The Lawyers Who Trekked to Paris for Climate Change Talks

As political leaders converge in Paris this month to draft a global climate change pact, large U.S. law firms are also in the mix, hoping to influence the debate and drum up new business.

It marks the 21st annual meeting of the “Conference of the Parties” to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or for short — COP 21.

The conference , which runs from November 30 to December 11, is expected to attract 45,000 participants.

Many of these will be current and potential Big Law clients. “Outside of a formal negotiating process, there’s a huge global gathering of the ...