Austin J. Pierce
Austin’s practice focuses on helping clients navigate stakeholder expectations on “ESG” (environmental, social, and governance) matters. He regularly works with companies on issues regarding disclosure and reporting requirements, responses to government and investor inquiries, and the development and execution of strategic projects. Austin’s experience is global, having helped clients on matters throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East.
Credentials
- Duke University School of Law, LL.M., International and Comparative Law, 2018
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., , 2018 (Executive Editor, Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law; President, Hispanic & Latino Law Students Association)
- Washington & Lee University, B.A., Economics and Philosophy cum laude, 2015
- Texas
- Fluent in Spanish; Proficient in Chinese (Mandarin), French, Portuguese, and Upper Sorbian; Basic Arabic, Danish, Dutch, and Japanese
- Deals & CasesJanuary 4, 2021
- Deals & CasesDecember 22, 2020
- Energy EvolutionDecember 9, 2020
- Managing the Modern WorkplaceDecember 3, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 10, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 9, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 16, 2020
- Energy EvolutionSeptember 15, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 15, 2020
- Energy EvolutionSeptember 11, 2020
- InsightAugust 21, 2020
Published in the International Newsletter of the State Bar of Texas International Law Section, Summer 2020
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2020
- Deals & CasesJuly 16, 2020
- Deals & CasesJuly 15, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 12, 2020
- Energy EvolutionMarch 30, 2020
- EnvironmentalMarch 24, 2020
- Energy EvolutionMarch 13, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 20, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 11, 2020
- Energy EvolutionJanuary 22, 2020
- InsightJanuary 21, 2020
V&E Environmental Law Update
- Energy EvolutionJanuary 15, 2020
- Energy EvolutionNovember 25, 2019
- Energy EvolutionNovember 18, 2019
- InsightOctober 21, 2019
V&E Government Contracts Update
- Energy EvolutionOctober 16, 2019
- Energy EvolutionAugust 20, 2019
- Energy EvolutionJuly 12, 2019
- InsightJune 7, 2019
V&E Environmental and Natural Resources Update
- Deals & CasesMay 31, 2019
- InsightMay 22, 2019
V&E Environmental and Natural Resources Update
- Deals & CasesMay 15, 2019
- Deals & CasesMay 1, 2019
- Energy EvolutionApril 24, 2019
- InsightMarch 11, 2019
V&E Environmental and Natural Resources Update
- Deals & CasesDecember 19, 2018
- “An Overlapping Maze: A Comparative Law View on How Multinationals Cope with Laws, Hard and Soft, Impacting Human Rights,” International Bar Association Business and Human Rights Committee & Human Rights Law Committee, Dec. 10, 2020 (speaker)
- “Human Rights and Environmental Law: The Overlooked Interaction Gains Traction with Climate Change,” State Bar of Texas International Law Section – International Newsletter, Vol 2(2) Summer 2020 (co-author)
- “On Thin Ice: The Interplay of Distinct International Concerns in Determining the Development of Shipping Through the Northwest Passage,” State Bar of Texas International Law Section – International Newsletter, Vol 2(1) Winter 2020 (author)
- “The Indigenous Question: Not a What But a Who,” State Bar of Texas International Law Section – International Newsletter, Vol 1(4) Summer 2019 (author)
- “Development Towards Pluri-Ethnic Sovereignty in Mexico,” State Bar of Texas International Law Section – International Newsletter, Vol 1(3) Spring 2019 (author)
- “China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Navigating Competing Interests in Chinese Geo-Economic Policy,” Duke University School of Law, Jan. 31, 2019 (panelist)