Rita Hunter

Rita Hunter

Partner Global Regulatory

London

+44 20 7296 2931

rita.hunter@hoganlovells.com

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English

Rita Hunter

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"Rita Hunter is honestly fantastic, she's well versed in environmental regulations and SFDR."
Environmental, Social and Governance Risk, Chambers, Global 2024

Rita is a partner in our regulatory practice and Co-Head of the Sustainable Finance and Investment practice. She advises on UK and EU law and regulation with a particular focus on ESG regulation. She advises large, global companies across all sectors, banks, asset managers, private equity firms and insurers in connection with their regulatory obligations under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Taxonomy Regulation, Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), UK TCFD reporting requirements and FCA ESG Sourcebook.

Rita has wide-ranging experience in advising clients on the implications of such ESG laws and regulations and she helps clients to understand and manage legal risks associated with their approach to compliance. In particular, she has extensive experience in drafting and reviewing ESG disclosures in annual reports and product documents while also balancing greenwashing risks.

Rita leads global ESG regulatory implementation projects and assists clients with making decisions regarding their ESG strategies and positioning. She also leads projects to assist clients to understand and implement often conflicting ESG regulatory developments and offers regulatory and policy horizon-scanning services to assist clients to remain up to date, particularly in relation to their cross-border regulatory obligations.

“Rita Hunter is highly sought-after among major global corporates, asset managers, private equity players, and financial institutions in navigating the UK and EU sustainability regulatory suites.”

– Legal Business Green Ambassadors: United Kingdom 2026

“Rita Hunter is developing an impressive practice involving sustainability and ESG regulation.”
Financial Services: Non-contentious/Regulatory Legal 500 UK, 2022

Representative experience

Advised clients across multiple sectors on the scope, applicability and implementation of the CSRD, including various U.S. listed and headquartered global companies.

Advised various clients on the CSRD ESRS requirements, including on the legal aspects of reporting, double materiality assessments and value chain considerations.

Advised multiple clients on their ESG reports and disclosures and reviewed for greenwashing risks.

Advised a global mining company on ESG developments and their applicability to, and implications on, the group.

Advised a global manufacturer on its EU-wide ESG compliance project, including on the EU Taxonomy Regulation and CSRD.

Advised various UK companies and asset managers on mandatory TCFD reporting requirements and reviewed disclosures.

Advised large global asset manager on its obligations under the SFDR and drafted pre-contractual and periodic disclosures.

Advised a major international bank on its ESG compliance framework, including on anti-greenwashing requirements.

Advised PE, infrastructure and real estate fund managers on the implementation of the SFDR and EU Taxonomy, and drafted pre-contractual and periodic annexes and entity-level disclosures.

Advised a major asset manager on its ESG reporting obligations in connection with SFDR, EU Taxonomy, and TCFD.

Advised UK asset managers on the FCA’s SDR and investment labels regime, anti-greenwashing rule and TCFD product and entity reporting rules