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Energy Buzz: Trends in construction contracts for energy transition projects

With plans for energy transition infrastructure projects well underway, their successful delivery demands that parties swiftly get to grips with the important issues when negotiating, administering and managing claims and...more

Increasing European defence budgets: what are the implications for government contractors and investors?

At a time of marked geopolitical uncertainty, governments around Europe are committing to meaningful increases in defence spending, whilst also looking to private capital and investment to supplement public funds. This in...more

Innovations in Space: Nuclear and fusion power for deep space exploration (UPDATED)

Innovative technologies are reshaping every industry, presenting new business cases and changing our daily lives. These technologies are hyper-connecting the world and offering new ways to interact. Particularly in the Space...more

Space Sector Update: Next steps for modernising regulation of On-Orbit Servicing in the UK

Following on from the UK Government’s “Space Industrial Plan” released in March 2024, the UK Government is taking steps to overhaul its approach to regulating on-orbit servicing. The aim being to modernise the 50 year-old...more

UK sustainability and building owners: paving the way to net zero

With the clock ticking on the 2050 net zero target, what’s next on the sustainability agenda for building owners? As 2022 gets under way, the UK is another year closer towards the government’s target of achieving net zero by...more

UK imposes mandatory climate-related financial disclosures – a first in the G20

In the wake of COP26, the UK has become the first G20 country to enshrine into law mandatory climate-related financial disclosures. The two new statutory instruments, The Companies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related...more

Largest increase in the UK nuclear liability regime for 50 years take

As we flagged last year in this note, the 2004 Protocols updating the Paris Convention and Brussels Convention have finally been ratified. This is likely the biggest increase in the international nuclear liability regime for...more

Largest increase in the UK nuclear liability regime for 50 years expected on 1 January 2022

The largest shake up of the liability regime for nuclear incidents since the 1960s is finally expected to come into effect on 1 January 2022. Five years after the Nuclear Installations (Liability for Damage) Order 2016 (the...more

“The EU as a global leader”: The green shoots of a New Deal

The European Commission took a significant step towards the decarbonisation of the European economy in December 2019 with its proposal of a "European Green Deal"....more

Corporate purpose: a global issue

As large companies in the UK are under increased pressure from the revised UK Corporate Governance Code to report on business purpose and engage effectively with stakeholders, big business in the USA has gone public on the...more

Top-down or bottom-up? "Comply or explain" for worker-directors in the UK

Premium-listed companies have been put under pressure to make their boards representative of their employees by the revised UK Corporate Governance Code. ...more

New Year: New Legal Purpose Requirements

From 2019, many of the world's largest companies will have to report on business purpose and impact alongside the usual financial statements due to the new UK Corporate Governance Code....more

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