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Maya Mehta

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UK Head & Global Co-ordinator, Sustainable Finance Legal Practice, BNP Paribas at BNP Paribas
📍 United Kingdom

Maya Mehta is the UK Head of Sustainable Finance Legal Practice at BNP Paribas, where she advises on ESG legal issues and shapes market standards. A University of Oxford law graduate, her career began at Clifford Chance, specializing in capital markets before pioneering her sustainable finance role at BNP Paribas.

Deeply committed to social impact, Maya has launched initiatives like a microfinance group at Clifford Chance and a Social Impact Hub at BNP Paribas. She also co-founded the "Putting The Soul Back Into Business" event series with the Harvard Club UK to inspire professionals to drive positive change.

Interesting fact: Early in her career, Maya established a legal advice surgery for Asian victims of domestic violence and forced marriages in London.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
UK Head & Global Co-ordinator, Sustainable Finance Legal Practice, BNP Paribas
Job Level
Junior
Location
United Kingdom
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Sustainable Finance
As UK Head of Sustainable Finance Legal Practice at BNP Paribas, she advises on transactions and helps shape market practice through industry bodies.
Social Intrapreneurship
A passionate advocate who has launched social impact hubs at two major firms and has been appointed a League of Intrapreneurs Global Fellow.
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6-2021
UK Head & Global Co-ordinator, Sustainable Finance Legal Practice, BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas
5-2020
Recent Speaking Experience
EU Social Finance Summit; UN SDG Festival of Action; Global Intrapreneur Week & Pathfinders Podcast
8-2018 - 6-2021
Globally Co-ordinating Sustainable Finance for CIB Legal; Senior Legal Counsel, Capital Markets
BNP Paribas
5-2011 - 6-2021
Capital Markets (DCM) Senior Legal Counsel
BNP Paribas
2-2001 - 4-2011
Senior Associate
Clifford Chance
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Education
9-1996 - 6-1999
Law
University of Oxford
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