Ex-Jones Day partner launches sustainability-focused boutique in Hong Kong
08 February 2021
Ben McQuhae & Co will choose work based on the UN s Sustainable Development Goals
Ben McQuhae Former Jones Day partner Ben McQuhae has launched a boutique law firm in Hong Kong that will be focused entirely on sustainability and innovation. The eponymously named Ben McQuhae & Co says it aims to operate at the intersection of law, ESG and technology, providing advisory services to multinationals, small and medium-sized companies, investors, startups and entrepreneurs. The focus will be on transactions and other initiatives related to climate, biodiversity and innovation. In a statement, the firm said: “We will choose the work we do, and do not do, by reference to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We will assess our mandates and measure our impact against the SDGs.”
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Our head of ESG Funds and Hong Kong-based partner Kate
Hodson joined the We Are Guernsey Hong Kong Masterclass supported
by the Hong Kong Green Finance Association earlier this year and
wrote the following article for BL Global s Asia edition
discussing the global agenda of financing sustainability and
particularly how this is shaping up in Hong Kong.
The interest in ESG is now a truly global one. According to a
2019 survey by UBS of over 600 asset owners in 46 countries, 78%
are already integrating ESG principles into their investment