Sep 08, 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...
Jun 28, 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...
Apr 11, 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...
Mar 15, 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...
Mar 13, 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...
Dec 22, 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 –...
Nov 29, 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...
Oct 19, 2022 A new and changing geopolitical backdrop: the European Commission's 2023 work programme By Natalie Pettinger Kearney On 18 October the European Commission published its 2023 work programme, consisting of a Communication and relevant Annexes – link here. ...
Oct 06, 2022 LNG market disruption: options for suppliers and purchasers By Tobias McKinnon Karen Kong Joaquin Terceño Liquified natural gas, or “LNG”, is a hot topic that has gained prominence as a source of energy in the last decade. LNG has become a...
Sep 30, 2022 A windfall tax by any other name: the European Commission’s legislative proposal to address rising energy prices By Mykhailo Razuvaiev Ivan Lukac Sören Lehmann Brin Rajathurai Kieran Watkins Georg Roderburg +3 more... Show less On 30 September 2022, the final text of the proposal for a Council Regulation with short-term emergency measures to address rising energy...
Sep 07, 2022 Windfall profits taxes – where are we now? By Katharina Kubik Nikolaas Van Robbroeck Brin Rajathurai Umberto Santacroce Alex Schmidtke Carmen Delgado +3 more... Show less As the cost of living crisis deepens and more multinationals in the energy sector report record profits, the UN has now joined calls for...
Aug 16, 2022 Decarbonising existing assets: how to mitigate risk when repurposing an existing energy asset By Alexia Millett Amani Khalifa Jon Gilbert Vanessa Medina +1 more... Show less Climate change is at the forefront of the international political agenda and decarbonisation of the energy sector has become crucial. The...