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An Alternative Structure for Certain P3 Projects – The 63-20 Financing

With all of the talk about the need for infrastructure legislation, public-private partnerships (or “P3s”) are receiving increased national attention. What exactly constitutes a P3 is an ever-evolving question, and the answer you get often depends upon whom you ask....

The end of LIBOR: The search for a new benchmark interest rate for Project Agreements

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Often referred to as “the world’s most important number”, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is used as the reference interest rate for a range of commercial and financial contracts worth hundreds of trillions of dollars globally...

Webinar: 86th Legislative Session Recap

Bracewell is pleased to host a webinar about how the bills passed during the 86th Legislative Session affect Texas governmental entities, the debt issuance process and ongoing disclosure and transparency requirements. Please join us on August 14 to hear analysis...

SLGS Window Reopening; Sequestration Extended Through FY 2029

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (the “Act”), which suspends the federal debt limit through July 31, 2021, was signed into law on August 2, 2019. As a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced that it will...

New UAE Economic Substance Regulations Issued

On 30 April 2019, the UAE Cabinet issued the Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 31 of 2019 concerning Economic Substance Regulations in the UAE (“Regulations”). Why has the UAE issued the Regulations? The implementation of the Regulations is a result...

DOJ Changes Criminal Policy to Recognize Antitrust Compliance Programs

In a major policy shift, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice recently announced that it will now credit companies for effective corporate antitrust compliance programs in making charging decisions and penalty recommendations. In conjunction with this change, the...

FY 2020 Sequestration Reduction Rate Set at 5.9%

According to the IRS website , the sequester reduction rate applied to payments made to issuers of direct pay tax credit bonds in fiscal year 2020 will be 5.9 percent . This percentage will apply to all subsidy payments scheduled...

Transaction Tax Deductions Following Tax Reform

In connection with the purchase and sale of the stock of a target corporation (a Corporate Target), the target often incurs various transaction costs (Transaction Costs) that may yield significant tax deductions (Transaction Tax Deductions). If such Transaction Tax Deductions...

An Imperfect Match: Aligning the Deemed Dividend Rule with the Post-Tax Reform DRD

Eighteen months after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA or the Act), tax practitioners and taxpayers alike still are looking to Treasury for guidance to interpret and fill in gaps in the new tax laws. The...

Understanding Cyber Threats to State and Other Governmental Entities

Cyber criminals have targeted state and local governmental entities at an alarming rate. The threat and scale of cyber-attacks is unprecedented. Bracewell lawyers Phil Bezanson , Ed Fierro and David Springer will host a webinar to highlight the risks that...

Is the Opportunity Now a Reality? IRS and Treasury Release Second Tranche of Opportunity Zone Regulations

After months of waiting, the IRS and the Treasury Department have released a second set of proposed regulations (the “ Second Tranche ”) relating to the opportunity zone provisions enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of...

A Practical Guide for Multistate Employers on Managing the Growing Patchwork of Marijuana Laws

Many employers, especially those operating in a number of different states, are troubled with how to effectively cope with new and widely varying state marijuana laws. Not only are the state laws that authorize medical or recreational marijuana use proliferating,...

Spotlight on Public Finance, Spring 2019

Featured Articles: Hackers Continue to Target Public Sector Entities; Credit Ratings and Infrastructure at Risk,
Negotiating Your “Standard” Construction Contract

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted final rules amending Regulation S-K and certain other rules and forms to modernize and simplify disclosure requirements. Among other matters, the amendments reduce and clarify the disclosures required in management’s discussion and analysis...

Federal and State Infrastructure Projects in Mexico

Members of Bracewell’s Project Finance team recently visited financial institutions, consulting firms and law firms in Mexico City to gain a better understanding of the current trends related to infrastructure development and project finance in Mexico. Below is a summary...

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An Alternative Structure for Certain P3 Projects – The 63-20 Financing

The end of LIBOR: The search for a new benchmark interest rate for Project Agreements

Webinar: 86th Legislative Session Recap

SLGS Window Reopening; Sequestration Extended Through FY 2029

New UAE Economic Substance Regulations Issued

DOJ Changes Criminal Policy to Recognize Antitrust Compliance Programs

FY 2020 Sequestration Reduction Rate Set at 5.9%

Transaction Tax Deductions Following Tax Reform

An Imperfect Match: Aligning the Deemed Dividend Rule with the Post-Tax Reform DRD

Understanding Cyber Threats to State and Other Governmental Entities

Is the Opportunity Now a Reality? IRS and Treasury Release Second Tranche of Opportunity Zone Regulations

A Practical Guide for Multistate Employers on Managing the Growing Patchwork of Marijuana Laws

Spotlight on Public Finance, Spring 2019

SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure Requirements

Federal and State Infrastructure Projects in Mexico

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