Dr. Tadas Zukas is Global Lead Senior Legal Counsel Sustainability/ESG at Vontobel in Zurich, Switzerland, and a Collaborator/Fellow at Zurich University’s Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth. Dr. Zukas is a member of Swiss Bankers Association’s Working Group on Sustainable Finance.

He holds a Ph.D. in law from the University of Lucerne, an LL.M. and an executive CAS Sustainable Finance degree from the University of Zurich. Dr. Zukas occasionally publishes and speaks on regulatory sustainable finance topics and also teaches the subject at Zurich University. His work has been featured on the pages of the New York-based »Pensions & Investments« magazine and in the Green Hub Sustainable Conversations series of the London-based global legal rankings directory »Legal 500«. 

Dr. Zukas is the author and co-author of a number of books, book chapters, book chapters and papers.

Books

- "European Sustainable Finance Regulation (in a nutshell)", Dike, Zurich 2024

- "Regulating Sustainable Finance in Europe", Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2024

Book chapters & papers

- "Article 7 SFDR Commentary", in: Glander / Lühmann / Kropf (eds.), SFDR Commentary ("Kommentar Offenlegungs-VO"), C.H. Beck, Munich 2024, jointly with U. Trafkowski (in German)

- "ESG & Sustainable Finance", in: Germann / Wicki-Birchler (eds.), Compliance in Charts ("Tafeln zur Compliance"), Dike, Zurich 2024 (in German)

- "Impact investing under the evolving EU regulatory framework" (Regulatory briefing, October 2023)

- "Sustainable Finance: The Regulatory Concept of Greenwashing under EU Law", in: Journal for European Law/EuZ, February 2022, jointly with U. Trafkowski

Interviews

- "Climate-Related Risks - A Focus on Banks and Credit Risk", Swiss Finance Institute Roundup N 1 / August 2024 (contribution)

- "Regulation of Sustainable Finance is not just a European topic", in: Handelszeitung / HZ Banking, 20 June 2024 (in German)

Book reviews
- Anton Beck: „Everyone talks about sustainability, but who understands it really?“ ("Alle sprechen von Nachhaltigkeit, aber wer versteht sie wirklich?"), in: Handelszeitung / HZ Banking 2024/11 (in German) 

- For further book reviews & praise, see the book’s website at www.dike.ch/6376  

- Susanne Bergius: „Book recommendation on Sustainable Finance Regulation“ ("Buchtipp zur Sustainable-Finance-Regulierung"), in: Handelsblatt / Business Briefing Nachhaltige Investments 2024/1 (in German)