Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Elgin on a £500m platform financing to support its pipeline of UK solar PV and co-located BESS projects. The consortium of lenders comprised NatWest, Societe Generale, BNP Paribas, Siemens Bank and Standard Chartered.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider the interpretation of commodities contracts and the Building Safety Act 2022, as well as whether blocks of flats were self-contained and serious irregularity in arbitration.
In this article we discuss recent travel law updates in Australia, the EU, Singapore, Thailand, Türkiye and UK.
War and geopolitical instability have pushed force majeure provisions from boilerplate to board‑level, particularly for construction supply chains exposed to sanctions, currency restrictions and government action.
In this edition of Commercial Disputes Weekly, we consider a Supreme Court decision on sanctions, as well as interpretation of a settlement agreement, what constitutes a house and whether a shareholder was unfairly prejudiced.
We will now take a break and return on Tuesday 14 April 2026.
On 2 March, the UK CMA launched an investigation into whether three of the six major global hotel chains were sharing ‘competitively sensitive’ information through CoStar’s STR data analytics tool.
This retrospective distils the most consequential developments of 2025 across Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, ASEAN, Hong Kong and Japan, and highlights the indicators that will shape investability and execution in 2026.
Pierre‑Edouard advises investors, developers, planners and real estate professionals on development projects across all areas of real estate law.
In collaboration with Global Branded Residences, we are proud to present our Branded Residences Guide – a practical overview of the evolving landscape, playbook and commercial dynamics shaping this fast-growing asset class.
The campus will be developed on land owned by Altarea close to Bordeaux in southwest France.
Savills Hotels and Watson Farley & Williams are proud to present the first Vietnam Hotel Investment Guide, offering insights into one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic hospitality markets.
On 2 February 2026, the TCC delivered an important judgment relating to workmanship standards, materials selection, mechanical and electrical installation practices, the evidential weight of expert joint statements, and the obligations owed under collateral warranties in multi‑layered ownership structures.
