The finance sector has a significant role to play in the global transition to net zero, with project financing being a customary means of raising funds in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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Energy and natural resources is a fast-changing sector. Climate change, renewable energy, diversification and oil prices are all having an effect. Interviewees at Vinson & Elkins tell us what lawyers working in this area...more
Central Asia is the region to the east of the Caspian Sea with Russia to the north, China to the east, and Afghanistan and Iran to the south. In this area of four million square kilometres sit the five former Soviet republics...more
On 17 April 2021, the UK Government released its first hydrogen strategy (the “Strategy”) that aims to meet its goal of 5 gigawatts (GW) of low carbon hydrogen production by 2030, matching the targets previously set by...more
In December 2020, the Norwegian government approved funding the $1.6 billion Northern Lights project led by Norway’s Equinor, Anglo-Dutch Shell and France’s Total. Northern Lights is the transportation and storage element of...more
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Can project finance lenders bring claims under investment treaties? An arbitral tribunal constituted under the Energy Charter Treaty recently confirmed they can, by finding that loans and hedging instruments issued by a...more