Global law firm White & Case LLP is the latest international organisation to join Partners Program.
Global law firm White & Case LLP is the latest international organisation to join the Climate Bonds Initiative Partnership Program supporting the development of climate finance and green bond market growth.
White & Case join a diverse group of high profile organizations to partner with us to date in 2017 including Moody’s, investment managers Van Eck and M & G Investments, Dutch based NN Investment Partners and legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright.
In addition, Deloitte France & Deloitte Luxembourg have joined the ranks of Approved Verifiers.
Partners assist in developing initiatives to grow investment in climate finance solutions, participate in different market development committees & help define policy agendas for sector, country & sub-national green bond development programs.
Verifiers provide external reviews of green bonds.
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White & Case is a signatory to the UN Global Compact and supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
The firm has a global presence with staff in 40 offices across 28 countries and and advises a broad range of clients in virtually every area of law that affects cross-border business.
Who’s saying what?
Cenzi Gargaro, Partner, White & Case (Paris):
“White & Case has been involved in various fields of Green Finance since its inception and has advised on numerous Green Financing transactions including landmark deals such as the recent first ever sovereign green bond by Poland and the first ‘green capital note’ for an innovative green securitization transaction.“
“There is now real momentum behind the concept of Green Finance and we are proud to be partnering with the Climate Bonds Initiative to drive this forward.”
Tallat Hussain, Counsel, White & Case (London):
“Green bonds are part of a wider trend toward social and environmental responsibility among companies, investors and financial institutions."
"With an international imperative for climate change adaptation finance and environmental protection, we are seeing strong encouragement by governments, public and other regulatory authorities and even NGOs looking ahead to innovative instruments and structures to make change happen.”
Karsten Woeckener, Partner, White & Case (Frankfurt):
‘Green Finance has been embraced with great enthusiasm over the past few years and the interest is not just from mainstream corporate and sovereign market participants but there is growing interest from a number of structured finance, emerging market and project bond participants.”
“The Climate Bonds Initiative on standardisation and transparency is working to ensure climate-related instruments remain attractive products for a broad range of market participants.”
The Last Word: from CEO Sean Kidney:
“White & Case bring a global perspective on climate and environmental developments in many jurisdictions and a broad-based legal capability to match.”
“As the Climate Bonds Initiative expands its international activities and in-country projects, having a law firm of this calibre as a partner provides invaluable expertise and capability.”
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