David Rouch is a leading international financial services regulatory lawyer who became a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in 2004. He is particularly recognized for his contributions to the study of law and finance culture, having spearheaded joint projects with the London School of Economics in this domain. Currently, he is at the forefront of an international team advising a consortium, including the United Nations Environment Programme, on integrating positive social and environmental sustainability impacts into the investment process.
Reaching for the End and Why It Counts
Recognising that financial markets operate subject to a social licence has the potential to galvanise market participants in tackling these challenges, strengthening social solidarity on which markets also depend, and to provide coordinates for navigating a way through the post-pandemic social, political and economic landscape.