Critical Infrastructure Sectors, Partnerships

EPA Announces $7.5 Billion in Water Infrastructure Loans

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/20/2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6, 2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1 billion in State Infrastructure Financing...more

The Invitation to Streamline Cybersecurity Regulations

Husch Blackwell LLP on 9/27/2023

Keypoint: To advance the National Cybersecurity Strategy, the Office of the National Cyber Director is soliciting public comments to harmonize cybersecurity regulations, with comments due by October 31, 2023. In March 2023,...more

Poland to tightly regulate major acquisitions by non-EEA entities (Updated)

White & Case LLP on 5/30/2020

The Polish government is planning to implement a special procedure to control acquisitions of "protected entities" by buyers from outside of the European Economic Area. "Protected entities" would include most listed...more

UK Cites Security Reasons for Proposed Deal Notification Regime

Jones Day on 8/3/2018

A consultation paper on national security and investment published by the UK government advocates extensive changes to current provisions regarding foreign investment in UK businesses. In essence, the proposed changes would...more

Reform Proposes Sweeping Changes to CFIUS Reviews

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/24/2018

Over the past year, a bipartisan group of legislators in Congress has been drafting and soliciting support for a new statute that, if passed, would dramatically reform national security reviews performed by the Committee on...more

Significant Regulatory Innovations for REITs in Belgium

Jones Day on 12/5/2017

The Situation: Belgium's Law of October 22, 2017, modifies the REIT Regime by broadening the scope of REIT activities and relaxing the country's existing regulatory framework for REITs. The Result: The real estate sector...more