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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised InfraVia Capital Partners on the creation of a joint venture with Liberty Global Ventures to set up fibre-to-the-home in Germany
Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills advised InfraVia Capital Partners, a French private equity firm specialised in infrastructure and …
German energy law violates EU directive - Unbundling and regulatory independence fall short
Uncertainty for business as ECJ presses Germany to bolster watchdog independence and extend scope of unbundling rulesOn 2 September 2021, the European …
Fit for 55 - EU steps in to avoid carbon leakage with new regime
We assess revised emissions trading and anti-carbon leaking measures. On 14 July 2021, the European Commission (the Commission) published its proposed …
EU Commission publishes draft revised VBER and Vertical Guidelines
On 9 July 2021, following a comprehensive consultation process, the EU Commission (Commission) published its proposals for a revised Vertical Block …
State aid's coming home? Government publishes details of new UK subsidy control regime
With the pandemic still sending reverberations through the construction industry, we assess the post-Covid prospects for building disputesOn 30 June …
German Government Introduces Significant Amendment of FDI Rules
Germany is continuing to tighten and develop its FDI regime: After various legislative actions in the course of 2020, the German Federal Government …
Scottish Independence: The Consequences For Trade
The prospect of an independent Scotland raises questions on international trade for politicians and business. We assess the key issues.As with the …
Scottish independence and currency: choices, issues and implications
During the 2014 referendum, an independent Scotland’s approach to currency was one of the most hotly contested issues. That partly reflects currency’s …
Scottish independence and EU membership: process and implications
In 2016, shortly prior to the UK’s referendum on EU membership, the Scottish National Party (SNP) manifesto argued that “significant and material changes …
In Search of the Limits of Article 30 of the EEC Treaty Revisited
Eric White, an EU and Trade Law specialist in our Brussels office, has recently published an update to his seminal article ‘In Search of the Limits of …
UK Government publishes revised sector definitions for mandatory notification under new national security screening regime
The UK Government has today published its response to the consultation on mandatory notification in specific sectors under the proposed new national …
Private equity investments under the UK’s new national security screening regime
The implications of the UK’s proposed national security investment screening regime have been widely debated since the National Security and Investment …
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