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Dr. Walter Schindler, PhD, JD combines law, business, and investment experience into an integrated vision for profitable sustainability.

His strategic approach applies to mergers, acquisitions, corporate finance transactions, and public offerings of securities.

SUSTAINABILITY ADVISOR | M&A ADVISOR | KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Schindler is a globally recognized thought leader in creating sustainable business strategies and innovative solutions to difficult challenges..

With over 40 years of successful legal, investment, and business experience in energy, water, agriculture, and technology, Dr. Schindler brings a unique approach to helping each client achieve important sustainability, investment, and business goals. He serves individuals, family offices, and companies as legal counsel, strategic advisor, sustainability expert, and speaker. He brings extraordinary value by integrating legal principles with a deep understanding of the world’s most complicated sustainability issues.

Dr. Schindler’s unique investment model goes beyond looking at companies with proven technologies or strong management. He connects investment companies with a global network of clean tech capital markets, providing comprehensive advisory services and strategic support.

"Only disruptive technology can bridge the growing gap between the supply and demand of energy, water, food, and other global resources."
- Walter Schindler, @Yale, EMBA Sustainability Colloquium 2015

RENEWABLE
ENERGY

Dr. Schindler helped his first client go public in 1981. Ultrasystems became known as the United States pioneer of alternative energy, renewable power and cogeneration.

GREEN
TECHNOLOGY

Dr. Schindler was an early investor in the inventor of the FICO scoring system and the creator of rational drug design (making new drug molecules by computer).

INVESTING IN
WATER

Dr. Schindler was a founding investor in WaterHealth International, Inc, which provides pure drinking water systems to rural villages through sustainable capitalism.

SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE

Dr. Schindler created a new initiative at his firm in order to address the biggest issues facing global agriculture today.

Mapping the Puzzle of Disruptive Transformation

In 2000, Walter Schindler stepped away from a successful law firm partnership to dive into the world of sustainable investing in a journey he calls “mapping the puzzle of disruptive transformation.” At each stage of his journey, he has been a step ahead of his time, advising some of the first renewable energy movers and shakers as a corporate lawyer starting from 1980.

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Dr. Walter Schindler