Lord Hague served in the House of Commons for 26 years until he stood down in 2015. During that time, he served in many senior roles, including Leader of the Conservative party for 4 years from 1997-2001, and First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary, 2010-2014. He now pursues a wide range of business and charitable activities including Chair of the Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Lord Hague is also chair of Linklaters’ International Advisory Group.

Meghan O’Sullivan is the Jeane Kirkpatrick Professor of the Practice of International Affairs and Director of the Geopolitics of Energy Project at Harvard Kennedy School. She is also the Chair of the North American Group of the Trilateral Commission. She has extensive experience in policy formulation and in negotiation. In her job at the National Security Council, Dr. O’Sullivan was responsible for building consensus around new policy directions in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as overseeing their execution. 

Aedamar was elected Linklaters’ Senior Partner and Chair in May 2021 and is the first female Senior Partner in the Firm’s 183-year history. Previously the Global Head of Corporate and recognised as a prominent public and private M&A lawyer, leading on the Firm’s relationships with many FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 clients for whom she is a trusted board adviser.

Paul is Linklaters’ Firmwide Managing Partner, having been in the role since July 2021. Prior to this, Paul was a capital markets partner with a particular specialism in derivatives and structured securities. He was also Global Co-head of Innovation for Linklaters and advised on a range of fintech matters.

Based in Luxembourg, Silke is the Global Head of Linklaters’ Investment Funds practice. Silke specialises in alternative investment funds and is the key contact for some of the largest global fund sponsors in private markets.

Vanessa is the leader of the firm’s global environmental and climate change practice and co-head of the Risk and Resilience and Crisis Management teams. Vanessa is also a member of Government’s Transition Plan Taskforce Delivery Group.

Brad’s practice extends across the spectrum of regulatory and compliance matters in the U.S. He has extensive experience advising global financial institutions, investment managers and private fund managers on issues related to the U.S. Investment Advisers Act, ESG, new marketing rules in the U.S., insider trading laws, conflicts of interest, business continuity, and anti-money laundering.

Susana is a partner in our Dispute Resolution practice. Her practice is focussed on litigation and contentious regulatory matters for clients in heavily regulated sectors. She has a broad array of experience in litigation and arbitration proceedings before courts and tribunals, including proceedings involving contested issues of jurisdiction and choice of law under Rome II, the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 and the English common law.

Alex is a partner in the investment funds practice with more than 25 years of experience, focused on alternative investments for institutional investors, particularly private credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure funds.

Lead Portfolio Manager Impact Investments, Allianz Global Investors

Martin is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors and heads Private Equity Impact Investment. Martin has been driven by his mission to mobilize private capital for impact markets at scale. Accordingly, he has spent the last 15 years of his career shifting the boundaries of the investable universe for institutional capital, executing equity impact investments in nascent markets and structuring investment vehicles.

Martin serves on several boards and Advisory Committees of Private Equity and Venture Capital funds in the Impact sector and is active across several initiatives including inter alia the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance but also the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance.

Andrew is a partner in the Energy & Infrastructure team and is also head of the firm’s Africa Group. He has a particularly strong practice in Emerging Markets, with over 25 years’ experience of working across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Andrew advises on developments, acquisitions and financings of project assets in the infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors. He has experience of acting on all aspects of projects transactions, and has advised sponsors/borrowers, banks and export credit agencies, as well as governments.