18 Oct 2011 - Private Equity Exits
1. What is a private equity ‘exit’? A private equity exit is the way in which private equity funds ultimately return money to their investors from their underlying investments. They typically take the form of share sales, asset sales, initial public offerings (IPOs) and windiView full interview
14 Sep 2011 - Risk and Energy Infrastructure
1. What are the main risks that project sponsors need to think about in starting new projects? One of the key messages to emerge from the book is that project risk needs to be analysed and acted upon holistically. This is easy to understand and demonstrable in project execution.View full interview
22 Jun 2011 - Upstream Oil and Gas
1. What recent developments have there been in oil and gas law? The UK government has licensed the exploitation of onshore petroleum reserves since the 1930s and offshore reserves since the 1970s. The UK Continental Shelf is now considered a mature petrolView full interview
31 May 2011 - US Securities Regulation
1) Why are US securities laws particularly topical right now? The US capital markets are the largest and most liquid in the world, offering tremendous opportunities for international companies (ie, non-US companies) to finance their operations. Raising capital in these markets has grown inView full interview
18 Apr 2011 - Renewable energy: the fallout from Fukushima
What is your position on the outlook for renewable energy generally at the moment? In our chapter “Why renewable energy ?”, which forms part of the recently published book Renewables: A Practical Handbook, we set out our views on the key drivers for the adoption of renewable eneView full interview
08 Mar 2011 - Directors' Liability
Since the first edition of Directors’ Liability and Indemnification was published, the world has been turned upside down by the global financial crisis. In your view, how has this affected the way that businesses are run? It has had a profound effect on the way that financial instituView full interview
18 Feb 2011 - Renewables
Why is renewable energy particularly timely right now? It is becoming increasingly obvious to all but the most hardened climate sceptics that the world needs to transition to a low carbon economy. The reasons for this are numerous and well documented. An increase in global warming beyonView full interview
18 Nov 2010 - Commodity derivatives
What, in a nutshell, are commodity derivatives? Commodity derivatives are the oldest form of derivative instrument. On their simplest level, they can help a grain producer to get a better, or at least more predictable, price for its produce, such as a fixed price per tonne, by entering into a phyView full interview
21 Oct 2010 - Trusts
1. What are the global trends in the area of trusts? The change to 'onshore' trusts in jurisdictions which are not labelled 'black' or 'grey'. The trend is to move from 'offshore', non-tax-compliant structures to tax reporting with effective estView full interview
25 Aug 2010 - Public-Private Partnerships
Q1 – It has been nearly four years since publication of the first edition. What would you say have been the major changes in public-private partnerships (PPP) since then? A1 – As we went to press with the first edition, PPP remained very much in full swing and the move towards sView full interview
