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Regional Development Banks Come of Age as Global Enforcers
A contract award for a project funded by a multilateral development bank (MDB) can often be a lucrative opportunity for a company to...
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Collaborating towards sustainability goals and navigating antitrust risk across regions
With COP27 in Egypt now taking place, we’re focusing on one of the four key themes of the Egyptian presidency, “collaboration”, and...
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Belgium’s ‘climate case’: the Belgian State, the Brussels Region and the Flemish Region ordered to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030
The Brussels Court of Appeal (the Court) has decided that the Belgian State, the Brussels Region, and the Flemish Region violated...
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Global supply chains creating global duties for global corporations: Commission’s draft of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The European Commission has, after some intensive internal discussions, unveiled its proposal on a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
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Belgium to introduce foreign direct investment regime
On 1 June 2022, the various federal and regional governments of Belgium agreed on a draft legislative text (the proposal) that will...
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Global supply chains creating global duties for global corporations: Commission’s draft of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The European Commission has, after some intensive internal discussions, unveiled its proposal on a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
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Spanish Housing Law: running in circles and coming back as we are
As the echoes of Coldplay's spectacular concerts in Barcelona fade away, the recent regional and local elections held on 28 May have...
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Freshfields AI thought-leadership events: Key takeaways for global businesses
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been at the heart of two major events focusing on the implications of AI for global businesses.
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EU-consumer rights and e-commerce directive: What do operators of online portals have to consider when designing the order button?
On March 23, 2023 the Berlin Regional court ruled that for cases where an online portal operator wishes to conclude multiple contracts...
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German court dismisses climate-related lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz
The Regional Court Stuttgart dismissed a climate-related claim brought by the German NGO Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) against Mercedes-Benz...