Clare Lunn
Principal, Sustainability Deal Advisory & Strategy
Clare is a Partner in 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网鈥檚 Deal Advisory and Strategy practice, an environmental scientist with over 20 years of consulting experience in transactions, focusing primarily in evaluating sustainability, environment, health, safety (EHS) aspects of deals. Prior to joining 乐鱼（Leyu）体育官网 in February 2023, Clare spent 11 years at Environmental Resources Management (ERM) as a Partner leading sustainability聽projects across a variety of client sectors and geographies, notably life sciences/pharmaceutical, private equity/finance, power/energy, chemical, manufacturing, aerospace, oil and gas, food/beverage, and infrastructure sectors.
Professional and industry experience
Representative recent engagements include:
- Directed sustainability聽diligence and compliance projects across varied global geographies and multi-site portfolios for a leading Fortune 100 Life Sciences innovation company, leading international teams, preparing and reviewing technical reports, identifying and communicating sustainability聽liabilities & value creation opportunities. Recent successes include supporting sustainability聽diligence during client鈥檚 $22 billion acquisition of a life sciences company, followed by multi-year engagement to support post-acquisition sustainability聽integration.
- Led sustainability聽diligence for a global private equity client during potential acquisition of a complex high-profile producer of engineering thermoplastics and elastomers. Complex technical issues, including high profile Per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) related risks, as well as other specific sector emerging risks/regulations, were framed into liability costs and business risks/opportunities to inform client鈥檚 investment decisions.
- Sustainability聽diligence for power sector acquisitions/divestitures, including assessment of air emissions, natural resources, water quality, site contamination, wetlands, coal byproduct residual, and cooling water discharges.
- Food and agribusiness sector sustainability聽advisor, including during a recent high profile acquisition in the bottled spring water segment.
- Developed an sustainability聽mergers & acquisitions strategy 鈥減laybook鈥� with Life Sciences clients through consensus building with key stakeholders, i.e., senior executives, technical experts, regulatory, risk, legal, insurance, and other key stakeholders.
- Sustainability聽advisor during private equity client investments in a national tire recycling business saving more than 190 million tires per year from the waste stream and recycling approximately three billion pounds of rubber for innovative, sustainable materials, and, additionally, an investment in a national business collecting, transporting, and storing used cooking oil from restaurants. Supported client鈥檚 eligibility to secure sustainable financing under the Green Loan Principles during these acquisitions.