The present feels like a watershed moment in the prominence of ESG, [Kristyn] Noeth said. It’s also a time of uncommon law firm and in-house lateral movement in her practice—Noeth herself joined Mintz from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison earlier this month.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer each hired SEC enforcement lawyers the week of the SEC’s climate disclosure announcement. In May, Steptoe & Johnson hired SEC veteran Coy Garrison, former counsel to pro-cryptocurrency Commissioner Hester Peirce. Willkie Farr & Gallagher added two former SEC lawyers in June with a combined 25 years of experience, Kristina Littman and Adam Aderton. And Placenti arrived at Greenberg this month after 15 years at the helm of Squire Patton Boggs’ corporate governance practice.
Source: Thanks to the SEC, Law Firms See Increasing Business in ESG | The American Lawyer