Paul Barker
Profile
Paul is a partner in the Bay Area office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the Firm's ESG & Impact Practice Group, which advises some of the world's most sophisticated private equity firms, corporations, and project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving ESG issues.
Paul is an experienced international litigator and counsel. He has a particular focus on climate change law and policy, which intersects regulatory, transactional, and litigation practice. Complementing this work, Paul is an adjunct at Columbia University in New York, where he teaches a class on business and climate change.
Paul counsels clients in the U.S. and worldwide on a wide range of matters under domestic law and international law.
Education
- Columbia Law School LL.M., James Kent Scholar
- Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge B.A., Law