Chris Staples

Linklaters

One Silk Street
London
UK
EC2Y 8HQ
+44 20 7456 4876
chris.staples@linklaters.com

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Environment: Climate Change (Band 1)

Profile

Practice Areas: Chris is a Partner advising corporates, banks, funds and governments on environment and climate change driven investment and liabilities. He is an acknowledged expert on economic and fiscal instruments for climate and environmental protection and a leading commentator on new emissions trading and carbon capture and storage regulation, including ISDA and IETA based emissions trades, CDM and JI projects, carbon linked bonds, structured products and syndicated CER purchases. He advises on the allocation and management of environmental and climate related risks and liabilities in M&A transactions and strategic investment in the low carbon energy sector.