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Ranked as a Top 10 Global Law Firm, CMS are based in 40+ countries and 70+ offices worldwide. 4,500 CMS lawyers offer business-focused advice tailored to our client’s needs, whether in their local market or across multiple jurisdictions.

At CMS, we aim to put our clients’ world at the heart of what we do. For this reason, we have a team of lawyers from across the firm who are actively engaging with the concept of sustainability in general, and sustainable finance in particular.  Sustainable finance has now become a regulatory imperative - no longer considered a matter reserved just for investors and asset managers, institutions across the broader financial landscape are increasingly coming under pressure from regulators and other stakeholders to take action to address sustainability in how they do business, and at CMS our aim is to help our clients to navigate this rapidly evolving legal and commercial landscape.

To discuss the subject of sustainability, please visit www.cms.law or contact:  

Laura Houet Partner, Funds T +44 207 367 3582  E laura.houet@cms-cmno.com

Paul Sheridan Partner, Environment T +44 20 7367 2186         E paul.sheridan@cms-cmno.com

www.cms.law

 

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As a global top 15 law practice, Eversheds Sutherland provides legal advice and solutions to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals.

Our teams of lawyers around the world operate seamlessly to deliver the legal know-how and strategic alignment that clients need from their advisors to help further their business interests. Clients describe us as creative and well-versed in cutting edge legal work – we listen well in order to understand how and where we can be most effective and add the greatest value.

We shape our advice to the unique circumstances and challenges of each project, and ensure the right people are in the right places to offer insight and certainty – from the day-to-day to the most complex, multijurisdictional matters.

What unites us is our commitment to service excellence through a solution-oriented approach. We know our clients’ businesses, the industries and markets they operate in, and we know that great relationships yield the best outcomes.

www.eversheds-sutherland.com

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2.6 trillion and operations worldwide. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, JPMorgan Chase & Co. serves millions of customers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under its J.P. Morgan and Chase brands.

www.jpmorganchase.com

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Linklaters is a leading global law firm, supporting clients in achieving their strategies wherever they do business. We use our expertise and resources to help clients pursue opportunities and manage risk across emerging and developed markets around the world.

With 30 offices and more than 2,800 lawyers around the world, our clients access more market-leading practices and experts in relevant practice areas than any other firm.

We build long and lasting relationships by delivering excellent client service and using our global capabilities to help our clients pursue the right opportunities and fulfil their ambitions.

We work as one united team, with a common focus on innovation, efficiency and agility – putting our clients at the heart of all we do.

www.linklaters.com

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Moody's Investors Service is a leading provider of credit ratings, research, and risk analysis. Moody's commitment and expertise contributes to transparent and integrated financial markets, and the firm's ratings and analysis track debt covering approximately 120 sovereign nations, 11,000 corporate issuers, 21,000 public finance issuers, and 72,000 structured finance obligations.

www.moodys.com

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White & Case LLP is a pioneering global law firm with 44 offices in the markets that matter today. We have strong relationships with local counsel in jurisdictions where we do not have offices or where we are restricted to practising international law. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Our partners are recognised as top-tier practitioners in the highly regulated and complex field of UK public M&A and they work closely with our integrated international listed companies practice. Clients rely on our ability to deliver a one-stop-shop service to deal with all key transactional and regulatory aspects connected with a proposed deal, including financing and securities issues, employment & benefits, tax, competition matters, corporate governance and compliance matters and secondary equity capital markets transactions. At more than 100-strong, our London Corporate M&A Practice is one of the largest in London.

We have extensive experience advising UK public companies on governance and shareholder engagement matters, as well as public bids and defence strategies. Our strength in relation to governance and engagement matters is enhanced by our UK public company advisory team, which supports UK public company clients across a wide range of areas, including corporate governance and shareholder meetings, corporate advisory and company secretarial.

We have deep relationships with the full spectrum of leading funds (from SWFs to hedge funds) who acquire stakes in UK-listed companies with a focus on enhancing shareholder value. Our transatlantic reach gives us a unique insight into the tactics and strategies being employed by and against activists in the US, which are increasingly being transferred to the UK market. This combined US/UK strength is something that other leading US or UK firms simply don’t have. 
We are well connected with other key advisers in the UK shareholder engagement space, including investment banks, financial advisers, proxy advisers, investor analytics advisers, PR advisers and others.

Our experience advising both public companies and the funds who invest in them provides us with a valuable understanding as to what is important on each side, how they think and how they are likely to act.

www.whitecase.com