09 November 2020
ESG – The X Factor for Sustainable Financing
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/esg-the-x-factor-for-sustainable-financing

The investment creed of today is no longer a simple statement of better returns, quality targets or sound financials. Increasingly, capital flows are being directed into businesses that are assessed to be “sustainable”.

13 October 2020
Sustainability Financing - Singapore Market Update
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/singapore/sustainability-financing-singapore-market-update

Singapore, long recognised as a global financial hub, is establishing itself as a strong contender in the green finance market for ESG loans. Local lenders, which are amongst the biggest banks in Asia, have also ...

27 November 2019
Bird & Bird and K&L Gates respectively assisted ForVEI II and Origis Group in the cross-border acquisition of 35 photovoltaic plants in Italy and Slovakia
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/bird-and-bird-and-k-and-l-gates-assisted-forvei-ii-and-origis-group-in-the-cross-border-acquisition

Bird & Bird acted alongside the buyer, a joint venture vehicle dedicated to investments in photovoltaics between Foresight and VEI Green and identified as "ForVEI II".

14 April 2020
COVID-19: Practical and detailed guide to regulation and consequences in the energy and infrastructure sectors in Italy (including a focus on the potential impact of the Liquidity Decree)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/italy/covid-19-energy---infrastructure

Following the outbreak of the health emergency in Italy due to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Italian Government has implemented several emergency measures impacting the energy and infrastructure sectors. ...

19 June 2020
How the grass can be greener in Singapore: green lending in Asia Pacific
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/singapore/how-the-grass-can-be-greener-in-singapore-green-lending-in-asia-pacific

Sandra Seah, Chelsea Chan and Eef Gerard Van Emmerick spoke to Max Latchmore in our London Sustainability Group to discuss LYS Energy’s (LYS) recent Green Loan run through our Singapore office.

14 May 2020
Clean Energy Pipeline's 'Europe: Offshore Wind Outlook 2020' report now published
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/clean-energy-pipelines-europe-offshore-wind-outlook-2020

Clean Energy Pipeline has now published the latest 'Europe: Offshore Wind Outlook 2020' report, with the foreword written by our Banking and Finance and Projects Partner Conrad Purcell.

03 April 2020
COVID-19: Germany's Federal Government announces Start-Up aid-programmes
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/covid-19-germanys-federal-government-announces-start-up-aid-programmes

On 1 April 2020, the Federal Ministry of Finance alongside the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy have announced a tailored start-up aid programme worth EUR 2 billion, to combat COVID-19 related recession.

31 March 2020
KFW emergency liquidity assistance to combat COVID-19
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/kfw-emergency-liquidity-assistance-to-combat-covid-19

To combat COVID-19 and its economic impact, German state-owned development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) has introduced the unlimited “KfW special programme 2020.” We have summarised the programme with ...

03 April 2020
COVID-19: Germany establishes Economic Stabilisation Funds
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/covid-19-germany-establishes-economic-stabilisation-funds

To combat the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the German Federal Government is taking a wide array of measures. Revisiting a proven instrument to combat economic upheaval, the government has established a EUR 600 billion ...

25 March 2020
COVID-19: International Restructuring & Insolvency update
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/covid-19-international-r-and-i-briefing

As the Novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread across the globe, people and businesses are facing unprecedented challenges, both immediate and strategic. Governments in various jurisdictions have ...