9/2/2025 10:51:53 AM Is Syria Open for Business? By Saad Mian Zara Merali André van Zyl Gow Andrea Pandazopoulos +1 more... Show less Due Diligence in M&A Transactions The marked easing of economic sanctions on Syria following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in...
7/22/2025 2:57:17 PM Turning the tide: 5 key takeaways for companies and investors on Cunliffe’s proposed reforms for the water sector in England & Wales By James Aitken Susannah Prichard Nick English Anup Nandra Kritika Rampal Quentin Wu Joschka Nakata +4 more... Show less After months of intense scrutiny and stakeholder engagement, the Independent Water Commission (the Commission), set up by the UK...
4/25/2025 9:59:34 AM Re-examining the UK’s national security & investment regime By Martin McElwee Cara Carr Lloyd Rees Freshfields sponsors TheCityUK International Conference and co-writes report on “Foreign direct investment and national security regimes:...
2/13/2025 11:06:10 AM Freshfields' geopolitical monitor By Beth George Christoph H. Seibt Maximilian Lasson Ilka Oberländer Malte Symann Christian Altenhofen +3 more... Show less Geopolitical risks are a significant concern for businesses and investors in the current global landscape. Understanding these risks is...
1/27/2025 7:48:38 PM Life sciences – what to watch in 2025 By Adam Golden Kristen Riemenschneider Madeleine Tavcar We asked more than 200 Freshfields lawyers – across geographies and practice areas: what are the 1-2 issues top of mind for you and your...
1/22/2025 11:48:29 AM EU to follow suit: Outbound investment control at the gates – Recommendation (EU) 2025/63 By Ilka Oberländer Thomas Lübbig Andreas von Bonin Konstantin Bondarenko Uwe Salaschek Leonhard Knebel +3 more... Show less While the focus in recent years has been on regulating inbound investments, discussions around the introduction of outbound investment...
12/12/2024 11:47:51 AM Adoption of the modernised Energy Charter Treaty: retaining the key role of cross-border investment in the energy transition By Boris Kasolowsky Carsten Wendler Alexandra van der Meulen Gregorio Pettazzi Veronika Timofeeva Domen Tursic +3 more... Show less The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has long been the cornerstone of investment protection in the energy sector, offering enhanced legal...
9/2/2024 11:56:15 AM Major hurdle cleared: US courts have jurisdiction to examine enforcement actions of intra-EU awards By Noiana Marigo David Livshiz Carsten Wendler Lee Rovinescu Ruth Montiel Gregorio Pettazzi Gonzalo Salazar +4 more... Show less The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) issued a landmark ruling on 16 August 2024 with significant...
8/21/2024 1:13:30 PM ICSID Background Paper on Compliance and Enforcement of Awards: Valuable insights on the monetisation of ICSID claims By Noiana Marigo Carsten Wendler Marta García Bel Gregorio Pettazzi Rosario Galardi Gonzalo Salazar +3 more... Show less The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) plays a vital role in facilitating the resolution of disputes...
7/26/2024 7:39:40 PM Foreign Subsidies Regulation: The European Commission's guidance on assessing market distortions By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Paul van den Berg Fabian Bickel Justyna Smela Wolski Maxim Betivu +3 more... Show less More than one year after the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) started to apply, many elements of the EC’s substantive assessment...
7/23/2024 7:13:43 AM New EU Measures to Protect European Parties from Legal Actions and Expropriations in Russia By Noah Rubins KC Carsten Wendler Eric Leikin Leane Meyer Gonzalo Salazar Valerio Letizia +3 more... Show less As part of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia adopted on 24 June 2024 as Regulation 2024/1745, the EU has introduced three...
5/13/2024 10:00:00 AM Update: The EU keeps the ball rolling in its battle against money laundering – next on the agenda: professional football By Jan Struckmann Marcel Michaelis Mathis Schwarze Professional football is not just an entertaining happening for millions of fans around the world; it is also a big money game. During...