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Internship Alert: Capital Markets & Financial Regulations Group at Linklaters   We are offering an exciting split-internship opportunity this September-October for students interested in our Capital Markets and Financial Regulations Group practices.   What’s in it for you? - Experience two areas of our practice in one internship. - Work closely with our lawyers - Develop skills crucial for your legal career   Key details: Location: Amsterdam Duration: September - October Apply via our careerspage: www.careers.linklaters.com   Join us and kick-start your career at Linklaters!   #Linklaters #Internship #CapitalMarkets #FinancialRegulationGroup #LawCareers #FinanceCareers

Linklaters advised ING, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., BNP Paribas, Intesa Sanpaolo and the other banks as Joint Lead Managers on KPN's issuance of a green €500 million corporate hybrid bond. This subordinated instrument shares features with both debt and equity. With the issuance of the green hybrid bond, KPN further demonstrates its commitment to its sustainability ambitions through financing arrangements.   The hybrid bond issuance was combined with an any and all tender offer to holders of KPN’s outstanding €500 million Perpetual Fixed Rate Resettable Capital Securities to tender their securities for purchase by KPN for cash. ING acted as one of the dealer managers for this tender offer.   The Linklaters team advising on this combined transaction was led by Hugo van der Molen, supported by Christopher Sanderson, Tom van Steenbrugge and Lisa Morandi of our Capital Markets team.

The preliminary relief judge of the District Court of The Hague recently rejected Greenpeace's request to compel the Dutch State to develop and implement a nitrogen deposition reduction plan. The judgment highlights the complex balance that must be struck in environmental litigation, but also paves the way for preliminary relief proceedings in other climate enforcement litigation. 🔽 Read our recent blog post from Gerard J. Meijer, Bas van Niekerk and Thomas de Boer to find out what we can learn from this judgment.  #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateLitigation

Last Friday, colleagues from Linklaters Amsterdam participated in the Yet Zuidas Run The Yet Zuidas Run is a running event that goes around the Zuidas. This year marked the 14th edition. Annually, more than 300 companies participate. This year the LoveLife Run was also a part of the 5 km Yet Zuidas Run. The focus of this run is on raising funds for Fight cancer, which uses these funds through KWF Kankerbestrijding to finance groundbreaking cancer research. Each participant was challenged to raise as much money as possible. We would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm and effort. Hopefully, see you next year! #Linklaters #ZuidAsRun #5KM #10KM #Health #LoveLife

📢 Wrapped up an enriching presentation and Q&A this week, diving into the merging spaces of financial restructuring and environmental liabilities. 👏 Big thanks to the engaging audience, fantastic co-speakers Aart Jonkers, prof. Rolef de Weijs, Michael Ohlrogge and Jonatan Schytzer, and kudos to the NACIIL/NVRII Annual Conference organizers. 📚 Stay tuned - Daniella Strik and I have a comprehensive report on this topic on the horizon. The final version is set to be published soon.

We advised BNP Paribas, Bank of America and ING as Joint Lead Managers on PostNL’s inaugural issuance of €300 million 4.750 per cent. sustainability-linked bonds due 2031 (SLBs). The interest rate of the SLBs is linked to three KPIs, which are a reduction of PostNL’s absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 90% and its absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 45% by 2030. Additionally, PostNL aims to boost the proportion of women in senior management roles to 36% by 2030.   This transaction is a great example of how ESG and funding can positively work together. It was a pleasure working with the teams at BNP Paribas, Bank of America and ING, and of course PostNL and its counsel.   The Linklaters team was led by Hugo van der Molen, Tom van Steenbrugge and Akrit Anand of our Capital Markets team.   #PostNL #ESG #Sustainability-linked Bonds #LinklatersAmsterdam

Vandaag zal ik spreken over afwikkeling van #massaschade in distressed situaties op het symposium ter gelegenheid van de 100ste verjaardag van de Vereniging van Effectenbezitters (VEB). Ook Ruud Hermans zal zijn bijdrage aan de feestbundel "100 jaar VEB" toelichten, over "De vereniging als 305a-belangenorganisatie en de bij collectieve acties betrokken belangen", en Michiel Coenraads en Jorian Hamster hun bijdrage over "ESG begripsverwarring en beleggersbelangen". De bundel onder redactie van Tomas Arons, Geert Koster en Paul Coenen is uitgegeven in de serie vanwege het Van der Heijden instituut van de Radboud Business Law Institute | OO&R en is hier te bestellen: https://lnkd.in/etrySg2e #diligentialezing #corporatelitigation #classsettlements #WHOA #restructuring

Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting the IPFA event on North Sea #EnergyHubs at our Linklaters Netherlands offices. Together with our four speakers and panellists Lucia van Geuns, Balthasar Klimbie, Gerda Diniute and Ivan Stoter, Gijs Smit and I dove into the future need for #systemintegration and connectivity, and how despite challenges such as energy security and supply chains we can and should be hopeful about the North Sea as a major pillar in our #energytransition ambitions.   A big thank you to #IPFA for the opportunity to organise and host, to our speakers and of course to all delegates for attending and for your great questions – sorry we ran out of time and couldn’t address them all! Mott MacDonald European Investment Bank (EIB) HCSS - The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies TenneT

🎧 The seventh episode of our EU Green Bond Regulation podcast series is now LIVE! 💡 In this episode, counsel Catherine Wade (Smith) and managing associate Erin McKeown discuss key aspects of the EU green bond label getting the most buzz in the market, including linkage with the Prospectus Regulation, the liability regime for EuGB issuers and preparing for taxonomy alignment. Full episode: https://lnkd.in/e7W-_ae2 If you are interested in further insights into the EU Green Bond Regulation, check out our newly launched EU Green Bond Regulation Hub: https://lnkd.in/dMyY_2k4 #ESG #SustainableFinance #GreenBonds

📈 Despite a multitude of geopolitical, economic and regulatory challenges, the UK has seen a surge of public M&A transactions in the first quarter of 2024. What has catalysed this uptick and can we anticipate the momentum to continue for the rest of the year? An article by Linklaters’ Iain Fenn and Fionna Ng in UK Finance discusses this recent trend, driven by stabilised interest rates and strategic corporate interests. It also explores the optimistic outlook for continued M&A activity throughout 2024, highlighting potential regulatory hurdles and geopolitical developments which could impact the market. Read the full article below 👇