Over recent years we have seen infrastructure funds begin to focus on digital infrastructure as a distinct asset class, increasingly diversifying and specializing in fiber/broadband investments, data centers and other cable/satellite opportunities.
Accelerated by the global pandemic, this trend has been brought sharply into focus and is expected to increase due to the growth of smart, sustainable cities; the shift towards remote working; increased connectivity; and the digitization of company operations, e.g. supply chains.
Our Digital Infrastructure practice comprises an integrated and global team of lawyers across key practice areas including Corporate, Banking, Projects, Data Protection, Competition and Real Estate, who advise investors, operators, developers and service providers active in this space.
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Against the backdrop of continued growth and deepening of the GCC’s equity markets, as well as the tightening of lending criteria by many traditional commercial lenders post-COVID, convertible bonds and sukuk could provide corporates in the GCC region with an alternative source of funding in circumstances where other debt or equity financing options may not otherwise be possible.
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On 19 September 2023, the Dutch Ministry of Finance published its 2024 Tax Plan (Belastingplan 2024). Because of the outgoing administration, no politically sensitive topics are included, but still the 2024 Tax Plan consists of fifteen different proposals of law with three overarching policy goals, being (i) balancing revenues and additional spending through targeted tax measures, (ii) taking steps towards a better and simpler tax system and (iii) contributing towards climate goals and business climate. Most provisions of the 2024 Tax Plan are supposed to enter into force on 1 January 2024 (unless otherwise indicated). In this note, we discuss the topics that we feel are most relevant to the (inter)national business community:
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