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Two ICSID tribunals have recently upheld Spain’s intra-European Union (EU) jurisdictional objections in two arbitrations pursuant to the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”).

Ciara Ros shares the inspiration behind the London office’s achieVE Mentoring Programme, which has been nominated for Social Mobility Programme of the Year at the Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact Awards 2024.

Vinson & Elkins was one of the early adopters of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam. Grace Gibson-Venner, Associate Director of International Attorney Development and Recruitment, recently discussed the firm’s SQE journey with BARBRI’s Business Development Director, Jonathan Worrell.

We have been following the International Seabed Authority (“ISA”) Council’s negotiations and drafting of the Exploitation Rules, Regulations and Procedures (“Exploitation RRPs”) for the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction (the “Area”).

Energy Regulation Partner Jeffrey Jakubiak provides his thoughts on the growing need for electric infrastructure to support the growing need for the supply of power to the growing server farms serving AI and related resources.

The volatility of energy prices following recent geopolitical challenges has brought a renewed focus on domestic energy security.

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a surge in demand for power-hungry data centre capacity in Europe.

Following months of delays and intense debate in Congress, President Biden signed H.R. 815 into law on April 24, 2024, which made headlines for funding $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, along with mandating the divestment of social media app TikTok.

On 22 February 2024, the UK government confirmed the UK’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), blaming a failure of efforts to modernise the treaty and align it with net zero aims.

Roberta Downey, Head of International Construction and Partner, Vinson & Elkins joins Legal 500 Corporate Conversations — a new-format webinar and podcast that combines the best of the “fireside chat” format with the utility of the “ask me anything” (AMA) presentation.

The second part of 28^th Session of the International Seabed Authority’s Council continues in Jamaica with the international community lying anxiously in wait.

As set out in our previous alert Pivotal Year for Deep-Sea Mining, the deep seabed is rich in mineral concretions containing cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese called polymetallic nodules.