Baker McKenzie has advised the World Bank and provided legal assistance to the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Protection of Ukraine on the latter's development of legislation relevant to the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gases emissions data, procedures for accreditation of verifiers, and verification of greenhouse gases emissions reports.
According to Baker McKenzie, “following the review of the Draft Law on the Framework of Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of GHG Emissions by the competent executive authorities, approval thereof by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Law was adopted and signed by the President of Ukraine on December 26, 2019.”
The Baker McKenzie team was led by Managing Partner Serhiy Piontkovsky and included Associate Nadiia Filozop.