Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 8
Read the eighth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Author: Richard Strockl Archive
WFW advises lenders on €570m financing for Arcadis Ost 1 German offshore wind project
Construction is to begin in 2022, with commercial operation to be achieved the following year. Once operational, it will generate green energy equivalent to the electricity needs of up to 290,000 households.
WFW advises LNI on membership expansion and fibre-optic infrastructure rollout
We advised Bavarian municipal infrastructure association Laber-Naab Infrastructure GmbH on the fourfold expansion of its membership from 12 to 48 local municipalities.
Virgin Atlantic Airways restructuring wins AFJ Europe Deal of the Year 2021 award
The deal, which was approved by the courts in on 2 September 2020, is one of the most significant airline restructurings to have taken place since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, and was the first to be implemented using the UK’s new Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006.
WFW advises Blue Elephant on negotiation and execution of three long-term power PPAs with EnBW
Blue Elephant acquires and operates solar parks and wind farms in eight countries with a focus on Western-Europe. With the help of the WFW team Blue Elephant was able to negotiate and execute three long-term power purchase agreements with German energy company EnBW.
WFW obtains ARERA sanction annulment for Made in Energy
The WFW Italy Regulatory team advised Made in Energy before the Regional Administrative Court of Milan on its request for the annulment of a sanction from the Italian Regulatory Authority for Energy, Networks and Environment regarding electricity imbalances.
WFW advises NAB on US$140.2m JOLCO financing
This ground-breaking transaction represents the first JOLCO involving a joint venture between ICBC Leasing and China Merchants Energy Shipping, with the vessels in question commissioned for a long-term contract of affreightment with Brazilian conglomerate Vale.
WFW advises Naxicap on acquisition of Stromer
myStromer, founded in Oberwangen, Switzerland in 2009 by Thomas Binggeli, is shaping the future of mobility with its speed pedelecs, producing around 12,000 of these fast e-bikes (45km/h) a year at the site in Oberwangen.
The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – Back on Track
The long-awaited UK government white paper “The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail” has been published. It contains 62 commitments and in this article we explore some of the key points for the UK rail sector.
Ends justifying the means? The admissibility of illegally obtained evidence
This article looks at an interesting English Court of Appeal decision which provides guidance on the admissibility of illegally obtained evidence in civil litigation.
