Samantha Elliott
Associate
Sam is an associate in Ropes & Gray’s ESG, CSR & business and human rights compliance practice. Sam began her legal career as a corporate associate, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Having focused on corporate responsibility and sustainability for the past few years, Sam now uses her corporate foundation to advise clients on ESG matters. Some of the areas on which Sam advises include:
- Compliance with a wide range of enacted, pending and proposed regulatory requirements; “soft law” instruments; and industry and NGO codes of conduct, standards, frameworks and guidance, including SASB, GRI, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Due diligence
- Risk and impact assessments
- Structuring and implementation of tailored compliance policies, procedures, programs and codes of conduct
- Training
- Benchmarking
- Contract terms and conditions/contract negotiation
- Regulatory and voluntary disclosures and other corporate communications
- Stakeholder engagement, including stakeholder surveys
- Grievance mechanisms
- Risk mitigation/crisis management
- ESG integration
Publications
- Co-author, “Complying with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: A Detailed Compliance Roadmap,” Employee Relations Law Journal (Spring 2023)
- Co-author, “Climate Disclosure and ERISA Rules Put Companies on Notice,” Bloomberg Law (December 27, 2022)
- Co-author, “Preparing for new CTPAT forced labor compliance requirements,” Westlaw Today (December 14, 2022)
- Co-author, “European commission proposes sweeping regulation to ban products made with forced labor,” Westlaw Today (September 28, 2022)
- Co-author, “The T—what—FD? A new framework for inequality-related financial disclosures is under development,” Westlaw Today (September 13, 2022)
- Co-author, “Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures Framework: Overview of First Beta Release,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (June 12, 2022)
- Co-author, “A Q&A on the European Commission’s Proposed Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive,” Oxford Business Law Blog (May 10, 2022
- Co-author, “Swiss Conflict Minerals and Child Labor Due Diligence Legislation Takes Effect; Requires Due Diligence and Reporting by Many U.S.-Based Multinationals Doing Business in Switzerland,” Employee Relations Law Journal (Summer 2022)
- Co-author, “Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: Guidance for Suppliers Operating in Asia,” The Remedy Project (December 2021)
- Co-author, “California Adopts Garment Worker Protection Act, Creating New Obligations for Manufacturers, Contractors and Brands,” Employee Relations Law Journal (Spring 2022)
Education
- JD, Cornell Law School, 2017
- BA, University of California, Irvine, 2012
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2018
Awards
- The National Law Journal “ESG and Community Impact Leaders Award” (2022)