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Key considerations in energy take-or-pay contracts

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 2 2013

Perhaps the most common type of off-take contract in a large scale energy project is the take-or-pay contract. A properly constructed take-or-pay

President Obama orders Chinese-owned corporation to divest from wind farm in Oregon

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • November 1 2012

On September 28, 2012, President Obama blocked Ralls Corporation from acquiring ownership of four wind farm companies in Oregon near a U.S. naval weapons systems training facility due to national security concerns

International joint ventures in the oil & gas sector

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2012

As growth continues to prove elusive in developed markets, multinational companies in the oil and gas sector are increasingly expanding into emerging markets

Senator Schumer raises trade concerns over Chinese bid for Canadian oil producer

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 4 2012

On July 27, 2012, Senator Charles Schumer of New York sent an open letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geitner, who serves as the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (“CFIUS”

Chinese investment in U.S. energy: what works?

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • July 1 2012

Chinese investment in the U.S. energy sector has the potential to provide tremendous benefits for both America and China

Spain fines Endesa for “unfair” competition

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • Spain
  • -
  • July 1 2012

A decision by Spain’s National Competition Commission has further highlighted the increasing competition law scrutiny of the energy sector in the European Union and the delicate balance between general competition law enforcement and sector-specific regulation

M&A: the importance of bribery and corruption due diligence - a UK perspective

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 1 2012

With M&A activity in the energy sector still buoyant, particularly in developing economies, the need for effective and risk sensitive diligence into potential bribery and corruption by target entities is becoming more important than ever

Converging on federal reviews of electricity mergers

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 1 2012

Although the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice have in large part concurrent jurisdiction over electricity mergers, the two agencies have coordinated little in their review of transactions

Earnouts on the rise in renewables M&A

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 1 2012

As the regulatory and competitive risk profile of renewable energygreentech companies has increased, so too has the use of earnouts or other deferred compensation structures in M&A transactions in this space, particularly in smaller- and middle-market transactions

Expanding opportunities for foreign investment in major oil and gas deposits

  • King & Spalding LLP
  • -
  • Russia
  • -
  • December 1 2011

In the context of forthcoming Russian presidential elections, discussions have resumed concerning possible steps that Russia might take to encourage greater foreign investment and generally simplify transactions in strategic sectors of the Russian economy, including oil and natural gas projects