Übersicht

We advise on a range of innovative ESG transactions and products in each of the retail banking, corporate and investment banking sectors.

These products include a wide variety of green, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked loans and bonds, renewable energy financings, ESG linked repos, green securitisations, the development of sustainable indices, green structured products and green covered bonds.

Erfahrung

Our experience spans our global network and includes the following transactions:

  • Represented Cristal Union, a leading producer of sugar and alcohol, in its €1.01 billion refinancing agreement. The deal included €950 million under syndicated loans, €30 million in Impact bonds issued by Cristal Union and €30 million in equity loans by Unigrains. The refinancing is linked to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, lower water consumption and organic farming.
  • Represented BNP PARIBAS and J.P. Morgan, as joint book-running managers, in a $750,000,000 public offering of 2.900% Notes due 2032 by Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. This was ADM’s inaugural sustainable bond offering.
  • Represented Citigroup and BBVA, as joint book-running managers, in a €500,000,000 public offering of 0.300% Senior Notes due 2029 by Colgate-Palmolive Company. This was Colgate’s inaugural sustainable bond offering.
  • Represented BNP PARIBAS, BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities, as joint book-running managers, in a $300,000,000 public offering of 2.400% senior Notes due 2031 by Whirlpool Corporation. This was Whirlpool’s inaugural sustainable bond offering.
  • Represented Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in a $500,000,000 public offering of 0.950% Senior Notes due 2025. This was CIBC’s inaugural sustainable bond offering in the US markets.
  • Represented Rabobank, ING Bank and Morgan Stanley, as joint book-running managers, in a €300,000,000 public offering of 0.500% Senior Notes due 2029 by Kellogg Company. This was Kellogg’s inaugural sustainable bond offering.
  • Represented KBR Inc. (KBR), a public company and a leader in the fields of science, technology and engineering, in connection with an amendment and extension of its approximately $2 billion credit facilities.
  • Represented the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, as borrower, in its inaugural HK$4 billion syndicated sustainability-linked term and revolving loan facilities.
  • Represented Bogota, Distrito Capital (i.e. City of Bogota, Colombia), as borrower, in a $250 million COP denominated unsecured loan from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) guaranteed by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). This was the first guaranteed loan to a city in Colombia that was denominated in local currency. The proceeds of the loan will be used by the District of Bogota to fund projects and health services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Auszeichnungen

The Legal 500 Green Guide

  • Asia: Recommended Firm
  • United States: Recommended Firm

Law360

  • Environmental Group of the Year 2022

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