Violet O’Gorman

About Violet

Violet is an Associate in HFW’s Commodities team. She has broad experience working for clients on environmental and emissions regulations affecting both the commodities and shipping sectors, and across both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters. She provides advice and clause drafting in relation to various environmental and other regulations including UK and EU REACH, UK and EU CBAM, UK ETS, and deforestation legislation. Violet has also advised on implications of various international regimes, including the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) framework, for clients.

From the shipping side, she has assisted with drafting advice and assisting with client queries relating to the introduction of maritime into the UK ETS and EU ETS. She has also worked with clients on various ESG-related projects – including helping to develop an ESG policy, and providing advice relating to a client’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 compliance. She has also contributed to regulatory advice on the MiFID and UK non-MiFID financial regulatory regimes, and the UK Benchmarks Regulation (BMR).

Violet speaks fluent French, and has spent six months seconded to the firm’s Singapore office working in the Commodities Litigation team. Since 2020, Violet has been a volunteer editorial assistant at UKELA (The UK Environmental Law Association) working on e-law, UKELA’s bi-monthly newsletter for environmental law professionals.

She is also a co-convenor of the UKELA Junior Committee.