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On 22 February 2024, the UK government confirmed the UK’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), blaming a failure of efforts to modernise the treaty and align it with net zero aims.

V&E Energy Update

March 1, 2024
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Roberta Downey, Head of International Construction and Partner, Vinson & Elkins joins Legal 500 Corporate Conversations — a new-format webinar and podcast that combines the best of the “fireside chat” format with the utility of the “ask me anything” (AMA) presentation.

Published by Legal 500

August 2, 2023
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The second part of 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority’s Council continues in Jamaica with the international community lying anxiously in wait.

V&E International Dispute Resolution Update | A Version of this Insight was Published by Law360

July 20, 2023
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As set out in our previous alert Pivotal Year for Deep-Sea Mining, the deep seabed is rich in mineral concretions containing cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese called polymetallic nodules.

July 3, 2023
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Contracts in the construction industry often include multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses

Published by Jus Connect’s 2023 Industry Insight Report on Construction Arbitration 

June 29, 2023
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Bond markets have been in upheaval recently, with knock-on impacts on decisions on whether to make or defend calls on performance security on construction projects. Louise Woods, Ciara Ros, Jarrod Gutsa and Lauren-Emma Parrott of Vinson & Elkins examine the issues.

Published by Construction Law May 2023

June 7, 2023
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Just eight weeks after former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng unexpectedly announced the largest package of tax cuts implemented in the UK since the 1970s, the UK Government has now effectively gone into full reverse following new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, delivered on 17 November 2022, in which he announced a £55 billion combined package of tax rises and spending cuts intended to shore up the UK’s public finances.

November 21, 2022
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On 22 September 2022, the Law Commission of England and Wales (the “Commission”) published its Consultation Paper (the “Consultation Paper”) detailing a suite of proposed revisions to the Arbitration Act 1996 (the “Act”).

V&E International Dispute Resolution Update

October 25, 2022
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Following a highly negative response from the financial markets and the IMF, amongst others, to the UK Government’s “Growth Plan 2022” (released on 23 September 2022 by the then-new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and summarised by us here) (the “Mini-Budget”), the replacement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt made an Emergency Statement on 17 October in which he announced, by way of a major Government “U Turn”, that almost all of the tax measures set out in the former Chancellor’s Mini-Budget would not now be implemented.

October 20, 2022
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HMRC has recently updated its guidance on the UK’s new qualifying asset holding company (QAHC) tax regime, which was introduced from 1 April 2022, to include examples of the application of the QAHC regime “activity condition” to credit funds (i.e. the requirement for a QAHC to carry out mainly investment business, with any other activity, such as trading, being ancillary to it and not carried on to any substantial extent).

June 27, 2022
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A new version of the UK-Luxembourg double tax treaty has been published in which significant changes have been made to the capital gains tax article, amongst other provisions.

June 13, 2022
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The UK qualifying asset holding company (“QAHC”) tax regime came into force on 1 April 2022.

April 8, 2022