Lawyer Monthly - Legal Awards 2021

Amy Rose Email: arose@clientearth.org www.clientearth.org Contact 67 www.lawyer-monthly.com Today, ClientEarth teams are working on 168 active cases worldwide tackling the most pressing environmental challenges. About ClientEarth ClientEarth is a non-profit organisation that uses the law to create systemic change that protects the Earth for – and with – its inhabitants. It is tackling climate change, protecting nature and stopping pollution, with partners and citizens around the globe. ClientEarth holds industries and governments to account and defends everyone’s right to a healthy world. From its offices in Europe, Asia and the USA it shapes, implements and enforces the law to build a future for our planet in which people and nature can thrive together. Over the last 15 years, this unique approach to climate action has made ClientEarth one of the world’s most effective environmental organisations. ClientEarth has helped to block polluting coal power plants across Europe, transforming the future of energy. ClientEarth's court victory against the UK government over its failure to address illegal levels of air pollution forced it to tackle dirty air and helped lead to the introduction of a clean air zone, reducing levels of toxic NO2 by over a third in London. Legal action brought with local partners in Germany and Brussels also prompted measures to improve air quality monitoring, reduce transport-related air pollution and increased consequences for government officials failing to take action. ClientEarth’s work in China training judges, prosecutors and NGOs on environmental law has contributed to over 100,000 cases being brought against polluters to date. Today, ClientEarth legal teams are working on 168 active cases worldwide, tackling the most pressing environmental challenges. For example, in 2021, ClientEarth's ground-breaking legal action has resulted in a plethora of wins for the climate and nature: - Petrochemical giant Ineos suspended plans for one of two major new plastics production units in Antwerp, Belgium. - UK energy company Drax confirmed it would abandon plans to build what would have been Europe’s largest gas plant. - The European Commission started new proceedings against the Polish government for its continued failure to protect Bialowieza, Europe’s oldest forest. - The European Court of Justice confirmed that the EU illegally allowed the sale of dangerous substances in paints when there were safer options, setting a precedent that tightens the screws on companies’ use of toxic chemicals. - The Brussels regional government was forced to take immediate action to tackle air pollution after Belgian Courts found it failed to correctly monitor and protect the health of its citizens against harmful levels of major pollutants. About Amy Rose Amy Rose is one of the extraordinary lawyers dedicating her career to changing the world through law. She specialises in strategic impact litigation and oversees the strategy and management of ClientEarth’s diverse and growing litigation portfolio. She focuses on supporting its legal teams to bring a wide range of climate and environmental cases around the world. Amy sits on ClientEarth’s Senior Leadership Team and Programmes Leadership Team as well as managing the organisation’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning department. Before joining ClientEarth, Amy was the Head of Litigation at Altisource Portfolio Solutions in Luxembourg, where she managed a large and diverse portfolio of multinational cases. Prior to moving to Europe, Amy worked as a general commercial litigator at the global law firm of Squire Sanders (now Squire Patton Boggs) in San Francisco, California. LAWYER MONTHLY LEGAL AWARDS 2021 Areas of Practice Legal Areas: • Contracts • Professional Obligations and Ethical Compliance • Litigation Management • Environmental Regulatory • Corporate Governance • Intellectual Property Sectors: • Non-Profit • Environmental • Energy • Transport • Commercial Insurance • Manufacturing (i.e., Semiconductors) • Natural Resources (e.g., mining, solar)

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