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As a participant in the global banking and finance industry, you face increasing financial, regulatory and political changes. CMS is a one-stop-shop for all your challenges across the world. So, whether you are a bank or a corporation, a financial service provider or other regulated operator, an investment fund or public institution, our priority is resolving your challenges.
CMS Banking & Finance provides local and international expertise across the full spectrum of banking and finance, to advise you on:
- Banking law and regulation
- Finance
- Restructuring
- Capital markets
As a group we combine our expertise to drive important issues for our clients through regular and pertinent communication, expert guides and thought leadership.
We offer pragmatic business solutions, based on in-depth understanding of your industry. We strive to be both your business partners and your trusted lawyers.
From deep-rooted local advice to multi-jurisdictional expertise, we offer you consistent, top quality service. Our lawyers across the globe know one another and work together in specially selected teams to focus on your specific needs.
Please reach out to any of our Banking & Finance lawyers to explore solutions to your needs.
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Whether you are a bank or a corporation, a financial service provider or other regulated operator, an investment fund or public institution, we have relevant people, who understand your sector. We structure teams according to sectors and products. This enables us to be up to date with, and anticipate, issues in specialised areas.
From deep-rooted local advice to multi-jurisdictional expertise, our teams offer you consistent, commercial advice from a flexible pool of lawyers. CMS has over 75 offices worldwide and our banking and finance sector experts across the globe know one another, work together regularly and train together, so you get a single cohesive CMS team, wherever they are located.
Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investment is an issue of global importance which is front and centre in political, legal and market priorities. Although the rise to prominence has been market-led, regulation is catching up. CMS is working with banks, insurers, trustees, investment managers, brokers, payment service providers and fintech founders on their sustainability agendas.
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Mowi ASA is a world-leading Norwegian food company in the seafood sector. CMS advised on the refinancing of its existing bank facility with a EUR 1.8bn five-year secured revolving credit facility.
The facility agreement contains a sustainability-linked margin adjustment which will further promote Mowi’s sustainability strategy, The Blue Revolution Plan.
Mowi’s Blue Revolution Plan allows them to achieve its goal of producing more food from the ocean, so meeting the demands of a growing population while respecting the planet and helping local communities to flourish.
The refinancing includes an incremental option for a potential increase of the facility by an additional EUR 300m. A number of of Mowi’s foreign subsdiaries are acting as guarantors under the new facility agreement.
DBSA’s Green bonds aim to raise funds for environmentally aligned sustainable development projects and could thus play an important role in aiding in the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change risks.
In February 2021, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), successfully issued its first green bond pursuant to its Green Bond Framework. The EUR 200m bond was issued through a private placement with the French development finance institution, Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
This first green bond issuance is primarily intended to refinance selected projects under South Africa’s renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme. Future bonds could support projects in wind energy and smart grids as well as measures promoting energy efficiency.
Marc–Etienne Sébire, Partner at CMS: “With more and more green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds being issued around the world, sustainable finance actively contributes to the transition to a low-carbon economy.”
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We provide future-facing legal advice to help your organisation thrive. Combining local market knowledge and a global perspective, and with lawyers in locations worldwide, your organisation benefits from the expertise it needs, even across borders.
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