Law & Business Downtown Seminar: Sustainable Finance: Pandora’s Box?

Speaker: Jan Job (JJ) de Vries Robbé, Dutch Development Bank FMO

Someone new to the financial markets might be forgiven to think that Sustainable Finance has always been a key part of it. These days every self-respecting bank, financial institution and fund manager has a dedicated department for it. Summits and conferences on the topic abound. During this seminar, let’s take a step back and survey achievements but also take a critical perspective at some of the challenges and risks for the market. You may find the contents of the box are different to what you might expect.

About the speaker

Jan Job (JJ) de Vries Robbé is Manager of Legal Affairs at the Dutch Development Bank FMO. He has extensive experience in international finance, obtained in both private practice and in-house roles in Australia and the Netherlands. Whilst originally specialising in structured finance (the ‘dark side’), he moved to development finance 15 years ago (sustainable finance ‘avant la lettre’). JJ’s focus is on impact investing, inclusive finance and ‘sustainable’ litigation. He has been teaching at Sydney Law School as an international visitor for more than 10 years. He is current teaching International Financial Transactions: Law and Practice to JD and LLM students.

Chair: Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

CPD Points: 1

This seminar is part of the Downtown Law and Business series organised by the Ross Parsons Centre for Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law at Sydney Law School.

Location: King & Wood Mallesons, Level 61, Governor Phillip Tower, 1 Farrer Place, Sydney

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