Overview
Matthew Ivor-Jones is an associate in the ESG & Sustainable Finance practice at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office.
Matthew advises clients on environmental, social and governance matters, including climate-related legal considerations and risks, sustainability-related products, ESG regulatory requirements and navigation of the evolving landscape in sustainable (and transition) finance. He has experience working with a diverse range of clients, including private equity firms, financial institutions and public and private companies in ESG matters, corporate strategy and M&A transactions.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Matthew worked as a financial services regulatory lawyer at a leading international law firm and advised a range of clients on U.K. and EU regulation, including across ESG, banking, markets, fintech and payments matters, alongside M&A work. During that time, Matthew completed a client secondment to the Bank of America regulatory reform team.
Matthew is also a keen advocate of pro-bono work and has worked on a variety of pro-bono projects with clients.
Education
- BPP, London, LLM Commercial Legal Practice, 2019
- BPP, London, GDL, 2018
- University of Cambridge, M.A., History (First Class Honours), 2016,
Representations
Sustainable Finance and Sustainability
- Broad experience advising clients, including private equity sponsors and assets managers, on obligations under SFDR, the Taxonomy Regulation, ESG reporting matters and various other sustainable finance regulatory frameworks.
- Advice to various financial institutions on sustainable financial products, including Article 9 funds, private placements, sustainability-linked derivatives, emissions allowances, sustainable bond programs and sustainability-linked loans.
- Advice to clients on broader ESG and environmental risk and implementation. This includes counsel on greenwashing risk, greenhushing and backlash, governance requirements and ESG-related litigation risk.
- Advice to U.S. private equity funds, U.K. building societies and international banks on ESG and sustainability disclosures.
- Advice to companies on approach to DEI and advice to private equity clients on business and human rights.
Transactional
- Advised TPG on its acquisition of Altus Power, Inc., through its TPG Rise Climate Transition Infrastructure strategy. The take-private transaction completed on April 16, 2025, for approximately US$2.2bn.
- Regulatory due diligence and advice on numerous corporate transactions, including a U.K. IPO, a merger of two banks, a U.K. take-private and a public acquisition.
- Advice to U.S. private equity client on U.K. (and global regulatory) approval regimes and advice to clients on U.K. variation of permission.
Financial Services Eegulatory
- Advice on U.K. regulatory perimeter, cross-border business and post-Brexit structuring.
- Advice on various U.K./EU regulatory requirements, including under U.K. MiFIR, BRRD and CRR.
- Advice to a large U.S. bank and two large European banks on market abuse, regulatory reporting, derivatives regulation and product structuring, including under U.K. EMIR.
- Advice to a client on governance (including delegation of authority) and internal policies.
- Advice to crypto and digital securities exchanges on U.K. and EU regulation, advice to a large U.K. bank on tokenization and advice to U.S. bank on crypto-linked bonds.
- Advice to U.K. and U.S. banks on global payment systems and central securities depositories and advice to clients on U.K. payments and e-money regulations.
- Advice to a North American bank on CRD VI implementation.
Involvement
- Member: City of London Law Society