Daniel D'Ambrosio

Dan D’Ambrosio is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and member of the Firm’s Sustainability Practice Group, which advises some of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms, corporations, project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to sustainability and climate-related regulatory requirements, investor demands, strategic opportunities, and voluntary reporting frameworks and coalitions.

Dan’s practice focuses on counselling clients on sustainability and sustainability matters across a range of corporate, fund formation and sustainable finance transactions, regulatory compliance matters and complex sustainability disputes and crises. Dan has supported private equity clients globally to navigate emerging sustainability regulatory frameworks such as SFDR and EU Taxonomy and translate requirements into strategy, governance, policies and risk management processes as well as downstream M&A transactions.

Dan has significant experience advising private equity clients, corporations, project sponsors and lenders on human rights matters and compliance with international frameworks such as the OECD Guidelines, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Equator Principles and the IFC Performance Standards.

Dan has supported clients to respond to complex human rights disputes and crises and to mitigate associated liability risks. This has included advising on parent company liability risks across a wide range of corporate, commercial and regulatory matters, advising on disputes before OECD National Contact Points and UN Mechanisms and designing effective grievance mechanisms.