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Infrastructure Projects
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DLA Piper Latin America – Law Blog
PPP: Active Projects, Peru
By DLA Piper
As part of our ongoing series of infrastructure projects in Latin America, our Active Projects team provides insight in some new announcements in Peru. As part of the event held…
Environmental and Climate
First Appellate District Approves Responsible Agency’s Imposition of Mitigation Not Considered in the EIR
By Kathryn L. Oehlschlager, Patrick F. Veasy, Christopher I. Rendall-Jackson
In an opinion filed on December 29, 2020, the First Appellate District in Santa Clara Valley Water District v. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board upheld a Responsible…
Latin America Legal
Mexico’s Infrastructure Plan 2020-2024
On Monday, October 5, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador presented a package of 39 infrastructure projects that he intends to move forward in conjunction with the Mexican private sector.…
China Law Insight
港铁中标深圳市轨道交通13号线PPP项目
By King & Wood
2020年8月3日，香港铁路有限公司（简称“港铁”， 股票代码：00066.HK ）宣布，由其全资附属公司港铁技术咨询（深圳）有限公司（简称“港铁咨询”）牵头，协同中铁电气化局集团有限公司（简称“中铁电气化局”）组成的联合体中标深圳市轨道交通13号线PPP项目（简称“深圳地铁13号线”）。这也是自2002年始代表港铁投资运营深圳地铁4号线及其北延线项目以来，金杜助力港铁在深圳再一次成功竞得的城市轨道交通公私合营项目。
Washington Energy Report
President Trump Issues Executive Order Directing the Expedition of NEPA Reviews
By Tom Marshall, Russell Kooistra
On June 4, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to take all reasonable measures to speed infrastructure investments and requiring the heads of all federal agencies…
Gravel2Gavel
President’s Executive Order to Expedite Environmental Reviews of Infrastructure Challenges the Interpretation of Emergency Authorities
By Pillsbury's Construction And Real Estate Law Team
By Pillsbury's Construction & Real Estate Law Team A recent Executive Order by President Trump directs agencies to expedite reviews of infrastructure projects based on the emergency provisions of several…
Environmental and Climate
Trump Signs Executive Order Allowing Agencies to Bypass NEPA, ESA, and CWA Requirements
By Natalie C. Kirkish, Kathryn L. Oehlschlager
On June 4, 2020 President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other Activities,” allowing—and, in fact,…
Capital Thinking
COVID-19: US Developments – Implementation and Oversight of CARES Act – June 5, 2020
By David Stewart, David Schnittger, Ludmilla Kasulke
President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) Thursday directing federal agencies to streamline their permitting processes to allow for expedited movement on infrastructure projects as a means of contributing…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Climate Change Act, Heathrow and HS2
The latest episode of Law Pod UK features energy expert Thomas Muinzer of Aberdeen University and David Hart QC of 1 Crown Office Row. They discuss the complex provisions of…
China Law Blog
How Your Company Can Benefit From China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Part 2B: Africa
This is the third of a series of posts on how companies can benefit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the second post focused on Africa. To read the…