Climate Change Litigation on the Horizon with Trump Environmental Overhaul -
On July 16, 2020, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published the long-awaited final rule revising the implementing...more
9/18/2020
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CFIUS ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreclosure ,
Foreign Investment ,
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ,
Indonesia ,
Infrastructure ,
Joint Venture ,
Middle East ,
NEPA ,
Oil & Gas ,
OPEC ,
Petrochemicals ,
PFAS ,
Pipelines ,
Russia ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Solar Farm ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Waste-to-Energy ,
Wind Farm
A few years ago, we reported that a wave of waste to energy (“WTE”) projects were expected in the Middle East. It now appears that the wave is about to break. From Saudi Arabia, to the UAE and to Oman, these planned projects...more
9/14/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ,
Middle East ,
Oman ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Request for Proposals ,
Saudi Arabia ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Waste-to-Energy
Large construction projects, by their very nature, carry significant commercial and financial risk for the parties involved. Contributing to this overall risk is the reality that an act of nature or other circumstance beyond...more
6/17/2020
/ Australia ,
Causation ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Terms ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Dispute Resolution ,
FIDIC Contracts ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
General Contractors ,
International Litigation ,
Land Owners ,
Northern Ireland ,
Notice Requirements ,
Property Owners ,
Risk Allocation ,
Subcontractors ,
UK
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (“WHO”) declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic, with the WHO "deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity" of the outbreak. In response, the financial markets...more
On 31 December 2019, a new coronavirus disease, now officially named “Covid-19”, was first reported to the World Health Organization (the “WHO”)’s Country Office in China. On 11 March 2020, the WHO stated that “Covid-19 can...more
...It has unquestionably been a sustained period on instability over recent months with, amongst many others, the anti-China demonstrations and disturbances in Hong Kong, the manner of the Trump administration’s engagement...more