The Tax Equity Market
Only five developers in the United States are in a position currently to use the large tax subsidies that the United States government offers as an inducement to build power plants that run on wind, sunlight ..
Tactics When Caught in an Expropriation
What to do? The new president of a country decrees all foreign-owned assets in your line of business to be the people’s property...
Implications of the Next Capital Spending Spree
Capital spending by US power companies is cyclical. US utilities are about to embark on a huge capital spending spree. The last such surge in new investment was during the period 1965 to 1985...
Foreign Acquisitions of US Companies
The US House of Representatives voted unanimously in late February to require more rigorous review of foreign investments in US companies that might affect US national security interests...
Iran Trade Sanctions May Tighten
Two bills introduced in the House would strengthen trade sanctions against Iran by increasing US penalties against violators...
US Trade Sanctions Are a Trap for the Unwary
The United States maintains trade sanctions of varying severity against dozens of countries. Anyone doing business with sanctioned countries must be careful not to violate them...
Russian Oil Companies Dominate oil and gas rights in 14 contract areas in Libya
Russian oil companies are the big winners in the latest licensing round for oil and gas rights in 14 contract areas in Libya. The contract areas are divided into a total of 41 blocks...
Mongolian Mining: A Golden Opportunity? | Norton Rose Fulbright
The Mongolian mining industry is at a crossroads. A new mining law and a windfall profits tax law enacted at the end of 2006 have been widely interpreted as hostile to foreign investment...
Environmental Update
India
INDIA said only part of the fee a construction contractor earned from a turnkey contract to build an LNG terminal was taxable in India.