sustainability & ESG Breakfast Roundtable: SFDR 2.0 Speaker(s): Amy Waddington, Hannah Laurie, Bryony Pearson and Kate Bystryk

    January 21, 2026 — Weil Private Funds Group hosted a Sustainability & ESG Breakfast Roundtable client event focusing on recent proposals to overhaul the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (EU SFDR). The reforms are significant for all managers fundraising in Europe; and will impact investment strategies and capital deployment during the lifecycle of a fund.

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