Biography
Amy Waddington is a Senior Counsel and a key member of Weil’s Sustainability and ESG Advisory Group. She has extensive experience advising on M&A, general corporate and regulatory matters particularly with transactional issues that intersect with sustainability and impact.
Weil’s Environmental Social and Governance capabilities are deeply integrated within each of its global practice areas, allowing the firm to quickly assess, analyse and provide practical advice to clients across the globe in real time within a fast-moving legal and regulatory environment. Amy supports this ESG strategy leading extensive engagement across global practice areas and working closely with clients and specialists to develop effective training and knowhow solutions to support in the delivery of ESG-relevant client solutions.
Amy’s ESG practice covers the core focus areas of:
- Energy transition in M&A, financing and funds
- Sustainability and impact fundraising
- Sustainability linked financing
- Disputes and antitrust
- Regulation
- Environmental
- Governance (including ABC risk and cybersecurity and AI), and
- Diligence (including employment and pensions)
She works closely with Weil’s industry leading internal ESG team, evolving its climate action policies, DE&I and pro bono capabilities and other credentials.