Hogan Lovells partners with the Italian Stock Exchange (Borsa Italiana) on "Sustainable Finance" programme

• Mission of the Partnership is to create an innovative culture and an integrated ecosystem to foster the development of Sustainable Corporate Finance Solutions for the Italian Market
• The Programme involves a selected group of Partners in order to promote the sharing and creation of new skills and ideas
• The Partnership highlights the importance of sustainability as an integral part of the entire financing and investment chain

As a core part of the firm’s sustainability offering, Hogan Lovells Impact Financing & Investing provides finance clients with best-in-market support in this mission-critical area, helping them to stay ahead in this rapidly evolving sector through delivering innovative, efficient and scalable solutions to the challenges facing the impact economy and creating strong, strategic partnerships and collaborations to drive change, develop the market and mobilise capital. Read more here: Impact Financing & Investing.

The Italian Impact Financing & Investing team has already closed a number of deals in the relatively "new market" of sustainable finance, having assisted major national market players on green, social and sustainable bond issues such as Ferrovie dello Stato Italiano and Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.

Borsa Italiana said: "We welcome Hogan Lovells to the new Sustainable Finance Partnership network of Borsa Italiana. For several years, Borsa Italiana has been at the forefront to actively promote sustainable finance. Many initiatives have been implemented to support dialogue within the financial community. Specifically, the Sustainable Finance Partnership has the ambitious goal of fostering the exchange of ideas with Italian leading players in order to develop innovative sustainable finance solutions for the Italian market."

Corrado Fiscale, debt capital markets partner at Hogan Lovells, stated: "Sustainable Finance is transforming the capital markets environment and the partnership with Borsa Italiana is a great way to collaborate in this rapidly evolving space, and to move the market forward. Hogan Lovells has already created an international cross practice team dedicated to sustainability and we are confident that this network will further strengthen our commitment to the sector."