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Antitrust M&A Snapshot | Q2 2024

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/29/2024

UNITED STATES - - Agencies Revisiting Consummated Mergers - What’s old is new again, as agencies are increasingly scrutinizing consummated mergers from years past. In May 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Antitrust...more

Global ESG Insights - May 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/5/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 6/7/2024

Antitrust and Competition - The European Commission Approves Plan to Unwind a Completed Transaction in the Early Cancer Detection Sector - On 12 April 2024, the European Commission (Commission) approved the plan to unwind a...more

Battery storage M&A powers into 2024

White & Case LLP on 5/21/2024

Battery energy storage systems (BESS), which enable utility companies and grid operators to access pools of surplus renewable energy on demand that would otherwise be wasted, play a central role in the global energy...more

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Business Implications From China’s Weakened Economy

J.S. Held on 2/9/2024

After 30 years of extraordinary growth, China’s economy – the world’s second largest – appears to be entering a new phase of slower expansion. The real estate sector – which accounts for around one-third of Chinese GDP and...more

EU Further Strengthens Restrictive Measures Against Russia in 12th Package of Sanctions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/9/2024

On 18 December 2023, the European Union adopted a 12th package of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions impose an asset freeze on more than 140 individuals and entities pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) 269/2014...more

Carbon capture and storage – challenges and potential in the Gulf Cooperation Council

A&O Shearman on 11/28/2023

Carbon capture and storage is increasingly being put forward as a key part of reaching Net Zero. As the technology, regulation and market strategies evolve and new projects are commissioned around the world, Joe Clinton and...more

Antitrust in focus - October 2023

A&O Shearman on 10/30/2023

The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the European Commission (EC), to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU...more

International bidders bolster German M&A

White & Case LLP on 9/27/2023

Amid a challenging economic climate, international buyers prompted by the energy transition target mainstay sectors including industrials & chemicals and automotive - German M&A has been negatively impacted by an array of...more

(Carbon) Contracts for Difference – New Funding Program for Companies

White & Case LLP on 6/27/2023

Germany has finally published draft guidance on the long-awaited (Carbon) Contracts for Difference (or "CfD"). The first CfDs, previously announced in the European1 and German National2 Hydrogen Strategies of 2020, are...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2023

K&L Gates LLP on 6/7/2023

ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - New Dawn Raids in the Luxury and Fashion Sector in the European Union - On 18 April 2023, the European Commission (Commission) conducted unannounced inspections (i.e., dawn raids) at the premises...more

[Event] European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - June 1st - 2nd, Berlin, Germany

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/1/2023

Hosted by C5 Group, the European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is recognized as Europe's Premier, longstanding gathering for financial institutions and global exporters. The industry across Europe is confronting an...more

The Energy War in Europe: Gas and the Russian Oil Price Cap

J.S. Held on 9/8/2022

In tandem with the military conflict in Ukraine, an equally aggressive campaign is being waged over the supply of gas and oil from Russia. On 5 September 2022, Russia gave up the pretence that solely technical problems...more

EU’s Sustainable Investing Taxonomy to Include Gas and Nuclear Sector Products – EU Parliament Vote

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/6/2022

The European Parliament has rejected a motion to remove gas and nuclear investment products from the EU’s sustainable investment taxonomy, surprising many who consider their inclusion to be greenwashing. This article...more

Renewables push drives M&A in Japan’s energy sector

White & Case LLP on 5/6/2022

Ambitious decarbonization targets and high investment returns are drawing interest from both local and international buyers - M&A in Japan’s energy and utilities sectors has reached a new peak in recent years, with 24 deals...more

Sanctions Against Russia: The Week in Review - April 2022 - 2

K2 Integrity on 4/27/2022

The Week in Review delivers the impact and analysis for the public, private, and non-profit sectors from our regular reporting of the evolving global sanctions campaign against Russia. This week, we reviewed the recent...more

The Shifting Energy Policy Zeitgeist and Investment Implications

Bracewell LLP on 4/8/2022

On March 24, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) made an unexpected and bipartisan about-face on its freshly updated policies for considering the environmental impacts of natural gas infrastructure projects like...more

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Impact on European Energy Markets and Disputes

A&O Shearman on 4/4/2022

The military assault Russia launched against Ukraine on February 24, 2022 has been a destabilizing event of historic magnitude, its humanitarian, political and economic impacts reverberating far beyond the borders of Russia...more

No longer a ‘pipedream’: Are the oil and gas sanctions on Russia an opportunity for Hydrogen to move to the front and centre of...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/16/2022

In response to Russia’s military actions in Ukraine, European and other western States have imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals. Europe’s heavy reliance on Russian oil and gas has been at the...more

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