Eleven Dentons Rodyk partners have been recognised as National Leaders in the Lexology Index Southeast Asia 2026 Guide, reflecting the breadth of our expertise and the trust our clients and peers place in us across a wide range of practice areas.

Edward Mackenzie has joined Dentons as Special Counsel in our Real Estate team, based in Christchurch. Edward joined the Firm on 20 July, strengthening our national Real Estate practice and reflecting our continued investment in growing our presence in Christchurch.

Australia: A fourth category of data centre asset is emerging that departs from conventional infrastructure financing models: AI-optimised facilities purpose-built for GPU-intensive training and inference workloads, spanning two sub-models: "true" AI facilities (operator owns both the shell and the GPU hardware) and GPU colocation (customer owns the GPUs). This article examines how AI-optimised facilities are structured, why neocloud counterparties present distinct credit challenges, and how the bespoke physical configuration of these assets creates re-leasing and residual value risks that constrain conventional bankability.

Australia: This article turns to enterprise data centres owned or controlled by end users for their own internal IT needs, illustrated by on-premises facilities of major banks,), government-operated data centres, and network carrier infrastructure.

Australia: This article is the introductory piece in a series of financing-focused analyses of the Australian data centre boom. The articles that follow turn from the policy landscape set out here to the market fundamentals, contractual structures and financing implications of each of the principal asset classes (wholesale and hyperscale, enterprise and government, hybrid platforms, retail and colocation, and AI-optimised facilities) before continuing in a second sub-series examining how data centre financing changes across the asset lifecycle, the continuing role of bank debt and portfolio financing (including expansion parameters and sustainability-linked features), and the growing role of private credit, institutional capital and securitisation.

Australia: This article turns to hybrid platforms that deliberately combine government or enterprise counterparties with hyperscale and AI-related deployments within a single operating entity...

Australia: The distinctions between hyperscale, enterprise and retail data centres share a defining feature: revenue is derived primarily from leasing physical infrastructure (space, power and connectivity) to customers who install and operate their own computing equipment. A fourth category of asset is now emerging that departs from this model.

Australia: This opening article begins with a market overview of data centre assets in the Australian market and how their revenue models, risk profiles and contractual structures influence financing outcomes. The rest of the article explores the most prominent asset class in the Australian market: wholesale or hyperscale data centres, focussing on how their revenue model, contractual structure and risk profile shapes financing outcomes.

On June 27, 2026, the federal government released the proposed Consumer-Driven Banking Regulationsunder the Consumer-Driven Banking Act for a 60-day public consultation period ending on August 26, 2026.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO/ADMIE), the Greek transmission system operator, on the strategic investment by Meridiam in Great Sea Interconnector S.A. (GSI).

State-level scrutiny of private equity healthcare transactions is intensifying and an expanding web of state legislation now shapes the pace, structure, expense and post-closing operational viability of healthcare transactions involving private equity.

Emilia Radley and Richard Whish KC (Hon) discuss the EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement, which was signed in February 2026 and will enter into force after formal ratification by the EU and UK.

In response to sanctions and export controls used by the United States and its allies, China has continued to strengthen its counter-sanctions regime, forming a legal framework centered on national security law, the PRC Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law (AFSL) and other regulations.

Australia’s automotive retail sector is at the beginning of a period of profound disruption.

Tanzania: Tanzania's Finance Act, 2026 marks an important shift in the country's mining investment landscape, not because it fundamentally amends the Mining Act itself, but because it changes the fiscal significance of framework agreements. While the only direct amendment to the Mining Act is the establishment of the Mineral Survey Fund under section 149A, the more consequential reforms are found in the tax legislation, where framework agreements have become the gateway to a range of construction-phase fiscal incentives, including excise duty remission, income tax exemptions and VAT relief. At the same time, Parliament has introduced stricter compliance obligations and penalties for misuse of those incentives. The reforms point to a broader policy shift.

Dentons has advised Naked Energy, a British solar thermal technology company, on its £8.875 million investment from Great British Energy and Barclays Climate Ventures.

United Kingdom: The revised AIM Rules for Companies (the AIM Rules) came into force on 5 August 2026. The amendments constitute the biggest changes to the AIM Rules in two decades and are designed to reinforce the market’s focus on growth for companies, founders and investors.

The application of the Construction Act's transition provisions, particularly section 87.3, and the definition of “improvement” and "owner," have been central to recent judicial interpretations in Ontario.

The Netherlands: In a recent tax dispute, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of corporation tax deduction in lieu of intra-group trademark royalties paid by French subsidiaries to their foreign parent.

 

 

Costa Rica: Costa Rica’s real estate market continues to evolve. Today, the true competitive advantage lies not only in developing projects, but in the ability to strategically manage assets and maximize the value they generate over time. In this article, Eduardo Zúñiga, Managing Partner of our Costa Rica office, explores how the transition to Asset Management can transform real estate development, unlock new investment opportunities, and strengthen the sector’s competitiveness. Global transformations are also reshaping the way we approach urban development. At Dentons, we help our clients navigate that transformation and turn it into reality.