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Not long ago, I posted about weather variability and what it means for governance, disclosure and capital investment at ski resort companies. The response was immediate: more than 9,000 views and lots of outreach from clients and friends across the travel, leisure and hospitality space. The topic clearly has people’s attention. So, I joined five of my Vinson & Elkins colleagues, Jon Solorzano, Alex Bahn, Jennifer Cornejo, Michael Burns and Melissa Spohn, to take a closer look at how extreme weather is reshaping not just operations, but corporate governance, board oversight, financial performance metrics, asset valuation, activist defense, capital allocation and public disclosure across travel, leisure and hospitality companies. For these businesses, weather risk has become a boardroom issue. There are urgent and practical questions to grapple with, and there is no time like the present to confront them. If you’re thinking about how your company should approach these same challenges and the considerable investment opportunities they present, we would welcome a conversation. Read the full article below. #ClimateRisk #CorporateGovernance #TravelIndustry #RiskManagement https://lnkd.in/gEigVSnp

The big theme for European competition policymakers right now: recalibration. May Lyn Yuen, #Brussels partner and head of our European competition law practice, shares her take on the regulatory trends that businesses should be watching across the EU and UK. ▶️Press play. #CompetitionLaw #EUCompetition #Antitrust

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The reality of a rapidly warming planet and more extreme weather is not a surprise to those that have been watching the science for years, but it seems that capital flows are starting to pivot not just to the energy transition, but increasingly to climate adaptation and resilience. Money and energy is starting to focus on infrastructure developments and technological innovations to address these potentially massive societal disruptions, whether that be new water management systems to deal with more frequent floods, grid hardening for severe weather disruptions or desalination projects in water stressed areas, capital is starting to move to address these risks and business opportunities. Sharing this piece that me and my partners, Alan J. Alexander and Mark Brasher at Vinson & Elkins recently published on this emerging trend. https://lnkd.in/gAeyEpYY