Seth Ginther

Background

About Seth Ginther

Seth has over twenty years of experience in M&A, private equity, regulatory law and project development, with a focus in representing companies and industries in the sustainability, ESG and decarbonization sectors here in the US and in Europe. He has assisted clients in attracting and deploying billions of dollars of capital to develop sustainable international supply chains for renewable fuels and renewable power generation. Splitting his time between the US and Europe for nearly a decade, Seth has established long standing relationships with policy makers, regulators, entrepreneurs, and senior business executives in the European sustainability, ESG and decarbonization sectors. Seth has played a leading role in helping clients develop best in class sustainability certification systems for complex international supply chains and working with policymakers for the adoption of those certifications by the European Union, its member-states and the United Kingdom. Representative engagements include creating markets for clients surrounding the passage and implementation of the Renewable Energy Directives I and II at the EU level (including designing and implementing strategies for engagement and advocacy with the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament) and implementation of member state level regulation in the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Poland, and in the United Kingdom (including working closely with policy makers and regulators within each member state to ensure that US based products are compliant with EU and member state regulation). He is currently advising a number of clients as it relates to Europe's Green Deal. Seth has also lead various industry efforts to help assist clients in clearing competition approvals within the EU. He has also advised some of Europes largest power generators with regard to decarbonization and climate change mitigation strategies. He has served on the US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee as well as on the board of the National Alliance of Forest Partners. Seth holds an undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Richmond School of Law and is a Fellow of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. He is a former Senior Assistant Attorney General and Section Chief of Commerce and Financial Law for the Commonwealth of Virginia and is currently a shareholder with Hirschler, a US based law firm.