Our ESG Group advises clients in matters involving:

• Diversity requirements for boards of directors
• Corporate governance issues
• Swiss ESG reporting and disclosure obligations, as well as international reporting and disclosure developments and trends
• ESG sectoral guidance and soft law requirements
• Drafting and reviewing ESG policies
• Data protection related issues regarding diversity matters
• Setting up ESG-compliant investment products

• Regulatory risks in connection with ESG-related matters (e.g. in relation to greenwashing) and implementation of FINMA rules and self-regulation of the industry
• Mapping crisis response strategies to litigation, investigations, investor lobbying, critical campaigns and non-judicial complaints
• Transactions involving transitioning and renewable technologies and systems
• Contractual and regulatory matters regarding circular economy
• Sustainable mobility matters, in particular e-mobility

We also represent clients in disputes with ESG components, including:

• Climate-related litigations
• Proceedings before the National Contact Point of Switzerland
• Administrative proceedings relating to reporting and disclosure obligations
• Commercial and investment arbitration proceedings dealing with ESG clauses