Sustainable finance and investment

Finance has the power to transform our futures into more sustainable ones. We offer expert legal guidance in sustainable finance and investment that drive returns whilst fostering positive change for our planet and society.

Areas of focus

• Sustainability-related disclosures: Transparency and reporting play a critical role in helping to drive capital flows towards sustainable investments. We advise companies, pension schemes and financial services businesses on compliance with international, EU, national, and sector-specific sustainability-related disclosure, reporting requirements and assisting clients on the preparation of climate-related transition plans.
• Sustainability-linked finance: We help clients to align their financing arrangements with sustainability objectives, facilitating responsible economic growth. 
• Green and social finance: We advise on the full suite of green and social financing arrangements, ensuring your investments have a direct and lasting influence on environmental and societal improvements. 
• Project finance: Our project finance experts work with clients to finance renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure projects, facilitating the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy landscape. 
• Investment due diligence: We help investors to ask the right questions to identify the ESG issues that may impact the value of their investments now and in the future, enabling risks to be mitigated and opportunities for ESG improvements to be exploited. 
• ESG readiness: We support investee companies with designing and maintaining ESG policies, tools and frameworks to enable them to secure investment from sustainable investment funds.   
• Impact investing and philanthropy: We advise private wealth clients on investment structures for ESG and impact investments and on the creation of charitable structures and community interest companies in connection with a family's overall wealth plan, furthering environmental and social causes while protecting assets and allowing for tax efficiency. 
• Responsible tax structures: We advise on tax structures that are not only compliant but also align with responsible and ethical practices.
• Pensions: We advise pension schemes on their legal duties in relation to governance and investment decisions, including ESG-related disclosures.