Allison Handy and Gwendolyn Williamson Featured in Strategic Perspectives—Perkins Coie’s Allison Handy and Gwen Williamson Discuss Their Approach to ESG Legal Practice in[...]

Partners Allison Handy and Gwendolyn Williamson were featured in "Perkins Coie's Allison Handy and Gwen Williamson Discuss Their Approach to ESG Legal Practice in Today's Challenging Environment," an article in Strategic Perspectives, regarding their response to increasing demand for Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) experience by establishing and growing the firm's ESG practice and their respective teams.

How would you describe Perkins Coie's ESG practice, as the firm's capabilities in this area?

Gwen: Perkins Coie is a national firm at every level, and we touch on ESG widely across our firm. ESG issues directly affect our traditional corporate and securities, and asset management industry clients. They also increasingly affect our clients and engagements relating to M&A, securities litigation, enforcement and the fintech industry.

Allison: Sustainability is an important focus for most companies, whether you want to call it ESG or something else. Corporate leaders regularly consider "E," "S," and "G" topics, including the company's role in and impact on the environment and our social fabric, and how those issues will affect their business in the future. Moreover, the ESG movement of the last five to eight years has made companies put a lot more thought into how they govern these issues, including measuring and reporting on them.

Read the full article on Strategic Perspectives.