Maria Cull, Esq., a partner in the London office of K&L Gates LLP, is an environmental lawyer and has a global practice. Her UK practice focuses on environmental risk associated with contaminated land, including brownfield regeneration projects, mergers and acquisitions, financial transactions and regulatory advice to industries impacted by environmental law. She has a significant international practice and advises on environmental risk and regulatory issues associated with the electronics industry, the chemicals industry, the oil and gas sector and infrastructure development and funding in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Ms. Cull, who regularly speaks at seminars and workshops, has advised extensively on the application of the Equator Principles and IFC Social and Environmental Performance Standards to project financing in non-OECD countries.