Sukhvir Basran

Senior Legal Director and Co-Head of Sustainable Finance and Investment, Hogan Lovells

Sukhvir Basran established and leads the Hogan Lovells Global Sustainable Finance and Investment Group. Combining her substantial experience as a banking and finance lawyer, including in cross-border acquisition finance, Sukhvir advises and works with a  range of corporates, banks, funds, direct lenders and sponsors  on incorporating innovative financing and impact investment structures anchored in rigorous impact outcomes into mainstream transactions. She also advises clients on ESG strategies, policies, disclosure and reporting, ESG-related transactions and products as well as integration of ESG into investment processes and systems. 

Sukhvir plays an active role in the development of the sustainable finance sector through the creation of strong partnerships and collaborations and her work extends beyond purely legal including enabling her clients to engage with their customers and clients to create sustainable investment business models. Sukhvir believes that legal advice needs to be provided in the context of the wider ESG landscape, mainstream and impact investing, and she works closely with trade associations and industry bodies including the LMA, ELFA, standard setters and data providers to deliver an end-to-end service for clients.

She is involved with a number of organizations and financial institutions in the Gender Lens and diversity investing space to develop products and deepen engagement to promote gender equality outcomes. Sukhvir has been appointed as Independent Chair of the 2X Collaborative’s inaugural board, she is on the Steering Committee of GenderSmart JEDI Community of Practice and launched “Aurora: The Gender Lens Project” with the 2X Collaborative and GenderSmart.  She is also currently working on a United Nations-led Taskforce on the creation of an ESG Board Certification, is a member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Board and is a member of Hogan Lovells ESG Board.