Matthew Townsend
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Regulatory: Environment
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About
Provided by Matthew Townsend
Practice Areas
Matt is Global Co-Head of Environmental & Sanctions and one of the founders of the firm's Global ESG Group.
He also co-heads the International Trade Group. Matt advises on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters including sustainability and ESG; climate transition programmes; decarbonisation; environmental risk management; product compliance and safety; carbon pricing/trading; corporate reporting and disclosure; governance and risk management; international trade law; sanctions and export controls. He has worked extensively with clients to develop compliance programmes across a broad range of regulatory and risk areas.
Matt has practised in environmental and climate law for almost 30 years and has been recognised as a leading practitioner in his field for many years. He is a regular commentator on new and emerging developments.
Matt works with major international clients across jurisdictions and in multiple sectors including financial services, energy, industrials, chemicals, technology and many more.
He is widely recognised as one of Europe’s leading regulatory compliance lawyers.
Chambers Review
Europe
Matthew Townsend advises on a broad range of issues including environmental law aspects of M&A, regulatory compliance and sustainability reporting. He is global co-head of the firm's international trade and environmental regulatory groups.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matthew is very thorough, technical and able to communicate sometimes very complex issues well. His long-standing expertise helps to put new legislation into context, explaining what it means on an implementation level and what the liabilities are."
"Matthew is very thorough, technical and able to communicate sometimes very complex issues well. His long-standing expertise helps to put new legislation into context, explaining what it means on an implementation level and what the liabilities are."
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