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Recent environmental law developments impacting solar, battery and grid infrastructure projects

Solar PV and BESS projects excluded from environmental authorisation requirements under specified circumstances Over the past couple of years, several initiatives and revisions have been introduced to the environmental and energy legal framework to reduce regulatory red tape that may unnecessarily hinder project development and implementation. Given the ongoing and future risk of shortage of sufficient electricity supply to meet demand, regulators have consistently sought to alleviate overly cumbersome long-lead permitting processes within the energy sectorspecifically. 

The significant impact of our Pro Bono & Human Rights practice in 2023

Insights into the art of dealmaking

Lara Granville, Director in the Competition Law practice, was featured in DealMakers Women 2024, where she shared Insights into the art of dealmaking.

Skyward shift: Modernising air service licensing in South Africa

In a move geared towards enhancing the efficiency of air service licensing in South Africa, local operators’ air service licence applications and foreign operators’ permit applications will now be submitted electronically to the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) for processing. 

To institute or not to institute liquidation proceedings (that is the question)

It is a well-established principle in our law that insolvency/liquidation proceedings are not meant to be used for the recovery of a debt – the courts regard this as an abuse of (legal) process. Rather, the purpose of insolvency proceedings, as per Trengove AJ in Investec Bank Ltd and Another v Mutemeri and Another (O9/22247) ZAGPJHC 64 is “ to bring about a convergence of the claims in an insolvent estate to ensure that it is wound up in an orderly fashion and that creditors are treated equally ”.

Light on the Horizon: Following subdued M&A activity in 2023

David Pinnock, Director in the Corporate & Commercial practice was featured in the JSE Magazine where he discussed Light on the Horizon: Following subdued M&A activity in 2023, there's cause for cautious optimism for the year ahead.