Environmental, Social, and Governance Considerations in M&A: Mitigating ESG Risks, Maximizing ESG Benefits

As a member of the firm’s mergers and acquisitions team, Mr. Massony helps guide clients through difficult and complex negotiations over corporate transactions and commercial contracts. He has experience representing a wide variety of public and private companies in corporate matters, including domestic and international mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, private equity investments, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, corporate restructurings and corporate governance.

Ms. Mulry focuses on environmental and sustainability matters. She advises a broad range of domestic and international clients, including public and private companies, developers, private equity firms, global organizations, and governments, on environmental matters in complex corporate transactions, environmental regulatory compliance, and climate change issues. Ms. Mulry’s practice involves advising companies on sustainability risks and opportunities, including with regard to board oversight, internal management policies, and external reporting. Prior to joining the firm, she practiced environmental transactional law at another major U.S. law firm in New York and served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School.

Mr. Sherman’s practice focuses on issues affecting business growth for companies at all stages, including developing strategies to leverage IP and technology assets, as well as international corporate transactional and franchising matters. He also counsels clients on such issues as M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances, capital formation, and distribution channels. He is the author of numerous books and articles on these and related topics.