Matthew Gingell

General Counsel, The Oxygen House Group

Matt has been a solicitor for 16 years (12 in-house) and is currently the General Counsel of The Oxygen House Group.

He is widely recognised as an innovator who is helping shape the legal profession as a force for good.   Speaking regularly on ESG and sustainability matters he founded the The Chancery Lane Project in 2019.  Matt is the author of the climate contracts doctrine: ground level commercial contracts creating global environmental outcomes.

He has been embedding ESG objectives into investments since 2014 and is an ESG Advisor to the QantX fund.

Matt is an External Associate of Exeter University’s Centre for Environmental Law and a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability.

He also holds voluntary positions as a trustee of The Oxygen House Foundation, The Dixon Foundation and The Chancery Lane Project.