The series kicked off with a discussion on ESG and the loan market, where participants will learn everything ESG related down to the basics. Presented by Andrew Steel, Global Head of Sustainable Fitch, Fitch Ratings and Tess Virmani, Associate General Counsel & EVP of Public Policy, LSTA. Replay now available for LSTA Members.

The presentation focused on recent developments in the area as well as an introduction to the EPA’s environmental justice mapping tool. Presented by Paul Freeman, Senior Counsel, Jennifer Grady, Partner, Jon Kibbe, Partner, Elliott Laws, Partner and Kirsten Nathanson, Partner, all from Crowell & Moring LLP and Bridget Marsh, EVP & Deputy General Counsel from the LSTA. Presentation and relay now available for LSTA Members.

This session is the first in a three-part series on how credit rating agencies are addressing ESG risks. Presented by Michael Ferguson, Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, S&P Global Ratings, Paul Kalinauskas, Director, Structured Credit Group, S&P Global Ratings and Tess Virmani, Associate General Counsel, EVP Public Policy, LSTA. Presentation and replay now available for LSTA Members.

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.