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National Aviation Authorities Network Unveils Roadmap for AAM Aircraft Type Certification

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US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), aviation authorities of Australia (Civil Aviation Safety Authority), Canada...more

BCLP

Low Carbon Hydrogen in the UK - a Universal Solution?

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The scaling up of low carbon hydrogen technologies will be crucial for achieving the UK’s Net Zero target by 2050 and a sustainable energy future. Historically, hydrogen has been produced from fossil fuels and utilised across...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 16 December 2024

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COMPETITION - Commission clears acquisition of I.D.C. by Valeo Foods (M.11725) - Midday Express...more

Hogan Lovells

UK High Court rejects representative action that promoted financial interests over those of consumers

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The High Court has struck out an action brought by a purported class representative against British Airways and EasyJet. The claim sought to obtain automatic compensation payments for passengers whose flights had been...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Quarterly Sanctions Update | Q2 2024

On June 24, 2024, the European Union adopted its 14th sanctions package (implemented by EU Regulations 2024/1745 and 2024/1739). While the focus of this package was to curb the violation and circumvention of sanctions through...more

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UK General Election 2024 - How do Labour and Conservative plans compare for net zero and the energy sector?

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The 2024 General Election is imminent and all four of the biggest political parties have now released their election manifestos. With the push to net zero remaining critical in accordance with the UK’s domestic and...more

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Market overview: The global IPO landscape

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Global IPO markets endured a difficult 2023 in the face of rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty. But after a challenging 12 months, the outlook for IPO activity in 2024 is brightening This past year has been one...more

A&O Shearman

Sustainable aviation fuel – on the ascent

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As the aviation industry pins its hopes on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, Joe Clinton, Matthew Townsend, Richard Chamberlain and Ying-Peng Chin outline the regulatory, investment...more

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Self-driving vehicles by 2025? The UK Government’s vision for connected and automated mobility

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Last August (2022) the UK Government published its vision for “Connected and Automated Mobility” (also referred to as “CAM”), billing it as "an extraordinary opportunity…to drive forward this unfolding mobility revolution,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Developments in Emissions Trading in the U.K. and EU

As the delegates of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (COP26) return from two hard weeks in Glasgow, significant progress has been made on establishing...more

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Rail in Great Britain: it’s time to engage

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The rail sector in Great Britain is about to experience the most significant structural change since privatisation. The Government is abandoning the current franchise-based model, in favour of a new “Passenger Rail Contract”...more

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UK Net Zero Strategy: Understanding the Impact on Key Sectors

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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

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Tickets Please! Opportunities for Decarbonising the Transport Sector for Infrastructure Investors

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The UK Government launched its Transport Decarbonisation Plan - A Better, Greener Britain on 14 July 2021. This 220 page report details the UK Government’s bold ambitions for...more

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Adapting to Brexit: The New EU-UK Trading Relationship

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This Alert gives a high level overview of the new trading relationship between the European Union (‘EU’) and the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for goods and service supply. The EU and the UK reached provisional agreement on a...more

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Climate Change Provisions of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

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The Trade and Cooperation Agreement ("TCA"), which was finalized on December 24, 2020, resets the European Union/United Kingdom relationship following the UK's departure from the EU. In place of the UK's participation in the...more

BCLP

Reviving the economy. Building the future.

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Ahead of the planned July fiscal stimulus in which the Chancellor is set to announce some limited measures, BCLP has summarised predictions for energy, environment & infrastructure. Infrastructure tonic – the UK needs to...more

A&O Shearman

Airlines and COVID-19: Hedging Considerations

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The ongoing events with COVID-19 and its impact on the travel industry have a number of potential implications for airlines’ derivative transactions....more

White & Case LLP

Navigating turbulence: Winds of change

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Economic volatility, political unrest and fierce competition are all seen as major challenges to the sector in the coming 12 to 18 months. Meanwhile, respondents are preparing for rising oil prices and growing industry...more

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Global M&A falls in Q3: Global M&A is down; Asia, transportation and real estate offer hope.

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After quarter-on-quarter gains in Q1 and Q2 this year, global M&A value took a tumble in Q3, registering the lowest quarterly total since Q1 2016. Volume dropped to the lowest quarterly figure since Q3 2013....more

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Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic...

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It is clear that English law permits a party to avoid a contract on the grounds of economic duress but there is some uncertainty as to the circumstance in which a contract may be avoided for economic duress. Requiring...more

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Global Transportation Finance Newsletter - September 2019

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In This Issue – Economic duress: will English law assist a party who enters into a contract as a result of a lawful threat of causing economic harm? A Bird on the Ground is Worth One in the Sky: Lessons from ALC v. Far...more

BCLP

Do the Railways need a Moonshot?

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I believe this nation should commit itself to the goal - It cannot have escaped your attention that it was the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing last month.  That historic achievement was the ultimate validation...more

Hogan Lovells

No deal Brexit – Government publishes advice on vehicle insurance

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On 24 September 2018, the Government published a technical notice on vehicle insurance if there is no Brexit deal....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Uber: Use a Monitor and Hire a CCO

Has Uber turned over a new leaf? For its business in London and globally it certainly should hope so. As reported in a New York Times (NYT) article, entitled “Uber’s Latest Big Test: London”, Adam Satariano wrote about the...more

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Slots: A Source of Coin Even After Insolvency?

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The administrators of the airline Monarch Airlines Limited (Monarch) have won an appeal in the Court of Appeal regarding the rights of Monarch in and to certain “slots” at Luton and Gatwick airports, after Monarch went into...more

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