Law-firm climate credibility is becoming a client and talent issue

Legal Futures reports on Law Students for Climate Accountability findings that 20 UK law firms were involved in $706bn of fossil-fuel transactions from 2021 to 2025, with nearly 70% attributable to the five magic circle firms. The article also says the top 100 law firms globally helped close more than $2tn in fossil-fuel deals in the last five years, making practice-mix transparency a reputational and recruitment issue for firm leadership.