Aileen Buchanan

Aileen has a breadth of experience assisting clients with a wide range of ESG-related issues including: identifying and addressing ESG considerations in M&A transactions and major project financings; ESG regulation and disclosure regimes; and ESG governance and strategy.

Aileen is based in our London office and works closely with colleagues in practice groups and offices across the firm. She is a regular contributor to our Sustainable Futures Blog.

Work highlights

Aileen’s recent experience includes advising on ESG-related issues in:

• Key projects: Advising on the environmental and social aspects of financing complex and largescale projects, including a number of significant offshore Taiwanese wind farm projects and other energy and infrastructure projects.
• Corporate transactions: Advising on the ESG aspects of transactions in multiple sectors, including identifying and addressing ESG-related issues and reflecting requirements in transaction documents. She advised on environmental, health and safety issues on the purchase of certain British Steel assets.
• ESG regulation and disclosure regimes: Guiding clients on the content and requirements of ESG regulation. This includes advising on the increasing number of ESG-related disclosure regimes, including questions on scoping, requirements, compliance, and reporting readiness for new regimes.
• ESG governance: Assisting clients in the management of ESG governance through the creation and implementation of ESG frameworks, policies, and systems.