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Emily is a member of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Sustainability and ESG Practice, based in the Washington D.C. office, and a five-time Chambers recognized practitioner in Global Business & Human Rights Law (including 2025). She advises the world’s leading business organizations, including financial institutions, private equity firms, public and private corporations and civil society organizations, on novel and complex issues arising from an emerging area of law and regulation, competing stakeholder mandates, and evolving business priorities that impact their ability to compete strategically, shockproof business against disruptions and create long-term value. Her work covers matters relating to ESG and impact investing, sustainable finance debt offerings and credit facilities, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, disclosure and reporting, and ESG-related litigation. Emily has extensive experience advising on human rights matters across governance, due diligence, supply chain management, crisis management and remediation, including compliance with trade controls and disclosure and due diligence laws that prohibit certain human rights-related behavior.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center (Business & Human Rights)
U.S. Department of State’s Federal Advisory Committee on Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)’s Subcommittee on National Action Plan Implementation
ABA Business Law Section CSR Law Committee
ABA Business Law Section Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in Supply Contracts
American Investment Council
Business & Human Rights Lawyers Association
Simpson Thacher Sustainability and ESG: Regulatory Update – January 2025
Business and Human Rights Regulation: Where Are We Headed?
ESG Battlegrounds: How the States Are Shaping the Regulatory Landscape in the U.S.
And Still Peace Did Not Come: A Memoir of Reconciliation Hyperion (book)
JD, University of California Berkeley School of Law (2012); BA, magna cum laude, Princeton University, (2001).
Provided by Chambers
Emily Holland is based in Washington, DC and advises a range of clients on human rights and ESG issues. She is experienced on matters of modern slavery reporting, human rights compliance and risk assessments, sustainability and due diligence.
Provided by Chambers
She knows her stuff very well and have been engaged with these topics for a long time.
She knows her stuff very well and have been engaged with these topics for a long time.
