General Counsel & Legal

Ensuring ESG due diligence and CSDDD compliance with confidence

Enhance governance, ensure CSDDD compliance, and mitigate legal and reputational risks

The Challenge

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  • Ensuring regulatory compliance

    Staying ahead of evolving ESG regulations such as CSRD, CSDDD, and the UK Modern Slavery Act requires a structured approach. Legal teams must interpret and implement complex regulatory requirements, ensuring that all aspects of ESG compliance are met while mitigating the risk of non-compliance penalties.

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  • Managing ESG-related litigation and legal risks

    As regulatory scrutiny intensifies, businesses must proactively address ESG risks to avoid costly litigation. From supply chain due diligence to corporate governance failures, legal teams must identify vulnerabilities that could expose their organisations to fines, reputational harm, or shareholder disputes.

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  • Providing expert ESG guidance in corporate governance

    Strong corporate governance structures are essential for integrating ESG principles into business strategy and ensuring transparent reporting. Legal teams must work closely with leadership to embed ESG responsibilities within board oversight and ensure disclosures align with investor expectations.

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  • Investigating allegations of ESG misconduct

    Allegations of environmental violations or human rights abuses within the supply chain can severely damage a company’s reputation and financial stability. Legal teams must act swiftly to conduct thorough investigations, gathering credible evidence while ensuring compliance with international regulatory expectations.

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Our Services

  • ESG risk management and compliance

    We assist legal teams in aligning corporate policies with ESG regulations, including CSRD, CSDDD, and ISSB frameworks. Through structured risk assessments, companies can identify compliance gaps, enhance due diligence processes, and mitigate risk exposure while ensuring sustainable corporate governance.

  • ESG due diligence and forensic studies

    We conduct ESG forensic studies to identify compliance breaches, regulatory violations, and unethical business practices across companies and their value chains. Using a structured approach, we identify risks, gather verifiable evidence, and support legal teams in meeting due diligence obligations. Strengthening internal reporting helps businesses navigate scrutiny and reinforce governance.

  • Reputation and sustainability crisis management

    Businesses facing ESG-related challenges need proactive strategies to rebuild trust and strengthen governance. We help businesses navigate reputational risks by advising on stakeholder engagement, regulatory responses, and long-term governance improvements that ensure business continuity.

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Value chain due diligence for retail distribution network

A large regional convenience store and fuel court network in England engaged our director to support its inaugural climate-related financial disclosures under the Companies Act. In assessing the extent of physical and transitional climate risks, he performed a detailed analysis of the group’s upstream supply chain and critical players to identify value chain actors at risk and how the business might mitigate supply chain risks.

His assessment included supplier risk mapping, climate resilience analysis, and scenario modelling to quantify exposure to regulatory, financial, and operational risks. He evaluated supplier dependencies, material sourcing, and logistics vulnerabilities to determine potential disruptions due to climate-related factors. By engaging with the procurement, legal and product teams he gathered insights into their ESG commitments, governance structures, and mitigation strategies.

The findings informed the company’s climate risk strategy, enabling leadership to integrate ESG risks into broader financial planning and operational resilience frameworks. Through improved supplier engagement and data-driven risk management, the business enhanced its capacity to comply with regulatory reporting standards while safeguarding supply chain continuity and stakeholder confidence.

Case Study: Retail

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