NEWS
ELG Directory of Members 2024
May, 2024
Meet the ELG members and find a firm or lawyer in a specific jurisdiction you need. Explore the ELG Directory of Members 2024.
ELG Members meeting in Istanbul
April, 2024
Energy Law Group members met in Istanbul to share the most recent and relevant insights on energy topics.
ELG – the best network in Projects & Energy
February, 2024
Energy Law Group is ranked Band 1 in Projects & Energy (Legal Network) Europe-wide by Chambers Global 2024.
UK energy and infrastructure
February, 2024
2023 delivered a raft of market and regulatory developments in the UK energy and infrastructure sectors. The UK government’s Powering Up Britain package recognised the importance of energy security, alongside affordability and decarbonisation, and a new Energy Act provided a firmer legal framework for the energy transition, including for low carbon hydrogen and Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS). There was also considerable scrutiny of UK infrastructure as water and rail networks came under the spotlight, but opportunities for investment also emerged in the UK’s power networks, digital infrastructure and ports.
The Nordic & Baltic ELG conference in Stockholm
February, 2024
Swedish member firm Hammarskiöld have hosted the Nordic & Baltic ELG conference in Stockholm.
Danish tax treatment of grid connection costs
January, 2024
The ELG member Gorrissen Federspiel sharing insights about an agreement aiming to promote the establishment of solar parks and onshore wind farms concluded by the Danish government and selected parties. However, since 1 January 2023, developers have had to pay the grid connection costs themselves, which has slowed down the green transition. This has increased the start-up costs and financial needs of developers; but help may be available through tax legislation.
GHR advises Cemex on its new US$ 3 billion bank refinancing
December, 2023
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX), the global building materials and services company, successfully refinanced its US$3.0 billion syndicated Credit Agreement, extending the maturity to 2028.
Dismantling Obligations of Finnish Wind Farms: A Report by Hannes Snellman’s Lawyers for the Ministry of the Environment
November, 2023
Lately, the rapidly growing wind farm construction has sparked discussion in Finland on the end-of-life obligations related to wind turbines and whether there is an enforceable legal obligation for wind farm operators to dismantle the turbines and their foundations at the end of the lifespan of the wind turbines.
