Sustainable Finance

If you are navigating ESG finance, you need clear, commercially grounded finance law advice from lawyers who understand the nuances in a rapidly-evolving market. We help you structure transactions that align with your sustainability goals while meeting the expectations of investors, regulators and assurance providers.

You may be integrating ESG provisions into loan or bond documentation, setting sustainability-linked KPIs or negotiating margin ratchets and disclosure obligations. Wherever you are in the process, we make sure your terms are credible, proportionate and workable for all parties.

Our advice is underpinned by detailed knowledge of the Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles, the LMA draft provisions for green loans and for sustainability-linked loans, and the ICMA bond frameworks. This gives you confidence that your structures are robust and that your instruments carry the integrity the market now expects.

Our Services

We advise borrowers, lenders and issuers across the full spectrum of sustainable and ESG-linked debt. If you are planning or reviewing:

• syndicated or bilateral facilities with ESG-linked features
• private placements with sustainability or impact components
• public bond offerings, including green, social and sustainability-linked issuances
• social impact loans or
• funding for residential retrofit or wider decarbonisation programmes

we help you document KPIs in alignment with your organisation's strategy and data, and negotiate covenants and reporting provisions that are clear and workable over the life of the facility.

The market evolves quickly. We monitor emerging regulatory and investor trends so you can anticipate what is coming next. Our aim is to give you a realistic view of what the market will accept, where there is room to negotiate, and how to avoid terms that may become difficult to operate in practice.

Throughout each transaction, you will work with highly experienced banking and finance lawyers who spend every day on ESG-linked and sustainable finance deals. We focus on straightforward, commercially sound advice that stands up to scrutiny from internal stakeholders, funders and external reviewers.