Sukhvir Basran is a partner in Cadwalader's Financial Services Group. Combining her substantial experience as a banking and finance lawyer, Sukhvir advises and works with financial institutions on incorporating innovative financing and impact investment structures anchored in rigorous impact outcomes into mainstream transactions. She advises clients on ESG strategies, policies, disclosure and reporting, ESG-related transactions and products as well as integration of ESG into investment processes and systems.
Sukhvir plays an active role in developing the sustainable finance sector through the creation of strong partnerships and collaborations. Her work extends beyond purely legal including enabling her clients to engage with their customers and clients to create sustainable investment business models. The Sustainability Linked Loans (SLL) Lender Toolkit and Corporates and Sponsors’ Sustainable Roadmap have been shortlisted for The Lawyer Awards (2022) and Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards (2021).
Sukhvir believes that legal advice needs to be provided in the context of the wider ESG landscape, mainstream and impact investing, and she works closely with trade associations and industry bodies, standard setters, and data providers to deliver an end-to-end service for clients. She is involved with several organizations and financial institutions in the Gender Lens and diversity investing space to develop products and deepen engagement to promote gender equality outcomes. She is a member of the LMA’s ESG committee, is Independent Chair of the 2X Global’s inaugural board, is on the Steering Committee of GenderSmart JEDI, is a member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Board and is working on a UN-led Taskforce on the creation of an ESG Board Certification. Sukhvir also launched “Aurora: The Gender Lens Project” with the 2X Collaborative and GenderSmart.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Sukhvir Basran
- EU Council Adopts New European Green Bond Standard - (Posted On Monday, December 04, 2023)
- KPMG Research Shows Significant Proportion of Companies Not Ready for ESG Data Assurance Requirements - (Posted On Monday, November 27, 2023)
- ISS: Challenges Remain in Interoperability of Sustainability Disclosure Standards - (Posted On Tuesday, November 14, 2023)
- EIB Announces New Measures to Address Biodiversity Loss - (Posted On Tuesday, November 14, 2023)
- Australian Government Seeks Input on Implementation of Carbon Credit Scheme - (Posted On Tuesday, November 07, 2023)
- UN-Convened Plastic Pollution Committee Proposes Zero Plastics Treaty - (Posted On Monday, October 30, 2023)
- Transition Plan Taskforce Publishes the Final Disclosure Framework - (Posted On Monday, October 23, 2023)
- EFRAG and GRI Announce Interoperability in Impact Reporting Schemes - (Posted On Tuesday, October 17, 2023)
- Investor Group FAIRR Calls on G20 Finance Ministers to Reform Agricultural Subsidies Regimes - (Posted On Monday, October 09, 2023)
- Euronext Launches New Sustainable Investment Tools and ESG Initiatives - (Posted On Monday, October 09, 2023)