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 & CasesJune 30, 2021
- InsightJune 22, 2021
- InsightJune 11, 2021
- Deals & CasesJune 8, 2021
- InsightApril 16, 2021
- InsightApril 13, 2021
Published in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
- Deals & CasesApril 7, 2021
- InsightMarch 24, 2021
- Deals & CasesMarch 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesMarch 11, 2021
- Deals & CasesFebruary 17, 2021
- InsightFebruary 12, 2021
V&E Environmental Update
- Deals & CasesFebruary 8, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 28, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 4, 2021
- Deals & CasesDecember 22, 2020
- InsightDecember 9, 2020
- InsightDecember 3, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 10, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 9, 2020
- InsightSeptember 24, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 16, 2020
- InsightSeptember 15, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 15, 2020
- InsightSeptember 14, 2020
- InsightSeptember 11, 2020
- InsightSeptember 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
- InsightMarch 30, 2020
- InsightMarch 24, 2020
- InsightMarch 13, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 20, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 11, 2020
- InsightJanuary 22, 2020
- InsightJanuary 21, 2020
V&E Environmental Law Update
- InsightJanuary 15, 2020
- InsightNovember 25, 2019
- InsightNovember 18, 2019
- InsightOctober 21, 2019
V&E Government Contracts Update
- InsightOctober 16, 2019
- InsightAugust 20, 2019
- InsightJuly 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
- InsightApril 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)