SMRs are attracting growing attention from governments, investors, and financiers as a means to power the energy transition, offering the promise of shorter construction times, scalability, and reduced financial risk compared...more
1/20/2025
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Financing ,
Green Energy ,
Investment ,
Nuclear Power ,
Renewable Energy ,
Sustainability
Stapled W&I policies and synthetic policies will likely be increasingly common features of E&I transactions, although their feasibility should be assessed case by case.
Warranty and indemnity insurance (W&I) is a...more
11/28/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Infrastructure ,
Insurance Industry ,
Mergers ,
OECD ,
Private Equity ,
Representations and Warranties Insurance ,
UK
EU Court Ruled on FDI Screening Limits - Implications for Investors -
The Court of Justice of the European Union’s first decision on foreign direct investment (FDI) screening limits the scope of the EU FDI Screening...more
10/26/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Batteries ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Data Centers ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Hungary ,
Infrastructure Financing ,
Investors ,
Member State ,
Mergers ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Private Equity ,
Renewable Energy ,
Restrictive Covenants
Increased use of earnouts is likely to facilitate M&A deals across sectors in Europe.
Earnouts are increasingly common in European M&A. The growing prevalence of this contractual provision — in which additional...more
5/18/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Business Valuations ,
Contract Terms ,
De-Risking ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Earn-Outs ,
EBITDA ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
Life Sciences ,
Mergers ,
Technology Sector ,
Valuation
With the recent UK “Green Day” announcements confirming the government’s support for CCUS, interest in UK CCUS projects is expected to continue to grow. While there are significant opportunities for investors, careful...more
The UK government has unveiled a number of measures with the overall purpose of reaching net zero by 2050 and meeting the UK’s climate targets.
On 30 March 2023, on what has been called the UK’s “green day”, the UK...more
3/31/2023
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Federal Funding ,
Green Finance ,
Green Initiatives ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Net Zero ,
Nuclear Power ,
Public Policy ,
Renewable Energy ,
UK
The strategy sets out plans to reduce emissions from key sectors of the UK economy to ensure that the UK remains on track for net zero by 2050.
On 19 October 2021, the UK government published its climate change strategy,...more
10/25/2021
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fuel Supply ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hydrogen Power ,
Natural Resources ,
Net Zero ,
Paris Agreement ,
Real Estate Development ,
Transportation Industry ,
UK
As sustainability has moved up the agenda across the globe, politicians, investors, corporates, and multinational funding bodies have taken note. In the public sector, governments and intergovernmental organisations have...more
7/2/2018
/ Africa ,
Clean Energy ,
Electricity ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Hydropower ,
Oil & Gas ,
One Belt One Road (OBOR) ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Power Purchase Agreements ,
Project Finance ,
Renewable Energy ,
South Africa ,
Wind Power
Sustained investment in offshore platforms and production installations has been critical in securing the UK’s energy supply. Despite ongoing oil price volatility, in 2016 and 2017 £3-4 billion of capital per year is...more
The prolonged turbulence in oil prices has brought cost reduction programmes, the shelving of projects, and insolvencies in the oil field services (OFS) and exploration and production (E&P) sectors — and has presented a once...more