Making good on the 2024 King’s Speech promise, the Government introduced the eagerly anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (the Bill) to Parliament on March 11, 2025. While retaining the bulk of the existing planning...more
In our recent article, UK energy: the new National Future System Operator and Clean Power 2030, we flagged the need to wait and see what approaches the Government proposed to take to implement the Clean Power 2030 initiative....more
The new UK Government has taken several recent steps in its mission to achieve security of supply of affordable clean energy. We discuss its autumn flurry of energy and infrastructure related announcements in our article New...more
12/11/2024
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UK energy and infrastructure developments have been coming thick and fast as the new Government gets its feet under the table. With the Autumn Budget headlining a flurry of announcements on energy and infrastructure policy...more
12/11/2024
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Badged as “The Finance COP”, the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) has drawn mixed reactions to its climate finance deal. However, the recognition of the role for both the private sector and multilateral agencies...more
We were proud to provide market-leading expertise and legal support to the secretariat of the Transition Market Finance Review. The review explores how the U.K. can become a leading market for transition finance domestically...more
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has released the results of the Sixth Allocation Round (AR6) of the UK Government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. Altogether, 131 low-carbon electricity...more
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
6/21/2024
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From the copper belts of Zambia and the lithium and cobalt deposits in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the manganese mines in Gabon, the African continent holds much of the promise...more
2/6/2024
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Following an extensive consultation process, the Equator Principles Association (EP Association) adopted a fourth iteration of the Equator Principles (EP4) on 18 November 2019. Originally, EP4 was due to come into effect on 1...more
On 11 November 2020 the UK Government published its groundbreaking National Security and Investment Bill (Bill). The Bill will drastically expand the Government’s powers to scrutinise investment on national security grounds,...more
COVID-19 is at the top of the agenda for businesses globally, for good reason. Here are 10 key points to consider to ensure your business is fully prepared....more
Updated Equator Principles with stronger standards and a broader scope were finalized in November 2019 and are set to come into effect in July 2020. ...more