Ibaad Hakim joins Paul Hastings from White & Case
Energy and infrastructure lawyer Ibaad Hakim has joined Paul Hastings as a partner in Abu Dhabi. He joins from White &...
Sustainability represents the challenge of our lifetime, but for export finance, it is the biggest opportunity today.
Export finance is a microcosm of the whole economy and all of society, with goods and projects from all over the world covered by ECAs. Our industry has contributed to creating growth for exporting nations, while helping to move importing countries out of poverty. Historically export finance supported the spread of conventional energy and building vital infrastructure; while in recent years renewable technologies have increasingly dominated the agenda.
As societies and economies move to transition to greener technologies and more resilient infrastructure, it is therefore natural that export finance is in turn also proportionately be used for such purposes.