Emily Holland

Emily Holland is a partner in the Sustainability Practice Group of Kirkland’s Washington, D.C., office. Emily is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the practice to ensure it delivers on its promise of integrating cutting-edge legal counseling on sustainability into Kirkland’s top-tier transactional and litigation practices. Emily also provides legal advice to a broad range of clients, including multinational corporations, private equity firms, project sponsors, governments, international organizations and NGOs, on complex and evolving issues relating to business and human rights issues.

Emily focuses on helping clients operating across vastly disparate legal, political and cultural contexts take an innovative, strategic approach to managing their human rights-related risks, demonstrate resilience and capitalize on emerging business opportunities. She has extensive experience advising on international and national human rights risk management frameworks, regulations and initiatives. She has conducted human rights risk and impact assessments, designed comprehensive, tailored human rights policies and governance protocols, helped to manage disputes and crises, and frequently advises on supply chain management issues. She is frequently consulted in relation to human rights laws and standards, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and specified applications, including in the digital environment.

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

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).