Daniel D’Ambrosio

Partner Sustainability

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Practices

Overview

Dan is an incredible lawyer, always very responsive, and able to navigate a changing regulatory environment with expertise,” and “Daniel D’Ambrosio and his team have been invaluable to us. He is absolutely my go-to authority….”
- Chambers Crisis & Risk Management, 2024

Dan D’Ambrosio is a partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and member of the Firm’s Sustainability Practice Group, which advises some of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms, corporations, project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate-related regulatory requirements, investor demands, strategic opportunities, and voluntary reporting frameworks and coalitions.

Dan’s practice focuses on counselling clients on ESG and sustainability matters across a range of corporate, fund formation and sustainable finance transactions, regulatory compliance matters and complex ESG disputes and crises. Dan has supported private equity clients globally to navigate emerging ESG regulatory frameworks such as SFDR and EU Taxonomy and translate requirements into strategy, governance, policies and risk management processes as well as downstream M&A transactions.

Dan has significant experience advising private equity clients, corporations, project sponsors and lenders on human rights matters and compliance with international frameworks such as the OECD Guidelines, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Equator Principles and the IFC Performance Standards.

Dan has supported clients to respond to complex human rights disputes and crises and to mitigate associated liability risks. This has included advising on parent company liability risks across a wide range of corporate, commercial and regulatory matters, advising on disputes before OECD National Contact Points and UN Mechanisms and designing effective grievance mechanisms.

Select Representative Clients

Antin Infrastructure Partners, Astorg, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, EQT, GI Partners, GLP, JP Morgan, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, TPG and Vista Equity Partners.

Thought Leadership

Publications

Quoted, “The rise of human rights due diligence,” New Private Markets, February 2025

Author, “Environmental, Social & Governance Law ESG Integration in Contracts: Trends and Opportunities 2025,” ICLG's 2025 Environmental, Social & Governance Law Report, January 2025

Author, “UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Sustainability Disclosure Requirements,” Kirkland Alert, December 2023

Author, “EU and UK Regulatory Update for Fund Sponsors,” Kirkland Alert, October 2023

Author, “ISSB Releases Final Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards,” Kirkland Alert, June 2023

Author, “SFDR Regulatory Technical Standards — FAQs,” Kirkland Alert, March 2022

Author, “European Commission Publishes Proposed Law Requiring Value Chain Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence,” Kirkland Alert, March 7, 2022

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Sustainability, ESG & Impact Investing,” CapLink Group’s European Private Capital Summit, March 2025

Speaker, “EU Sustainability Omnibus Package: Unpacking the Future,” Kirkland Webinar, March 2025

Speaker, “The continued evolution of the sustainability function within European private equity,” PEI Responsible Investment Forum: Europe, November 2024

Moderator, “Sustainable finance regulations: the reality vs the ideal,” PEI Impact Investor Global Summit, May 2024

Moderator, “ESG in value creation: Does regulation help or hinder?” Private Equity Wire European ESG Summit, February 2024

Moderator, “Mitigating supply chain risk in private equity,” PEI’s Responsible Investment Forum Europe, November 2023

Speaker, “Evolving regulatory landscape in the US and beyond: implications for fund marketing and reporting,” PEI's Impact Investor Summit North America, November 2023

Panelist, “The Rise of Impact Secondaries: Investment Case, and Opportunities for the Impact Market,” PEI’s Impact Investor Global Summit: London 2023, May 2023

Recognition

Ranked in Chamber Crisis & Risk Management for “Band 3: Environmental, Social & Governance Risk,” 2024

Ranked in Chambers Global for “Band 4: Business & Human Rights Law – Global Market Leaders,” 2024

Ranked in Chambers Global for “Star Associate: Business & Human Rights Law – Global Market Leaders,” 2019–2023

“He is a special character: incredible knowledge, incredibly bright and also an extremely personable and delightful person to work with” and hailed as “one of the leading lawyers” in this space.

Memberships & Affiliations

Trustee and Board Member, Institute for Human Rights and Business

Member, ICC UK Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption Committee

Officer, International Bar Association Business and Human Rights Committee

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

2014, Admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia

Education

King's College LondonLL.M., Transnational Law2017
University of Notre Dame AustraliaLL.B.2014