ArticleAutonomous Driving In Japan – Part 3: LiabilitiesSeveral governments are considering re-shaping existing liability regimes to accommodate the novel technology.JapanLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleBritish Tax Review: Double Tax Relief—Sections 57–59The three sections on double tax relief in the Finance Act 2008 (FA 2008) implement running repairs to anti-avoidance rules.United KingdomTaxFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleSanctions Investigations By The World Bank And Other Multilateral Development BanksMultilateral development banks spend $70bn each year on loans and grants to the developing world. In April 2010, for example, the World Bank approved a $3.75bn loan to South Africa-based Eskom Holdings, to build one of the world’s largest and most complex power plants.GlobalFinance and BankingFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleTariff Changes For Photovoltaic Solar Power In SpainThe Spanish government recently published new legislation capping photovoltaic (PV) solar energy production and limiting entitlement to incentive feed-in tariffs.United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticlePublic Private Partnerships In Greece - An OverviewGreece has experienced a rapid development of its Public Private Partnership (PPP) market since it adopted a PPP law in 2005. GreeceGovernment, Public SectorFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleEuropean Infrastructure Investors: Back To The ClassicsBack to the classics: key themes from the London Infra-News infrastructure investors forum on 26 February 2009.European UnionTransportFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleAntitrust In The DownturnThe credit crunch and economic downturn have brought about new challenges for competition law, for those subject to it and for those who administer it.United KingdomAntitrust/Competition LawFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleThird Energy Account - The 2011-13 Incentives for Photovoltaic Power GenerationOn 25 August the Ministry for Economic Development decree came into force. It confirmed incentives for the generation of electricity by photovoltaic power plants that start operating from 2011 to 2013 (the so-called ‘third energy account’).United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleUpdate - COVID-19 And AGMs For Jersey Public CompaniesThe Government of Jersey implemented new measures on 30 March 2020 that, amongst other things, restrict public gatherings to no more than two people.JerseyCorporate/Commercial LawOgier
ArticleCooley, Cybersecurity Leaders File Brief Opposing SEC's SolarWinds Cyberattack CaseCooley, alongside co-counsel Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, filed an amicus brief on behalf of thirty current and former chief information security officers and cybersecurity organizations ...United StatesTechnologyCooley LLP
ArticleGuernsey Lawyers Advise On Acquisition Of Man Group’s Stake In BluecrestGuernsey lawyers from Mourant Ozannes have assisted in advising BlueCrest on the acquisition by its partners of Man Group’s 25.5% stake in the BlueCrest Group for US$633 million.GuernseyWealth ManagementGuernsey Finance
ArticleHuman Capital (Employment) Alert - Freshfields Age Discrimination Claim DismissedAn Employment Tribunal has dismissed the claim of former partner Peter Bloxham against law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer that he had been discriminated against on the grounds of age.United KingdomEmployment and HRHammonds
ArticleCOMESA's Competition Commission Commences OperationsA new supra-national merger control regime for Africa comprising 19 eastern and southern African states must now be added to companies' checklist of regulatory approvals needed in global or regional transactions.GlobalAntitrust/Competition LawFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleFourth Energy Account - The 2011-16 Incentives For Photovoltaic Power GenerationThe Fourth Energy Account sets out the incentives for installing photovoltaic power plants from 1 June 2011 to 31 December 2016. United KingdomEnergy and Natural ResourcesFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleUS High-Speed Rail UpdateSince late 2008, the United States has taken the first step towards a national program for high-speed rail by adopting legislation that mandates and partially funds a national rail program. United StatesTransportFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleOutlook for Infrastructure 2010: A Radical New Road - Infrastructure Delivery Amid Fiscal CrisisIn terms of infrastructure delivery, governments across the globe face two main challenges. The first is well known and has been widely debated – the need to cut the massive fiscal deficits accumulated in part because of the extraordinary measures they took to stabilise the financial system and prevent the Great Recession turning into a new Great Depression. United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
ArticleBurford Capital Raises $150m In LSE Bond IssueThe firm is the world's largest provider of investment capital and risk solutions for litigation.GuernseyWealth ManagementGuernsey Finance