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Practice · Sustainable Finance

Capital, structured for the transition.

We advise issuers, lenders, multilateral institutions and investors on green and sustainability-linked instruments aligned with SEBI's sustainable-finance framework, the EU climate-action framework and UNFCCC-driven transition principles.

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Overview

Cross-disciplinary sustainable finance counsel.

India's sustainable-debt market is shaped by SEBI's framework for green debt securities and ESG-linked instruments, which sets disclosure, use-of-proceeds and post-issuance review expectations. Cross-border investor appetite is influenced by the EU's sustainable-finance and climate-action agenda, including the EU Green Deal and Taxonomy workstreams, and by transition pathways negotiated under the UNFCCC process.

Our team works across capital markets, banking, project finance and tax to structure instruments - green and blue bonds, sustainability-linked loans, transition bonds and blended-finance vehicles - that withstand both regulator and external-reviewer scrutiny.

Green debt securities

From framework to impact report.

Issuer

Use-of-proceeds framework

External review

Second-party opinion

Investor

Allocation to eligible projects

Impact report

Annual KPI disclosure

Capabilities

Sustainable finance services.

  • SEBI green debt securities framework compliance
  • Green bond and blue bond issuance, onshore and offshore
  • Sustainability-linked loans and KPI calibration
  • RBI green deposits framework advisory
  • Use-of-proceeds and impact reporting frameworks
  • Second-party opinion and external review coordination
  • Blended finance and concessional capital structuring
  • ESG mutual fund disclosure and stewardship
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