23 Feb, 2024 Increased investment protection: The ratification of the Iraq-UAE BIT By Sami Tannous Ann Matthias Ahmed Mazlom Background Iraq has historically proven to be a challenging market for investors. Investment protection treaties such as bilateral...
20 Feb, 2024 International Arbitration: top trends in 2024 By Ashley Jones Freshfields has launched International arbitration: top trends in 2024. Our annual report, compiled by international arbitration...
05 Dec, 2023 UK government seeks to supercharge battery investment By Rebecca Fenning Sanjana Canumalla Emma Franck-Gwinnell The UK’s first ever Battery Strategy (the Strategy), published last week, sets out the Government’s positive commitment to development in...
24 Nov, 2023 Autumn Statement 2023: tax cuts in the NIC of time? By Alison Dickie Laura Western The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has delivered the Autumn Statement 2023. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)...
29 Sep, 2023 UK Government publishes long-awaited results of consultation on Zero Emission Vehicle mandate By James Roberts Georgina Bayly Koolanna Momoh The UK Government has now published the results of the consultation on the proposal for a Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The...
08 Sep, 2023 The European Critical Raw Materials Act: A quick summary on what it does and when it’s coming By Eric Leikin Samantha Tirthdas Kieran Watkins The European Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) – which is at the heart of the EU’s effort to address critical raw materials strategic...
28 Jun, 2023 Evaluation of Scientific Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration: A Suggested Framework By Joaquin Terceño Campbell Herbert Pedro Ramirez Freshfields lawyers Joaquin Terceño, Campbell Herbert, and Pedro Ramirez published an article in TDM's Special Issue International...
11 Apr, 2023 FIDIC 2022 amendments and reprints: What you need to know By Jon Gilbert Stefan Pislevik Natalia Rodriguez Moskalkova Late last year, FIDIC published some amendments to its 2017 suite of standard form construction contracts (the Construction Contract (Red...
15 Mar, 2023 ECT’s provisional application: Russia continues to be bound by the investment protections in the ECT By Noah Rubins KC Boris Kasolowsky Olga Sendetska Gonzalo Salazar +1 more... Show less Investors in Russia’s energy sector may well have suffered losses due to recent Russian government measures. These losses may be...
13 Mar, 2023 EU State aid for the green transition: the floodgates are open By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Florian Reiter-Werzin Jonas Levermann +1 more... Show less On 9 March, the European Commission (Commission) significantly amended its State aid framework to support the economy following Russia’s...
22 Dec, 2022 The highest Italian administrative court finds that anti-competitive impact must be shown for abuse of dominance By Ermelinda Spinelli Alessandro Di Giò Gabriele Maria Polito Francesca Incaprera Huerta +1 more... Show less In its judgment of 1 December 2022 (the Judgement), the Council of State (CdS) – which is the Supreme administrative court in Italy –...
29 Nov, 2022 Market volatility - renegotiating lump sums in construction contracts By Sarah-Jane Fick Tom Hutchison Lump sum contracting, particularly on multi-year, complex projects, is inherently risky for contractors. The potential for profitability...