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HFW achieves top-tier rankings in The Legal 500 2025 Asia Pacific Guide
HFW has been recognised as a leading firm in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, which identifies the top lawyers and law firms in Australia and Singapore.
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HFW Continues Work Helping Shipping Industry Decarbonise With Latest BIMCO Clause
20 December 2024
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to support BIMCO in helping the shipping industry navigate increasingly complex …
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HFW Continues To Support Shipping Industry Decarbonisation With Latest BIMCO Emission Scheme Clauses
11 December 2023
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to support BIMCO in helping the shipping industry work towards decarbonisation by drafting a suite of three new voyage charterparty clauses for parties to allocate costs and responsibilities relating to ships operating under an emission scheme.
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HFW Advises On Launch Of Shipping Industry’s First Sustainable Fund
9 November 2023
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW advised on the launch of the shipping industry's first sustainable fund.
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HFW Continues To Support BIMCO On Shipping Industry Decarbonisation
19 October 2023
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has continued to support BIMCO in helping the shipping industry navigate complex new carbon intensity (CII) regulations and work towards decarbonisation.
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HFW named ESG Firm of the Year at the Asia Legal Awards
3 April 2023
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has been named ESG Firm of the Yearat the Asia Legal Awards 2023.
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HFW advises Lestari Capital on $1b Rimba Collective Deal
1 February 2023
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has advised Lestari Capital on a US$1 billion deal to help establish the Rimba Collective, an initiative with the aim of protecting and restoring over 500,000 hectares of forest in Southeast Asia over 25 years, starting in Indonesia.
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HFW Helps BIMCO Draft Emissions Trading Scheme Allowances Clause
24 May 2022
Global, sector-focused law firm HFW has helped shipping association BIMCO draft a time charterparty clause for parties to allocate costs and responsibilities for obtaining, transferring, and surrendering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions allowances for ships operating under an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
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