With the beginning of the new decade, megatrends such as new mobility concepts, sustainability and technology transformation increasingly continue to lead to new legal and regulatory challenges in major infrastructure projects. At the same time, they are offering opportunities for the next wave of big investments supported by the public sector, sponsors and financial institutions.
Whether you are an operator, a public entity, a private company or a financier, our dedicated infrastructure projects team will guide you through the changing market environment. We combine extensive experience across the full range of traditional, smart and technology-driven projects with technical know-how in the most critical infrastructure sectors to help you achieve successful outcomes on time and budget.
All-around infrastructure projects advice
Your project runs smoothest when all legal and regulatory aspects of its lifecycle are duly covered and managed. With experts in all key areas of law, we are a one-stop-shop to support you at every stage of your infrastructure projects, from the planning and development to the requiring, funding and delivering stages. We collaborate both across our international network and with other professional advisers of all disciplines to ensure you have the necessary skills at your disposal. Our expert team will make sure that your projects:
Guiding through the transformation by technology
Technology transforms our clients’ businesses in all sectors our lawyers advise whether linked with energy, telecommunications, transport, defense or other.
Properly utilised and integrated technology is the key to the success of many infrastructure projects. We help both traditional players in traditional sectors and new entrants through the changing landscape of such sectors as well as in new digital and smart infrastructure projects. If you are planning to introduce digital products or need to manage a large amount of data, our leading experts in data and technology can help you integrate the best technical solutions as your project progresses.
Our experts assist on project development and project finance stage to close infrastructure deals across continents. Moreover our deep knowledge of the banking system together with our connections in the market may help in finding the right financial structure for the deal taking into account all the opportunities offered by the financial market.
Infrastructure in Europe Video Series - Procurement
Major infrastructure projects in Europe taken forward by Government or the wider public sector have to comply with procurement rules. Often these are seen as complex and burdensome, and poor procurement practice can lead to projects either being delayed or even cancelled.
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EEG 2021 & More - Grid expansion
In our first two videos we have had a first look at the update of the Renewable Energy Sources Act, we checked the status of the parliamentary procedure and discussed targets of various expansion paths. Today we are talking about the grid expansion, clarifying changes on the Bundesbedarfsplangesetz, examining further procedures and explaining revisions of further statutes for accelerate permitting and the use of established corridors for supplementary use.
EEG 2021 & More - Expansion paths
Our video series on the EEG 2021 continues: In our new video we take a look at the parliamentary procedure and examine the content of the bill - which targets are set and what do these goals concretely mean for the individual forms of renewable energy? Which expansion paths are set for solar, biomass and wind? We also deal with the European side and the criticism that has been levelled at the bill.
EEG 2021 & More
We’d like to present to you our new video series as the German Federal Cabinet on 23 September cleared two important legislative proposals: Bill to overhaul the Renewalbe Energy Sources Act (EEG 2021), no surprisingly covering renewable energy, and Bill to update the Federal Requirement Plan Act (Bundesbedarfsplangesetz) to upgrade the power grids.
The amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) came into force on 1 January 2021. In our video series – EEG 2021 & More – our partner Dr Matthias Lang provides information on the latest updates to the EEG 2021, ...
2020 has been one of the most challenging years in living memory, as governments, businesses and individuals have had to adapt to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The enforced global lockdowns have put a spotlight ...
For the past couple of years UK businesses have been receiving prompts and reminders about the need to prepare for the phase out of LIBOR and the transition to risk-free rates.
The Dutch project finance team assisted ABN AMRO Bank with the financing of Primevest Capital Partners, a leading pan-European investment boutique specialising in innovative real estate, in connection with the roll out ...
International law firm Bird & Bird advises institutional investors the Amber Infrastructure managed National Digital Infrastructure Fund (NDIF) and RPMI Railpen (Railpen), on the £50 million funding round in Community ...
International law firm Bird & Bird joins LeMO, an EU funded (€1.49 million) research project, set to explore the implications of the use of big data on the economic sustainability and competitiveness of the European ...
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