Proskauer's global ESG practice supports asset managers, private equity sponsors, corporates, and boards in navigating the rapidly developing ESG and sustainability landscape. Our cross-disciplinary team advises on sustainable finance, regulatory compliance, corporate sustainability reporting, governance, environmental matters, employment issues, and ESG-related litigation and enforcement.

Our lawyers collaborate across corporate transactions, environmental matters, fund formation, regulatory, labor and employment, litigation, and tax to provide coordinated, jurisdiction-specific guidance. We track ESG developments globally and regularly produce thought leadership that gives clients actionable insights and practical solutions.

A core area of our practice is advising private equity, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure, and real estate fund managers on SFDR and the EU Taxonomy, including Article 8 and 9 fund disclosures. We assist with drafting, policy development, and ESG risk integration, mindful of evolving European Commission guidance and increasing greenwashing and greenhushing scrutiny. Our advice increasingly focuses on preparing clients for anticipated SFDR 2.0 reforms and their implications for product categorization, disclosure frameworks, and reporting processes. We also support clients in embedding ESG considerations into transactions, due diligence, and sustainability-linked financing.

As ESG-driven disclosure obligations continue to expand and fragment across jurisdictions, so do related risks. We advise global businesses, including U.S.-listed companies, on evolving climate and sustainability reporting requirements, including CSRD, federal and state climate disclosure rules, including California climate reporting, and the ISSB standards expected to be adopted under the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements. We enable clients to take a streamlined, risk-managed transatlantic approach to these evolving obligations.

Our litigators and regulatory experts actively guide clients through the rising volume of ESG investigations, disputes, and enforcement actions. We also provide bespoke U.S. state-level ESG investment law analysis to support investor negotiations and fundraising strategy, reflecting diverging state approaches to ESG-related decision-making.