Email overload on whether COVID-19 triggers a force majeure clause?
Whether you're considering a claim, worried about receiving one or busy drafting following the outbreak, here's our 10-point, jargon-free checklist on...more
On 6 April 2020 the prime minister of Vietnam issued Decision 13 which sets out a new and long awaited feed-in-tariff regime for solar power projects in Vietnam to apply from 22 May 2020.
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The impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cannot be underestimated. It is now time critical and project participants must be alive to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 outbreak and the consequential impact on their...more
Construction companies entering into joint venture (JV) contracts should be cautious of entering into agreements where the responsibility for, and timing of cost overruns is not tightly specified, to avoid unexpected...more
The question of whether an arbitration clause has been successfully incorporated into a contract is one that has come before the courts regularly, with different jurisdictions taking different approaches to what counts as...more
In one of its first major rulings, Hong Kong's Competition Tribunal (the "Tribunal") has ruled against 10 decorating contractors for serious anti-competitive conduct as set out in the Competition Ordinance (the "Ordinance")...more
The Court of Appeal in Mears Limited v Costplan Services (South East) Limited & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 502, in a judgment published on 29 March 2019, has considered the meaning of "practical completion" in an authoritative...more
This alert summarizes the outcome of the Third Joint Meeting and the future direction of discussion surrounding the selection of business operators for the promotion zones based on the proposal shared by the Secretariat of...more
Announced in 2013 as the project of the century, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the Belt and Road Initiative ("BRI") to revitalise trade and economic growth in the Eurasian region....more
With the world's 6th largest sea space, Japan's long-term potential for offshore wind energy is estimated by the Japan Wind Power Association to be approximately 600GW. Actual investment in offshore wind projects, however,...more