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Sukhvir Basran is an ESG partner in the firm’s London office.
Sukhvir Basran is an ESG partner in King & Spalding’s Finance and Restructuring practice in the London office. Sukhvir combines her substantial experience as a banking and finance lawyer with extensive experience advising corporates, financial institutions, funds, trade associations and standard setters on sustainability matters. She advises clients on a wide range of ESG matters including sustainability-related law and regulation, ESG strategies and policies, disclosure and reporting, industry standards and guidance and sustainable finance and investments.
Sukhvir is widely recognised as a pioneer of sustainable finance and investment, and plays a leading role working alongside standard setters and industry bodies to develop and scale the market. She was one of the first lawyers to provide ESG advisory services - using her strong relationships with ESG consultants, standard setters, and digital/AI solution providers to provide clients with an end-to-end service. She is appointed sustainability counsel to the Loan Market Association (LMA) and has advised the LMA on the SLL Model Provisions, guidance and supporting documents all of which are widely used in globally.
Sukhvir is an advocate of justice and equality and she is recognised as a leading authority on the “S” in ESG. She is Chair of the Board of 2X Global and as one of the only lawyers at the nexus of climate and gender, Sukhvir has advised 2X Global on JEDI Investing Toolkit and, Gender and Climate Toolkit, which assist stakeholders in identifying climate and gender investment risks and opportunities. This work has led her to speak on gender equality on global platforms, including the Summit for a New Change Global Financing Pact chaired by Emmanuel Macron (2023) and the launch of the Women in the Sustainable Economy (WISE) Initiative during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders Week Summit in San Francisco, announced by Kamala Harris (2023).
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