The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a carbon-pricing system for imports into the European Union. The relationship between the CBAM and the European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) would be complex.
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s (GT) Energy & Natural Resources Practice earned multiple recognitions in the 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms” report.
The practice earned a National Tier 1 ranking in Energy Law and Oil & Gas Law, and nine Top Tier Metropolitan Rankings.
GT’s Energy & Natural Resource Practice Rankings:
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Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP (GT) acted as U.S. counsel to Inversiones Latin America Power Limitada, one of the largest wind generation companies in Chile, as issuer in the offering of US$403.9 million 5.125% senior secured notes due 2033.
On May 21, 2021, Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOF) Agreement number A/015/2021 by which the CRE complies with the Third Transitory of the “Decree amending the Thirteenth Transitory Article of the Hydrocarbons Law published in the Federal Official Gazette on August 11, 2014,” published in the DOF May
On April 26, 2021, the Decree amending several provisions of Mexico’s General Law of Sustainable Forestry Development was published in the Federal Official Gazette. The Decree is effective as of April 27. This GT Alert reviews the Decree’s amendments.
Because we were reminded this last year how interconnected it all is, and hopefully, we learned a few things about how to keep it beautiful, bountiful, and healthy.
Read the full GT press release.
Shareholder Erick Hernández Gallego will be panelist at a virtual session hosted by ATA Insights on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. CST. He will discuss the impact of the recent amendment to the Electric Industry Law and the outlook for the Mexican energy sector in 2021 within this framework. This webinar will be
Indicating its intention to move forward aggressively to address growing legacy chemical concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in February took two steps towards regulating certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water.
First, the EPA re-proposed the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR5) to collect data on 29 PFAS in drinking water. Second,
Four attorneys from the Energy & Natural Resources Practice at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, were recognized in the 2021 edition of the prestigious legal services directory Chambers Global. The Mexico City office was also recognized among the publication’s energy ranks, and Rodrigo Vazquez del Mercado-Rivera was recognized as an “Associate to Watch.”
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A recent poll, conducted by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, found that interest in ESG ratings—that is, an organization’s performance on environmental, social, and governance measures—is rising among asset managers and the broader financial community against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Increasingly, even entities outside the financial sector—particularly those in