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29 Jul, 2024 Data Centre Investments By Alexander Watt Pascal Cuche Nicola Franceschina José Armando Albarrán Felix Neuwirther Frédéric Elens Niko Schultz-Süchting Jan Matauschek +5 more... Show less In recent years, the global investment landscape for data centres has reached record-breaking levels, with the market being largely...
28 May, 2024 Energy storage - what you need to know By Ulrich Scholz Vanessa Jakovich Andreas Ruthemeyer James Chapman Ana Lopez Daniel Schnabl Alvaro Pliego Selie Hendrik Wessling Marlin Jürgens Marie von Armansperg Alexander Monro Giorgio Candeloro +9 more... Show less Energy storage is an indispensable part of an energy system where generation and consumption are increasingly variable and security of...
13 May, 2024 Unbundling – what you need to know By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Tanguy Bardet Alvaro Pliego Selie Louise Bragard Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Julian Siegmund Gregor Von Bonin +5 more... Show less 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...
03 May, 2024 The Digital Securities Sandbox: a new model for trading and settlement in the UK? By James Smethurst Christopher Bernard Olivia Davies On 3 April 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England (BoE) published a consultation paper setting out their...
02 May, 2024 Carbon Capture, Use & Storage: what you need to know By Alon Gordon Vanessa Jakovich Kate Gough Philip Morgan James Chapman Sascha Arnold +3 more... Show less Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate...
02 May, 2024 Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes By Vanessa Jakovich Deborah Janssens Steffie De Backer Kieran Watkins +1 more... Show less Mandatory Net-Zero Regimes Global efforts to deal with climate change have accelerated in the 30 years since the 1994 United Nations...
02 May, 2024 High Yield and Leveraged Finance in Europe By Haden Henderson Simone Bono Michael Josenhans Marvin Knapp Lindsay Hingston +2 more... Show less On 25 April, Freshfields hosted AFME’s European High Yield and Leveraged Finance Frankfurt Seminar in our Frankfurt office. Lead by...
02 May, 2024 European Electricity Market Reform By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Hendrik Wessling Philipp Reinecke, LL.M. Jean-Baptiste Santini +2 more... Show less Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very...
01 May, 2024 New mobility – key issues to consider By Juliane Hilf Pascal Cuche Sascha Arnold Jonas Köster Guillemette Burgala Fedor Teselkin Sara Barin Mesut Korkmaz +5 more... Show less Mobility without CO2 emissions Reducing CO2 emissions from the transport sector is one of the key ambitions of policy makers – not just...
30 Apr, 2024 Clean hydrogen – what you need to know By Ulrich Scholz Pascal Cuche Tanguy Bardet Andreas Ruthemeyer James Chapman Olivier Rogivue Hendrik Wessling Louise Bragard +5 more... Show less Opportunities and risks of a clean hydrogen economy Clean hydrogen and its derivatives are widely seen as key enablers for the...
08 Apr, 2024 Setback for the European Commission’s power to review non-notifiable transactions By Paul van den Berg Merit Olthoff Gian Luca Zampa Rikki Haria Tuna Tanik Jan Jeram Riccardo Fadiga +4 more... Show less On 21 March 2024, Advocate General (AG) Nicholas Emiliou recommended setting aside the General Court (GC) judgment in Illumina/Grail,...