Welcome to the first Commercial Disputes Weekly of 2025 in which we consider guidance on the making of a building liability order, ship arrest for marina fees, sovereign immunity in employment issues and port penalties.
Thailand is driving the future of e-mobility in Southeast Asia, leading the region’s EV revolution with ambitious goals, sustainable policies and renewable energy integration.
We round the year off with an edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly that discusses decisions on limitation of liability, the enforcement of foreign judgments, formality requirements for a transfer of interest in shares and variation of construction contracts.
Thailand’s 2024 renewable energy updates unlock exciting opportunities for investors and developers, introducing direct PPAs, ambitious renewable energy targets, a growing focus on energy storage and PPA FiT schemes, solidifying Thailand’s leadership in Southeast Asia’s clean energy transition.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the English court’s jurisdiction to enforce foreign judgments, two challenges to freezing injunctions and whether the pandemic was a catastrophe for insurance purposes.
A trio of company law cases in this week’s Commercial Disputes Weekly, considering breach of fiduciary duty, after the event insurance and the evidential burden of establishing a trust.
The US$15bn Simandou project, the largest greenfield integrated mine and infrastructure investment in Africa to date, on which Watson Farley & Williams has been advising the Republic of Guinea, has now completed, including the required Guinean and Chinese regulatory approval.
This insight considers the emerging EV industry in the UAE and KSA and the applicable legal frameworks to facilitate the development of EVs and EV infrastructure.
A trio of cases from the Supreme Court in this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, together with a decision on the adequacy of the government’s net zero plans and one on the interpretation of an exclusion in standard offshore construction insurance.
This article looks at the recent decision in West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension v. Moelis & Co.
Attention should be paid to the newly published guideline of the tax authorities on the German tonnage tax regime which provides further clarifications on related aspects (subject to final and pending court decisions).
Proposed legislation is underway to secure the EU’s future self-reliance in mining, processing and recycling critical materials. What does this mean for future mining projects?