This program summarized the initial draft of the amendments as presented to the Uniform Law Commission at the Commission’s annual meeting in July of 2021. Presented by Steven L. Harris, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Edwin E. Smith, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Steven O. Weise, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP and Bridget Marsh, EVP & Deputy General Counsel, LSTA. Presentation & Reply now available to LSTA members.

Sustainability-linked debt is a fast-growing asset class within the broader category of ESG-focused debt, with broad appeal to issuers that may not have appropriate projects to finance with traditional green bonds. The panel will discuss the development of this asset class, with the advent of sustainability-linked loans, and the emergence of sustainability-linked bonds; the challenges of sustainability-linked debt and the measures adopted to avoid “ESG-washing”; and specific features of sustainability-linked debt in the US, with a comparative view to Europe. Presented by Yair Galil, Of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Hillary H. Holmes, Partner & Co-Chair Capital Markets, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Ben Myers, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Tess Virmani, Associate General Counsel, EVP Public Policy, LSTA. Presentation and replay now available to LSTA members.

Members joined us for a timely presentation by David Chmiel, geopolitical strategy expert, on the political forces shaping the global ESG discussion as he explored the fundamental question – will action meet expectation? Presentation and replay now available to LSTA Members.

Energy finance and bankruptcy practitioners from Haynes and Boone, LLP discussed current energy finance topics, including the latest trends in oil and gas finance. Presented by Kraig Grahmann, Partner & Head of the Energy Finance Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP, Bridget Marsh, EVP & Deputy General Counsel at LSTA, Jeff Nichols, Co-Chair of Energy Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP, Kelli Norfleet, Partner, Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP and Chris Reagen, Associate, Energy Practice Group at Haynes and Boone, LLP. Presentation and replay now available for LSTA Members.

In today’s economy, corporate financials are increasingly driven by sustainability factors not adequately represented in conventional accounting metrics. Presented by Jeff Cohen, CAIA - Director of Capital Markets Integration and Head of Private Investments Initiatives at SASB, and Tess Virmani - Associate General Counsel, EVP, Public Policy at LSTA. Presentation and Replay available to LSTA Members.

Since 2018, the transactions in digital assets – secured lending, swaps, repos – have matured and evolved nearly as much as the underlying digital assets. That maturity has come in the form of more complex transactions and necessitated the development of more standardized structures and documentation. Presented by Yevgeniy Feldman, Director at Institutional Services, BlockFi, Inc., Matthew Frankle, Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP, Alexander Grisham, Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP and Rene van Kesteren, Chief Risk Officer & Head of Global Markets at BlockFi, Inc. Presentation and replay now available to LSTA Members.