Sustainability & ESG Trends 2024

Topic Guides

Clifford Chance Topic Guides bring together our expertise and information on specific topics. They provide access to a summary of latest developments as well as to other resources such as Clifford Chance materials and contacts, legislation and official publications.

• Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD)
• Bank finance – TLAC and MREL
• Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD)
• Bank resolution in the Asia-Pacific region
• Covered bonds
• Cross border insolvency
• EU legislative process explained
• European business engagement with China
• European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
• Execution: A guide to English law execution
• Fintech
• Green and sustainable finance
• IBOR transition and risk-free rates
• Margin for uncleared derivatives
• Market Abuse Regulation
• MiFID2 and MiFIR
• Payments regulation
• PRIIPs - Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products
• Prospectus Regulation and Transparency Directive
• Regulation of benchmarks
• Sanctions
• Securitisation Regulation and Simple, Transparent & Standardised (STS) Framework
• Sustainable Finance: funds and investment management
• UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2023
• UK National Security and Investment Act 2021

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Client Briefings

Our Client Briefings provide a "heads up" summary of hot legal issues and market developments as they arise. You will find them grouped according to business product type and country to help you find those relevant to you.

• UK: Aggregate Group restructuring – Further hearing to consider amended plan scheduled later this week (March 2024)
• Using a Scheme of Arrangement to settle complex group litigation and implement consumer redress: Link Fund Solutions Limited (March 2023)
• US SEC Adopts New Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements (Detailed) (March 2024)
• Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Active New York Assembly Bill providing for a new comprehensive sovereign debt restructuring mechanism and a limit on recoveries on sovereign debt (March 2024)
• Sustainability: Recent ESG Developments (March 2024)
• McDermott International Group receives the Amsterdam Court's approva on its Dutch WHOA (March 2024)
• Agreement reached on the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive – what financial services firms need to know (March 2024)
• China Revamps its Rules on Cross-border Data Transfer (March 2024)

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Resources by Country

We have 34 offices in 23 countries. Choose your country of interest.

• Americas
  • Brazil
  • United States
• Brazil
• United States
• Asia Pacific
  • Australia
  • China
  • Hong Kong SAR
  • India
  • Japan
  • Singapore
  • Thailand
  • Vietnam
• Australia
• China
• Hong Kong SAR
• India
• Japan
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam
• EMEA
  • Africa
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • England and Wales
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Morocco
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • UAE
  • Ukraine
• Africa
• Belgium
• Czech Republic
• England and Wales
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Luxembourg
• Morocco
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Romania
• Saudi Arabia
• Spain
• Turkey
• UAE
• Ukraine

Resources by Product

We advise on the full spectrum of financial products. Here is a list of key areas of expertise with links to pages containing resources, contacts and other information.

• Asset Finance
• Corporate and Investment Grade Lending
• Debt Capital Markets
• Derivatives and Structured Products
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Equity Capital Markets
• Financial Regulation
• Funds and Investment Management
• High Yield
• Islamic Finance
• Leveraged and Acquisition Finance
• Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Risk Management
• Real Estate Finance
• Restructuring and Insolvency
• Securitisation and Structured Debt
• Trade, Commodities and Export Finance
• Trusts