The deal highlights the growing importance of ESG-linked transactions within the industry and features a novel gender diversity initiative. "It is a transformative transaction for GasLog and reinforces the trend of a significant return of large scale commercial bank debt in shipping, which we have been witnessing in the past couple of years, especially for prime global operators. It is also indicative of the favourable LNG market outlook, despite turbulent times and geopolitical crises, with new regions expected to add to the demand for LNG vessels as the global LNG supply continues to grow. " Earlier this year, Norton Rose Fulbright advised the creditors of GasLog and GasLog Partners group – led by DNB Markets Inc - on GasLog Partners' take private transaction by GasLog. Gender diversity-linked loans are still a fairly new development in the shipping sector.