State aid and EU/EEA law
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Compliance and crisis management, Company Law, Sustainability, State aid and EU/EEA law
2022
Proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: extensive due diligence requirements
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (the "CSDD Directive"). The proposal has been called a game-changer in the way companies operate their business activities throughout the global value chain, and sets out extensive sustainability due diligence requirements as well as introducing new corporate governance obligations for in-scope companies.
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Competition law, State aid and EU/EEA law
2021
Wikborg Rein's competition team ranked "Elite" by Global Competition Review
We are delighted that our competition team has just been ranked as one of the Elite competition law practices in Norway by Global Competition Review in its new GCR 100 rankings for 2022.
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Renewable energy and infrastructure, State aid and EU/EEA law, Shipping Offshore, Sustainability, Ocean Industries
2021
State Aid for Offshore Wind
There is no doubt that offshore wind needs considerable public support in order to be financially viable. However, such support must first pass the threshold of EEA state aid law. How can state aid for offshore wind be granted legally, and what sources of state aid are available in Norway and the EU?
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Renewable energy and infrastructure, State aid and EU/EEA law, Shipping Offshore, Ocean Industries, Sustainability
2021
Distribution of congestion revenue from interconnectors
Offshore renewable energy plays a key role in achieving the EU’s climate and energy goals set out in the European Green Deal. The EU aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030, and to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050.
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State aid and EU/EEA law, Renewable energy and infrastructure, Sustainability
2021
State aid for hydrogen
A revised State aid framework should help boost the demand and supply of hydrogen in Europe. The European Commission set out this promise in the EU’s hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe, adopted in July last year. Has the Commission delivered on its promises?
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State aid and EU/EEA law, Intellectual Property, Competition law, Procurement, Data Protection, Technology and digitalisation
2020
New Partners
We have the pleasure of announcing that Gry Hvidsten, Hanna Beyer Olaussen and Hanne C. Zimmer are appointed new Partners in Wikborg Rein as of 1 January 2021.