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Sustainability is the leitmotiv in today’s world and in the world of Real Estate, whether it concerns the phase of construction, utilisation or redevelopment. Sustainability is becoming a requirement that is not yet fully crystallised and therefore offers potential tax and financial benefits. Regulations and case law/jurisprudence in this area are under development. Our Real Estate specialists follow the developments with close attention.

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16/04/2019
CMS Soil and Groundwater Contamination Guide
From the 1970s onwards, soil and groundwater contamination has become an increasingly important regulatory issue. However, there are still no uniform regulations. Numerous sets of rules have been developed...
28/10/2022
CMS Real Estate Global Brochure
Globalisation, political turbulence, changes in urban living patterns, increased digitisation, shifting consumer behaviour and flexible working are just some of the issues that are transforming the demands...

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06/09/2023
European real estate investment proved volatile in 2022, despite a promising...
Total investment across the European real estate market fell by around 14% in 2022 compared to the previous year, coming in at EUR 248 billion, according to global law firm CMS' European Real Estate Deal...
28/06/2022
CMS appoints Jasper Kampherbeek as partner
CMS appoints assigned civil-law notary Jasper Kampherbeek as partner with effect from 1 July 2022. With this appointment, CMS strengthens its Real Estate & Construction practice group. Managing partner...
14/06/2022
European real estate investment markets back to pre-corona levels with...
The European real estate investment market appears to have largely recovered from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, according to the CMS European Real Estate Deal Point Study 2022. Compared...
08/04/2021
CMS Green Guidance - Help! The climate is threatening my loan
Sustainability and financial services is a sector in which experts in finance, sustainability, compliance and law work together. CMS Green Guidance is published monthly and keeps you abreast of the most...
08/01/2021
Sustainable investment/SFDR: what will be the impact?
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) will come into force on 10 March 2021 in the EU – two months to go. The SFDR will have direct effect in the Neth­er­lands. High level impactsSFDR...
21/10/2020
The EU Taxonomy Regulation: application & implications
In our quickscan on the EU Taxonomy Regulation, our first brief article on this subject, we looked at how an economic activity is tested on 'sustainability' under the Taxonomy and on the application of...
16/10/2020
The EU Taxonomy Regulation: a quickscan
Sustainable finance is rapidly becoming an increasingly relevant theme, in particular for financial institutions. However, there is a lack of in­dustry-stand­ard measures on how to grade the overall sus­tain­ab­il­ity...
01/10/2020
Sustainability Linked Loan Principles – APLMA & LMA May 2020
Gen­er­alSus­tain­ab­il­ity linked loans (SLLs) aim to facilitate and support environmentally and socially sustainable economic activity and growth.  The LMA has published the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles...
17/09/2020
Green Loan Principles – APLMA & LMA May 2020
GeneralThe Green Loan Principles (GLP) aim to facilitate and support environmentally sustainable economic activity and aid the development of a market-standard approach to green lending. Green loans (GLs)...
03/09/2020
Increasing regulatory pressure on the financial sector to start acting...
EU's policy on sustainable financeThe EU's sustainable finance policy supports economic growth while reducing pressure on the environment and taking into account social and governance aspects. As part...
25/08/2020
Sustainable finance and ESG: need for guidance and classification
Sustainability issues are covered by an extensive array of dedicated conventions, norms and standards that straddle the international, national and local levels. They are increasingly embedded in rules...
18/08/2020
Why sustainable finance is relevant to financial institutions
Sustainable finance is a rapidly growing sector, with international policy initiatives giving rise to changing attitudes in the investment and lending community. The financial sector plays a key role...