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Global rules on foreign direct investment (FDI)
Cross-border acquisitions and investments increasingly trigger foreign direct investment (FDI) screening requirements.
Global | Publication | November, 2018
Norton Rose Fulbright Australia's energy team have launched the Guide to Corporate Power Purchase Agreements: Helping energy buyers to make the most of the growing renewable energy opportunity - prepared in collaboration with Energetics Australia in partnership with WWF’s Renewable Energy Buyers Forum.
As Australia transitions to clean energy generation, new opportunities are opening up for corporates. Many are exploring how they can access lower electricity prices and achieve greater price certainty through corporate renewable Power Purchase Agreements. But how do corporates – and their key decision-makers – navigate a deal against a backdrop of shifting market conditions and corporate drivers?
Aimed at executives and building on recently released tools, this new guide will equip corporates to understand the key risks, potential price impacts and the strategies that can be employed to maximise the value of a PPA.
While the guide has been written with the NSW market in mind, the insights will apply across all states and for all large energy users.
To read the Corporate PPA Guide, please click here.
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Cross-border acquisitions and investments increasingly trigger foreign direct investment (FDI) screening requirements.
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On February 2, 2024, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union confirmed that the Committee of Permanent Representatives had signed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Regulation, referred to as the AI Act. Approval by the EU Parliament followed on 13 March 2024, and the AI Act is likely to appear in the EU’s Official Journal around May 2024. The AI Act aims to establish a stringent legal framework governing the development, marketing, and utilisation of artificial intelligence within the region, thereby marking a significant advancement in the regulation of this burgeoning domain.
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The private credit market and direct lending have grown and diversified immensely in the past decade, offering alternative sources and terms of debt compared to those historically provided by the syndicated leveraged loan and public issuance markets. Consequently, they are fast becoming pivotal components in the capital ecosystem, so much so that the Bank of England consider that the private credit market is currently responsible for approximately $1.8 trillion of debt issuance, which is four times its size in 2015. This growth has been particularly pronounced in Europe and the US but there has also been significant activity in Asia.
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