Austin Pierce helps companies, funds, and their boards to advance their corporate strategies through the identification and management of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities.
Often bridging business, law, and academia, he routinely advises clients on some of their most pressing ESG issues. Austin provides clients with sophisticated but pragmatic guidance, having advised hundreds of companies and funds on matters relating to climate change, biodiversity and natural capital, human rights, Indigenous rights, DEI, and overarching ESG and sustainability strategy.
He draws from deep experience working with clients across sectors and sizes on capital markets offerings and disclosures, financing structures, ESG programs and policies, stakeholder engagement, and regulatory and litigation matters.
Austin’s experience is global, having advised clients on matters across continents, with a particular focus on Latin America.
A recognized thought leader, Austin frequently speaks and writes for publications such as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, Environmental Law Reporter, Law360, PracticalESG, and Latin Lawyer on ESG matters. He has also written extensively on the intersection of environmental and social matters, including a chapter in the American Bar Association’s Guide to Human Rights Due Diligence for Lawyers.
Austin’s experience includes advising:
ESG Counsel
Sustainable Finance
Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
Capital Markets
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