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Discover thought leadership and legal insights by our legal experts from across CMS. In our Expert Guides, written by CMS lawyers from across the jurisdictions where we operate, we provide you with in-depth legal research and insights that can be read both online and offline. You can also find Law-Now articles with focused legal analysis, commentary and insights to help you anticipate future challenges and much more.



Expertise
30/10/2023
Banking and finance developments
This section contains regular updates to help you stay informed of key developments shaping the banking and finance loan markets. We summarise and analyse the outcomes and consequences of the latest court rulings and legislative developments and provide practical insights to help you understand how evolving case law precedent may impact your legal obligations, liability risks, and business operations.
30/10/2023
Companies under stress
Our first publications look separately at the real estate finance market and the leveraged finance market.
30/10/2023
Regulatory Reform
The financial services industry has undergone major regulatory overhaul in the years since the financial crisis. This section provides legal analysis and guidance on key reforms impacting banks and other commercial lenders operating in the European debt markets. The articles in this section offer practical insights on implementing legal and regulatory requirements and will help you navigate the ever changing regulatory regime for UK financial institutions in respect of their lending activities. For further information on financial services regulation generally, RegZone provides expert analysis and news from the world of financial institution regulation.
30/10/2023
InDebt
Welcome to InDebt, our knowledge hub of legal insights focusing on the global debt markets.   The recent evolution of the lending market has involved significant regulatory change and has led to greater competition in the supply of debt funding. While current geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges continue to press borrowers, all market participants will want stay up to date with key developments and issues as they arise.   InDebt aims to help navigate these challenges, providing practical insights to the topical issues, regulatory updates and case law affecting all stakeholders. Content will be regularly updated. If there is a topic you’d like to discuss further, please do get in touch.
08/08/2022
ESG themes in Real Estate Finance
Reflecting on the last roundtable in July 2020 (note produced from that meeting available here)  the following developments and themes were recently discussed by attendees from the industry body, Commercial...
17/08/2020
A sustainable future for Real Estate Finance
Recently, CREFC Europe and CMS brought together real estate finance lenders and property owners from the UK and US, along with the Green Finance Institute, to discuss their experiences and thoughts in...
24/04/2019
Is ESG driving valuation and/or financial decision making in the real estate...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are now an increasingly important consideration amongst companies and investors. Evidence indicates that ESG integration offers a competitive advantage...
25/02/2019
CareMarkets - Ethical Practices Investing in ESG
This item first appeared in CareMarkets, February 2019. Mike Delaney writes an article on "Ethical Practices Investing in ESG"