Resource Library

Learn how US environmental regulation and policy may change following the US Supreme Court's 2024 decision overturning the Chevron doctrine.

A selection of resources regarding environmental risk due diligence in transactions.

Read a summary of key developments in California environmental law to consider in 2023.

Corporate mergers, asset acquisitions, and divestitures often include a variety of environmental components or considerations – some of which can be nuanced – that can affect and can be affected by other non-environmental components.

This article offers six strategic considerations for businesses to successfully navigate the negotiation and execution of transactions involving industries or operations subject to significant environmental regulations.

This multi-jurisdictional guide covers common issues in environmental, social and governance law.

Topics covered include principal sources of ESG pressure, integration of ESG into business operations, and the impact of COVID-19.

Learn key potential implications of the significant decisions released by the US Supreme Court in the closing days of its 2023 term.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to environment and climate change laws and regulations around the world.

Issue covered include environmental policy and its enforcement, environmental permits, waste, and liabilities.

Can companies collaborate in the interests of environmental sustainability agreements without breaching competition law in the UK? This important question is tackled by draft guidance published by the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) on 28 February 2023 (“guidance”). The guidance sets out the CMA’s proposed approach to how agreements between competitors in relation to environmental sustainability will be assessed and aims to provide businesses with clarity and comfort on the CMA’s enforcement approach to encourage such initiatives to be progressed. The guidance aligns with the important role the CMA considers it has to play in tackling climate change, as noted in a recent statement by the CMA’s CEO on 25 January 2023.

Learn about the how environmental, social, and governance considerations affect four stages of M&A transactions.

This is a brief outline of recent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) developments, together with links to additional materials.