Baker McKenzie

Resilience is paramount for the international community of businesses, governments, regulators and investors. Against a backdrop of turbulence and uncertainty,the growing challenges they face must be met with connected solutions and international cooperation.   Baker McKenzie's Anne Petterd (Partner, Sydney), Mark Turner (Managing Director, Kroll) and Frances Coppola (speaker and writer) examine the role of regulation in creating sustainable growth, the impacts of increasing digitalization and cybersecurity on business stability and why stimulating investment will contribute to future economic security.

International mobility of fund managers requires a deep understanding of a number of tax, employment, social security and immigration regulations. In this new episode of Funds Tax Talks podcast, Ruben Lago and Charles Baudoin discuss the potential tax matters to be addressed by fund managers. They are joined by Annie Elfassi, who shares her views on the related employment and social security aspects on those cross-border situations.

The sustainability challenges of today are too big for any individual, or company, to solve alone. By pooling resources, knowledge, people power and strategies, businesses can lead the way in moving the needle towards a carbon neutral future.

Luis Gomez (Partner, Baker McKenzie) is joined by Luke Disney, SVP Sustainability & Climate at Rabobank, and Christiana Figueres, the U.N.’s former climate chief and now founding partner of Global Optimism. They explore why collaborating with competitors — in line with competition laws — is critical for net-zero success across the board and examine the challenges that businesses face when it comes to balancing net-zero collaboration with healthy business competition and successful growth strategies.

In this inaugural episode of Fund Tax Talks podcast, Rodrigo Ogea and Vadim Romanoff of Baker McKenzie discuss the recent trends and policy developments in relation to carried interest taxation in Spain and the UK. They are joined by Willem Vunderink of Vunderink de Vries, who shares his views on the topic and addresses some of the key tax risk and mitigation strategies (including in respect of valuation methodologies) affecting management incentive structures in a typical private equity deal.

The episode features Andy Moody (Partner, London office, Head of Disputes and Chair, EMEA Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Group), Tania Arora, (Senior Associate, London Office, member of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice) and Neil Donoghue (Partner, London Office, member of the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure Practice).

This Week in Government Enforcement

This Week in Government Enforcement

In our latest EMEA EMI Talks, we explore the case for energy companies to include battery storage as a valuable addition to their sustainable investments portfolios. We look at key considerations for battery storage projects in the EU market, including how regulatory frameworks and support schemes can make a significant difference to the success of an energy company's projects.

The EU Taxonomy is a mechanism that aims to accelerate the European energy transition to a low-carbon economy. It is the foundational system on which to classify an activity as 'sustainable' for the next steps of the initiative that relate to reforming the financial system and public and private investment practices. Partner Andy Moody and Associate and member of the Baker McKenzie Brussels Energy Group William-James Kettlewell discuss the impact of the EU Taxonomy mechanism on businesses that are active in the energy and renewables sectors.