WFW Milan relocates to sustainable N4 Building
Watson Farley & Williams is delighted to announce that its Milan office has relocated to the N4 Building, located in the heart of the city’s historical centre, on Via Gaetano Negri 4.
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WFW advises Blue Elephant on acquisition of Italian solar PV portfolio
Watson Farley & Williams has advised Blue Elephant Energy AG on its acquisition, via its subsidiary BEE Piemonte S.r.l, of a 4 MW portfolio comprising six solar PV plants located in Piedmont in northern Italy.
Energy crisis: food for thought on contract law
The current energy crisis is raising, as the pandemic did before it, important concerns regarding the management of contingencies in long-term contracts and is highlighting the inadequacy of existing regulatory relief in the face of global emergencies.
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 61
Read the fifty ninth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 122
We look at interpretation in various contexts in this Commercial Disputes Weekly; of statutes by the Supreme Court, non-compete covenants before the Court of Appeal and the High Court has dealt with contractual arbitration appointment provisions and obligations to retender.
Reasonably secure or allowed to arrest?
In this article we discuss the UK Court of Appeal’s recent decision on the construction of the Admiralty Solicitors Group standard collision jurisdiction wording (“ASG2”).
Snacks: Digestible Weekly Labour News – Issue 60
Read the sixtieth edition of our weekly update of Italian labour law.
Commercial Disputes Weekly – Issue 121
In Commercial Disputes Weekly we look at the first decision on what is a “construction contract” since adjudication was introduced in 1998, in which Watson Farley & Williams acted for the successful appellant before the Court of Appeal.
Mitigating Legal Risk in Sustainability Reporting
In this article, we highlight the potential pitfalls for businesses in sustainability reporting and the need to ensure accurate and transparent reports, as and when a business is ready to share its sustainability journey with a wider audience.
Adjudication benefits extended by Court of Appeal in important decision
In an important decision, the UK Court of Appeal has today overturned a High Court judgment that restricted the use of a quicker and cheaper means of resolving construction disputes.
The decision in Abbey Healthcare (Mill Hill) Limited v Simply Construct (UK) LLP, in which WFW’s construction team acted for Abbey, the successful appellant, will have significant implications for the construction and real estate industries as it confirms the benefits of adjudication as being more widely available.
