Wes Misson’s market-leading work in the ESG area has earned him and our fund finance team a significant honor: a shortlisting for “Innovation in Sustainability & ESG” for the upcoming FT Innovative Lawyers North America 2021 awards.

Wes has been a prolific advisor on ESG-linked fund finance loans, which incentivize funds to meet various ESG targets. Since January 2020, Wes has worked on an impressive 9 ESG fund finance facilities for various financial institutions, including the largest one ever closed and syndicated, this past February: advising Bank of America on a $4.1 billion ESG-linked credit facility to funds managed by The Carlyle Group tied to Board diversity.

Cadwalader was shortlisted for two other awards: “Innovation in Creating New Standards” for its LIBOR leadership and “Innovation in Digital Legal Practice” for its development of an automated structured notes issuance platform developed and coded by the firm’s lawyers themselves.

We’re very excited for Wes – and our other firm colleagues – and will be eagerly anticipating the winners announcement on December 9 and the next-day feature in a special Financial Times supplement.