Bishop's Square, 13th November 2024. Photo: Lawyers are Responsible.Climate Groups Demonstrate Outside A&O Shearman and Akin Offices
The protesters said Akin and A&O Shearman both received the worst possible rating in a report on which law firms take on fossil fuel related work.
November 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Two environmental groups have staged a “climate crisis exhibition” outside the London offices of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and A&O Shearman in criticism of the firms’ prominent oil and gas clients.
Members of the groups Lawyers Are Responsible (LAR) and Fossil Free London stood outside the law firms’ offices in Bishops Square displaying photos of flood victims.
In a statement, LAR described Akin and A&O Shearman as “fossil fuel industry enablers”.
Lawyers Are Responsible (LAR) is made up of a group of lawyers campaigning for law firms to cut their ties to the fossil fuel industry, while Fossil Free London describes itself as a group that uses “direct action, creative stunts, disruption and protest to target key fossil fuel corporations and banks”.
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