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Clifford Chance’s senior partner gets woke: ‘It’s a different form of capitalism we are going towards’

Jeroen Ouwehand on why the Magic Circle law firm is betting on the green agenda

Monday 7 December 2020 at 13:15

Senior partner at Clifford Chance, Jeroen Ouwehand is leading a recently launched ESG at the firm, chairing a board of representatives across the business.
Senior partner at Clifford Chance, Jeroen Ouwehand is leading a recently launched ESG at the firm, chairing a board of representatives across the business.

Think of a corporate lawyer and what do you see? A grey, pinstriped-type, living in the stockbroker belt, driving a gas-guzzler and spending their weekends on the golf course?

Or is it a vegan social-justice warrior who worries about climate change, Black Lives Matter and animal rights?