Infrastructure & project finance
April 2020 | SPECIAL REPORT: INFRASTRUCTURE & PROJECT FINANCE
Financier Worldwide Magazine
April 2020 Issue
Q&A: M&A in the renewable energy sector
FW moderates a discussion on M&A in the renewable energy sector between Elisabeth Yandell McNeil at K&L Gates LLP and Marius Griskonis at White & Case LLP.
Investing on shifting sands – infrastructure investment into non-core assets
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP Investment in infrastructure assets has somewhat bifurcated over recent years. A pool of investors have focused on traditional or core infrastructure assets, pursuing relatively low, but predictable returns, such as greenfield projects, utilities and other heavily regulated…
Preparing your project for Equator Principles 4
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Since their adoption in 2003, the Equator Principles have been one of the principal frameworks for managing sustainability risk in projects by financial institutions. In November 2019, the Equator Principles Association (EPA), representing 101 Equator Principles…
Impact of epidemics and pandemics on infrastructure projects
CMS Global infrastructure spending shows no sign of decreasing, with governments investing heavily in infrastructure projects to boost economies and introduce much needed connectivity to millions of people around the world. The People’s Republic of China’s much discussed…
Energy market 2020: trends and new opportunities in non-traditional sectors
Vinson & Elkins LLP In a little over a decade, the US shale boom led to rapid US natural gas production. In 2016, the US went from a net importer to net exporter of natural gas on a monthly basis for the first time since 1957. The excess shale gas supply sharply drove down domestic gas prices…
Another kind of offshoring forewind coming to the United States
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP In 1991, the Danish coastal town of Vindeby was the site of the world’s first 4.95 megawatt offshore wind park. In the late summer of 2016, 24 years later, just five 6 megawatt wind turbines started to operate in the ocean by Block Island, Rhode Island, the first offshore…
Protection of investments in oil & gas under the new USMCA
LITREDI, S.C. With the imminent ratification of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), it is worth analysing the new manner in which investment disputes related to the energy sector (including oil and gas, and power generation) are regulated by this treaty. Chapter 14 of…
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia The Philippine government is advocating the creation of new infrastructure under its ‘Build, Build, Build’ programme in an attempt to stimulate local industries and accelerate economic development which, in turn, is expected to increase the Philippines’ regional and global…
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CMS
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
K&L Gates LLP
LITREDI, S.C.
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
White & Case LLP