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On 30 April 2024, the FCA and PRA published their new UK securitisation rules. Together with the Securitisation Regulations 2024, these new rules will replace assimilated Regulation 2017/2402, the UK’...
Author(s): Jessica Wrigley, Andrew Heathcote, Joana Fragata
Unbundling rules in the EU may substantially shape an M&A deal in the energy sector. At a glance: Unbundling rules in Europe In the electricity and gas sectors, five main activities are subject to dif...
Author(s): Ulrich Scholz, Pascal Cuche, Tanguy Bardet, Alvaro Pliego Selie, Louise Bragard, Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Julian Siegmund, Gregor Von Bonin
Offshore wind energy plays a crucial role in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. The European Commission (Commission) recognises the need for massive increase in wind capacit...
Author(s): Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Marlin Jürgens, Pascal Cuche, Mirko Masek, Tanguy Bardet, Mesut Korkmaz
On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their proposals to implement and operate the new Digital Securities Sand...
Author(s): James Smethurst, Christopher Bernard, Olivia Davies
Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate sectors such as steel and cement. Increased CCUS investment and prol...
Author(s): Alon Gordon, Vanessa Jakovich, Kate Gough, Philip Morgan, James Chapman, Sascha Arnold
Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes Global efforts to deal with climate change have accelerated in the 30 years since the 1994 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with the historic Paris Cli...
Author(s): Vanessa Jakovich, Deborah Janssens, Steffie De Backer, Kieran Watkins
On 25 April, Freshfields hosted AFME’s European High Yield and Leveraged Finance Frankfurt Seminar in our Frankfurt office. Lead by Michael Josenhans and Marvin Knapp from our Frankfurt and Hamburg of...
Author(s): Haden Henderson, Simone Bono, Michael Josenhans, Marvin Knapp, Lindsay Hingston
Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very responsive to prices and is unstable in the short-term - the e...
Author(s): Ulrich Scholz, Pascal Cuche, Hendrik Wessling, Philipp Reinecke, LL.M., Jean-Baptiste Santini