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Zulema Townsend

Associate

Zulema is an Associate in A&O Shearman’s Global Environment, Climate and Regulatory Law Group specialising in corporate governance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) related matters. She has worked with large corporations and financial institutions on a broad range of sustainability-related laws, policies and other initiatives across Australia, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
Zulema’s experience includes advising clients on sustainability-related market disclosure and reporting, including under international frameworks such as the ISSB Standards, the TCFD Framework, and the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive; human rights obligations and modern slavery frameworks, including advising on modern slavery-related disclosures and supply chain due diligence; environmental, regulatory compliance and ESG issues in M&A transactions and ESG due diligence; ESG-related liability exposures, including forward-looking statements and social/greenwashing risk; group corporate governance, including reviewing framework suitability and implementing centralised governance, delegations and reporting models; annual general meeting preparation including proxy and stakeholder engagement; shareholder activism, including in relation to environmental issues and human rights.

Experience

Representative matters


Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, Australia, 2021

Academic

Juris Doctor (Master of Laws), Monash University, 2020
Bachelor of Arts (History and Criminology), University of Melbourne, 2016 
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.