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Ogier's sustainable finance expertise spans across our finance and corporate teams, including those focused on capital markets, listings, fund finance and real estate finance. Products include green, social and sustainable bonds/loans, sustainability linked financings and related structures.
Each of our jurisdictions, being well regulated international finance centres, is positioned to assist the banking and finance sector in meeting their various sustainable finance commitments and initiatives championed by both governments and industry.
Our legal experts work closely with our experienced professionals in Ogier's Sustainable Investment (SI) Consulting team, who offer a wealth of knowledge and advice to assist clients in shaping their ESG strategy and operationalise this into investment, lending and project finance approaches.
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Investors are increasingly looking 'beyond the balance sheet' of fund investments and the asset classes acquired by funds. Our sustainable finance experts can advise on the various approaches to sustainable investing and the greater reporting and transparency requirements around non-traditional financial metrics linked to ESG, including requirements set out in fund constitutional documents and side letters.
Fund finance for ESG funds has become more sought-after and the finance industry has adapted by tailoring the structuring of such financing to meet investor and industry pressures including to protect against "green washing" concerns. For example, financial institutions may require borrowers to act in accordance with certain ESG frameworks and include specific provisions in fund finance documents to require additional reporting and compliance obligations linked to ESG metrics.
Our team works with real estate clients across a full range of sustainable finance matters. Decarbonisation in the real estate sector is becoming a critical focus point for landlords, owners and real estate investors and this will have an impact on design, retrofitting, new technologies and materials, all of which will require a funding commitment and banks are now providing designated green loans to assist.
We have experience assisting with green loans in the real estate sector, which can take many forms, from acquisition finance of green buildings, refinancing of existing indebtedness in respect of green buildings and/or the development/re-development of non-green projects to make them into green assets. The main requirement underpinning these green loans is to utilise the loan proceeds towards green projects and purposes.
There is a perceived risk from 'greenwashing' projects and borrower's ESG commitments, and so it is important that borrowers put green finance frameworks together to track their green utilisation of loan proceeds. In addition, from a legal perspective, the loan documentation will come under increasing scrutiny by all parties to make sure these requirements are adequately documented.
The Islamic finance community is looking at focusing on green finance due to its inherent strength in ethical finance that compliments Sharia law principles. A private sector led initiative, The Islamic Finance and the UN Sustainable Development Goals Taskforce, is taking a leading role within the global Islamic finance industry to highlight the green finance opportunity within this sector.
With our multidisciplinary approach, we can offer sustainable finance advice to clients in the Islamic finance industry.Â
Luxembourg was the first jurisdiction in the world to launch a fully dedicated green stock market in September 2016, the LGX. LGX is a platform used by issuers to market green, social and sustainable securities to investors. LGX lists bonds, sustainable and social instruments, funds, indexes and aims to extent to all sustainable financial instruments. Entry on the LGX is restricted to issuers who must comply with mandatory disclosure requirements at issuance as well as ongoing reporting on the listed securities. Investors, which have free and unrestricted access to the documentation relating to a product as well as the use of proceeds of such product, can benefit from increased transparency and are better equipped to make informed decisions on their investments.
TISE offers a TISE Sustainable market segment which is open to issuers which have listed securities on TISE whose proceeds are explicitly for the purpose of financing sustainable businesses, investments or projects generating a positive environmental impact. Our specialist Listing Services team offers exceptional levels of expertise to assist issuers and provides advice and assistance in relation to both the initial listing process and ongoing requirements, to ensure compliance with TISEA's Listing Rules and the continuing obligations applicable to listed issuers.
Ogier Global's Sustainable Investment (SI) Consulting team offers a wealth of knowledge and advice to assist clients in shaping their ESG strategy and operationalise this into investment, lending and project finance approaches. We work with clients to:
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26 September 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier's LatAm team advises lenders on US$800 million loan facility to Banco do Brasil
Deal
13 June 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier in Jersey advises Vantage Data Centers on first data centre asset-backed securitisation in EMEA
Deal
3 May 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier advises VMED O2 on Euro 600 million TISE green bond listing
Deal
12 December 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier advises a group of syndicated lenders on a HK$8.8 billion green loan to ESR Group and Chinachem Group
Deal
31 August 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier advises Eastcastle Infrastructure on US$92 million debt package to expand digital connectivity in DRC
Team: Danny Cole, Mark Watson
Jersey
Deal
14 February 2023
Ogier assists Liberty Costa Rica Senior Secured Finance on TISE listing of sustainability-linked notes
Team: Lucy Chambers, Emily Renouf
Deal
27 January 2023
Ogier advises Sunny Optical on its US$400 million sustainability-linked bonds issuance
Team: Nathan Powell, Vicky Wu, Kingston Tang
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
Deal
27 January 2023 | 1 min read
奥杰助力舜宇光学科技(集团)有限公司成功发行本金为4亿美元的可持续发展挂钩债券
Team: Nathan Powell, Vicky Wu, Kingston Tang
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
Deal
9 August 2022
Ogier advises Excellence Commercial Properties Co Ltd on its US$100 million green bond offering
Team: Nathan Powell, Vicky Wu, Kingston Tang
Hong Kong, Cayman Islands
Deal
23 June 2022 | 1 min read
Ogier in BVI advises on US$1.5 billion credit facility extension for Colliers Group
British Virgin Islands
Deal
Sustainable Finance
Our legal experts work alongside consultancy and regulatory professionals to help clients implement and deliver on sustainable investing mandates
30 September 2024 | 1 min read
奥杰参与的创新性绿色贷款项目荣获ALB 2024香港法律大奖「年度最佳融资交易」
Team: Yuki Yan 颜玉丽
Hong Kong
News
24 September 2024 | 1 min read
Innovative green loan advised by Ogier wins ALB Finance Deal of the Year 2024
Team: Yuki Yan 颜玉丽
Hong Kong
News
3 April 2024 | 1 min read
Cecilia Li named a China Business Law Journal Rising Star
News
3 April 2024 | 1 min read
奥杰香港合伙人李嵚盈律师(Cecilia Li)荣获《商法》2023-24年度“法律精英: 律师新星” 奖项
News
27 March 2024 | 1 min read
First-of-its-kind green loan involving Ogier is named as a China Business Law Journal Deal of the Year 2023
News
27 March 2024 | 1 min read
奥杰参与的创新性绿色贷款获《商法》评为2023年度最佳交易
News
6 March 2024 | 6 min read
Jersey: a home for fund managers
Team: Jonathan Hughes
Insight
23 January 2024 | 2 min read
The rise of ESG litigation
Team: Leonie Kelly
Global
Insight
28 November 2023 | 9 min read
The Middle East: current trends driving advice and structuring
Team: David Welford
Dubai, Jersey
Insight
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