Private dedicated networks are no longer prohibitively expensive and provide a dedicated and tailored solution for an enterprise. Will it be mobile network operators with slicing technology or standalone tech companies that deliver private dedicated networks? Watch this space for the new entrants and market disruptors: consider the Belgian 5G...

As the keys start being handed back on the earliest of the 500+ UK PFI projects, the parties are gearing up for the first of many hand back discussions up to 2050. As ever, there are nuances between delivery structures (vanilla PFI and NHS LIFT), sectors and the project vintage...

Almost 70 of the 500 PFI contracts will end in the next four years and generally involve the assets reverting back into public hands. Typically, PFI deals are structured with a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established to deliver the project, existing solely for the specific project contract. Managing arrangements for...

Osborne Clarke investigates at its roundtable discussion in Brussels Here at Osborne Clarke we have been working with our clients in the Student Accommodation sector for over 15 years. In that time we have seen Student Accommodation in the UK evolve into the institutionally accepted asset class it is now...

Tender lot V "Hollandse Kust Nord" open for bidding in April 2020 As part of the Dutch renewable energy transition, lot V 'Hollandse Kust Noord' will be tendered for a construction and exploitation permit (i.e. concession) in Spring 2020. The lot, which is off the coast near Egmond aan Zee...

This practice note – published on Practical Law and co-authored by Caroline Saul of Osborne Clarke and Sam Forrest of Ikigai – explains the principal technologies used for energy storage solutions, with a particular focus on battery storage, and the role that energy storage plays in the renewable energy sector...

Wind turbines have a finite operational life time and turbine sites typically have an initial planning permission for between 20 and 25 years. In many cases, government subsidies will end on expiry of the initial planning permission. With many of the early UK wind-farm projects reaching the end of their...

In this edition, we look at the EU's response to the pandemic and at the 'exit strategy' which the European Commission and Council published yesterday. If you would like more specific guidance, please connect with your usual Osborne Clarke contact . Sign up to receive this by email > The...

Blockchain-based systems are being developed for many commercial applications and are well suited to supporting collaboration between a number of different stakeholders. Supply chain management, product tracing and provenance certification is a strong use case, along with interactions between competitors in a market, and applications to facilitate secure but transparent...