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IMPACT FINANCING

AZB’s Impact Financing practice is focused on aligning the core objectives of our clients and benchmarking the rapidly growing global paradigm of positive Impact Financing with Sustainable Development Goals. In the regulatory efforts to eliminate greenwashing and social washing and mobilisation of social and sustainable financing AZB is well-equipped to provide strategic solutions and sound advisory on impact and sustainable finance products. The Firm and its lawyers have advised lenders, sustainable loan coordinators, development finance institutions, arrangers, sponsors, investors and large corporate group borrowers, on several significantly high impact deals across loans, bonds, notes and securitisation structures, bridging the funding gap for affordable housing, women entrepreneurship, wind, solar and renewable energy projects, sustainable and green projects, portable water across villages and affordable education. In 2022, the team advised on the largest social financing globally at a staggering USD 1.1 billion. Our experience in this niche practice enables us to advise across the spectrum of green, blue, social, sustainable and sustainability-linked financing.

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