Annemargaret Connolly retired from the partnership in 2025. She was Head of the Firm’s Regulatory Transactions Group as well as its Environmental practice, and was a leader of Weil’s Climate Change Practice Group and its ESG initiatives. Annemargaret was a well-respected transactional environmental lawyer, having advised clients on a wide range of global environmental compliance and liability issues, most notably in the context of mergers & acquisitions, real estate transfers, financing transactions and infrastructure projects.
Besides transactional experience, Annemargaret counseled clients on a variety of environmental and health and safety topics, including climate change, renewable energy projects and concerns, compliance with hazardous waste and hazardous material, wastewater and air emission requirements, occupational safety issues, asbestos, mold and other building concerns, as well as shareholder, successor and lender liability.
Annemargaret was ranked Band 1 for Environment: Mainly Transactional in D.C. by Chambers USA, listed in the “Hall of Fame” for Environment: Transactional by Legal 500 US, named a 2016 Environmental “MVP” by Law360, and named both “Environment Lawyer of the Year” and “ESG Leadership Lawyer of the Year” for 2024 by Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. In 2016, she was recognized as an Energy & Environmental “Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and highlighted for pioneering a practice focused on identifying and allocating environmental risks in transactions, as well as for her roles in numerous landmark deals stretching back more than 25 years. Annemargaret has published numerous articles, and has been interviewed by several industry publications and legal journals, on such diverse topics as climate change, nanotechnology, lender and successor liability, due diligence and the need for environmental audits in international business transactions.
Annemargaret is active in the DC Community serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of DC Appleseed Foundation. She was honored at the 2024 Securing DC Appleseed that celebrates the foundation’s 30-year legacy. Annemargaret is also a member of Legal Aid of DC’s Board of Directors and George Washington University Athletic Advisory Council.