Year called to bar: 1997 (ON); 2012 (England & Wales)
Lisa DeMarco is a Senior Partner and CEO at Resilient LLP. She is recognized as one of the world’s leading climate change lawyers with over 25 years of experience in all aspects of climate change and clean energy law. Lisa assists financial and energy companies and Indigenous business organizations on domestic and overseas renewable power project development, energy storage projects, sustainable and climate finance transactions, carbon capture and storage, climate-related financial disclosure, corporate climate risk, environmental and social governance (ESG), green bonds and sustainable business strategy. Lisa plays an active role for Fortune 500 companies in corporate ESG, climate change, and transition strategy, target setting, and compliance. She represents several governments and leading energy companies in a wide variety of natural gas, electricity, pipeline, and energy storage matters. Lisa is a director of the board at the Advanced Energy Centre at MaRS, Chair of the International Emissions Trading Association, and member of Climate Economy Strategic Council; she was on the board of directors of Radicle Inc., now BMO Radicle. Lisa is ranked in Chambers Global as one of the world's leading climate change lawyers and regularly attends the United Nations climate negotiations.
