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Danae Wheeler

Senior Associate

London

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Danae Wheeler

Senior Associate

London

Danae is an environmental, international public and trade law specialist with a particular focus on advisory matters related to climate change, sustainability and supply chains.

Danae’s experience includes advising clients on sustainability reporting and disclosure, including pursuant to the TCFD, the NFSI, the EU’s Sustainable Disclosure Finance Regulation and Taxonomy Regulation, the CSRD, and international initiatives such as the ISSB; mitigating greenwashing risks in regard to corporate reporting and disclosure, and associated governance risks; responding to shareholder proposals in regard to sustainability disclosure, including proposals concerning the disclosure of transition plans; and managing human rights risks and providing broader sustainability due diligence in value chains.

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Office

London

One Bishops Square
London
E1 6AD

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Qualifications

Professional

Admitted as a Solicitor (Australia), 2018

Admitted as a Solicitor and Barrister (New Zealand), 2018

Academic

Bachelor’s degree International Relations and Affairs (Mandarin and Spanish), New York University, 2014

Juris doctorate degree, Melbourne Law School, 2017

Master’s degree Chinese Business Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018

Published work

  • ‘Brexit and Historic Fishing Rights under the Law of the Sea Convention’, paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law (2021)
  • ‘Facilitating a Coordinated International Response in Times of Crisis’, United Nations ESCAP (co-authored with Dr Tracey Epps and Georgia Whelan) (2020)
  • ‘Regulation of the New Zealand Organics Sector’, chapter published in Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific, Dr Rohan Price and Bee Chen Goh (eds) (co-authored with Dr Tracey Epps) (Springer, 2020)
  • 'Subsidies and New Industrial Policy, Are International Trade Rules Fit for the 21st Century?’ in the New Zealand Yearbook of International Law (co-authored with Dr Tracey Epps) Vol 16, 2018
  • ‘What is the Relationship Between ‘Rule of Law’ and Economic Development?’ in the New York University Journal of Politics & International Affairs Vol 15, 2014