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
The Asia-Pacific region integrates the mining industry within the life cycle of the global economy more fluidly than perhaps anywhere else in the world.
Metals and minerals extracted from the region are transported to the...more
9/2/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Asia Pacific ,
Contractors ,
Global Economy ,
Infrastructure ,
International Tax Issues ,
Joint Venture ,
Mining ,
Nationalism ,
Natural Resources ,
Subcontractors
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
This is the third King & Spalding Tokyo release on the Covid-19 crisis (click here for our 28 February release and here for our 18 March release).
Over this period, Covid-19 has changed the world. Although it was not...more
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
In late 2017, South Africa modernized its International Arbitration Act (the “IAA”) and showed potential to become the arbitral seat of choice for arbitrations involving African parties. Just a few months later, however,...more
2/28/2020
/ Arbitration ,
Bilateral Investment Treaties ,
Crisis Management ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Arbitration ,
Investment Contract ,
Investment Management ,
Investors
Title 28 of the United States Code § 1782 (“§ 1782”) has always been a powerful tool in the pursuit of evidence located in the United States for use in foreign proceedings, and it has been well understood for some time that §...more
On September 17, 2019, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published two Proposed Rules to implement most of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”). CFIUS is an...more
11/2/2019
/ CFIUS ,
Crisis Management ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Dispute Resolution ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
National Security ,
New Regulations ,
New Rules ,
Private Equity ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
State-Owned Enterprises
The Philippines has become a favoured destination for foreign investors despite global and domestic risks. Foreign direct investment in the Philippines in the last two years was at approximately $10 billion per year, with...more
8/30/2019
/ Corporate Structures ,
Crisis Management ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Duties ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Foreign Investment ,
International Arbitration ,
Japan ,
Partnerships ,
Philippines
Introduction -
Owners and contractors involved in large-scale energy and manufacturing projects face unique challenges in bringing projects to fruition. One challenge is negotiating and drafting a contract that places the...more
Legal developments in the field of international law continue to be dynamic and expanding, through national legislation, common law and transnational tort suits, new soft law instruments and drafting
exercises, institutional...more
5/30/2019
/ Alien Tort Statute ,
Arbitration ,
Crisis Management ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Due Diligence ,
Human Rights ,
International Arbitration ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Multinationals ,
OECD ,
UNCITRAL
Disputes in the International Oil & Gas Industry -
Best Practices for Effective and Quick Resolution -
Disputes in the oil and gas industry take an almost infinite variety of forms. Therefore, when considering best...more
Godot never arrived to Vladimir and Estragon, but with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, will this be the time that an infrastructure bill finally appears?
Amid stories of crumbling roads and bridges in...more