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Dentons has advised bp on its agreement to sell its mobility, convenience and EV charging businesses in Austria to Volenergy AG.

Australia: Airport projects in the Pacific face the same live-environment challenges seen in Australia and New Zealand, including restricted access, passenger movements and aviation security requirements, compounded by smaller contractor markets, limited specialist subcontractor capacity and long, imported supply chains. These conditions make procurement strategy and contract selection critical to successful delivery. This article looks at how to test market capacity early, package works realistically, and choose contract models, from lump sum and measure and value to guaranteed maximum price, incentivised target cost and Managing Contractor arrangements, that match the risk profile of the work. It also covers protecting operational continuity, managing stakeholders and adapting Australian and New Zealand standard forms to local conditions, so all parties have a clear basis to price, programme and deliver the works.

A landmark moment for Indonesia's new capital.

The project marks three Indonesian firsts: the first KPBU project in IKN, the first KPBU for vertical housing, and the first KPBU for state buildings, establishing an important precedent both for the new capital and for PPP projects in Indonesia in general.

Dentons HPRP’s Aviation team advised Textron Financial Corporation throughout the transaction, providing end-to-end legal support from the structuring stage through to closing.

Canada: The 2026 annual meeting proxy voting results are in for Canada’s Big Six banks and a cross-section of other major TSX and S&P/TSX-listed issuers. The results confirm continued investor confidence in incumbent boards and management, alongside sharpening scrutiny of AI governance, capital allocation, data stewardship and shareholder-rights frameworks.

Ukraine: Over the past two years, a remarkable transformation has taken place in the global defense industry. Ukraine—a country that in 2022 was almost entirely dependent on Western military aid—has emerged as one of the world’s most dynamic defense technology ecosystems, generating battlefield-validated innovation at a pace that has surprised seasoned observers and is now attracting aggressive investment and partnership interest from the United States, Germany and across Europe.

New Zealand: Mergers and acquisitions are often characterised by months of negotiations, due diligence and deal-making. But for many buyers and sellers, the real challenges begin after closing the deal. Unexpected liabilities, warranty claims, purchase price adjustment disputes and disagreements over earn-out arrangements can quickly erode the value of a transaction and strain commercial relationships.

New Zealand: The Planning Bill (PB) and the Natural Environment Bill (NEB) have now been reported back by the Environment Select Committee. The Committee received 3,204 submissions and heard presentations from 178 submitters. The Bills are reported back by Majority, with opposition parties each providing a minority position. In this article we provide a brief update on some of the more notable changes. 

New Zealand: The signing of the Auckland City Deal on 10 April 2026 established a formal partnership between Government and Auckland Council aimed at unlocking the city’s potential by improving infrastructure coordination, facilitating housing growth, and increasing productivity. It serves as a test case for the government’s wider City and Regional Deals framework and may shape how similar arrangements are developed across the country in future years.

Norton Rose Fulbright partner Purvi Badiani Maniar has been honored with the South Asian Bar Association North America’s Cornerstone Award, which recognizes individuals who exemplify the organization’s mission through outstanding legal work and impactful leadership with SABA North America, SABA Foundation or local SABA chapters.

Luke McFarland and Dietrich Marquardt discusses merger control trends and developments, focusing on the US and Australia.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on two transactions recognised at the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Saudi Arabia Awards 2026, highlighting the firm's continued involvement in landmark financing and capital markets transactions in the Kingdom.

On 14 July 2026, the Dematerialisation Market Action Taskforce (DEMAT) published its implementation plan for the withdrawal of paper share certificates and the move to a digital share register model for shares held outside CREST. The government has indicated it will legislate to implement these “step one” measures before the end of 2027.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (LATAM) on a US$200 million pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing supporting the acquisition of 23 Airbus A320neo family aircraft scheduled for delivery in the coming years.

Australian AI policy is moving upstream towards infrastructure and training inputs. Until now, private-sector AI in Australia has been regulated principally through existing technology-neutral and sectoral laws, including privacy, consumer, competition, and employment laws.

Mexico: Over the past decade, the European Union (EU”) has reshaped its approach to investment treaties, moving away from case-by-case arbitration towards standing tribunals and deliberately narrowing the substantive standards that investors can invoke, so as to preserve more room for State regulation.

Mexico: Durante la última década, la Unión Europea (“UE”) ha reconfigurado su enfoque en materia de tratados de inversión, abandonando el arbitraje caso por caso en favor de tribunales permanentes y restringiendo deliberadamente los estándares sustantivos que los inversionistas pueden invocar, a fin de preservar un mayor margen para la regulación estatal.

On July 9, 2016, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission stayed an attempt to initiate 24/7 trading on crude oil futures.