It is rare for muni infrastructure plans to be so substantive, coordinated and transparent. Kudos to City of Long Beach & Office of Mayor Rex Richardson. Having worked on P3 infra projects in LB (at the Port of Long Beach, Courthouse & City Hall), I’m always impressed. Good coverage Jason Ruiz 🐀.

Today is officially the day that Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act and I would like to make the case that it is a bigger deal than anything else that happened today, or this month, and possibly this year.

#RouteFire growing in Castaic, north of San Fernando Valley in LA. View now from other side of the Santa Monica Mtns looking north.

The gaps between what we understand, what we can expect, what we (like, really, yesterday) should do, and what’s actually happening on a global basis are… immense. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Partner Allan Marks spoke on the Proximo Intelligence podcast about the Inflation Reduction Act and how it encourages #investment by expanding the use of tax credits for #cleanenergy projects, domestic supply chains and skilled jobs. milbank.com/en/news/allan-…

Go Bears! #Calfootball

Quite the complicated bankruptcy case of the world’s leading regional aircraft lessor. How do you pay for planes when a pandemic disrupts global air traffic? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law…

This amicus brief from The Onion is so well done: humorous yet serious, parody yet persuasive. Bravo.

Partner Allan Marks spoke on the panel “Good Will Hunting: ESG” at ACIC’s 2022 Fall Annual Meeting and Education Conference. He discussed how US, EU & UK #regulatory approaches differ w/respect to #ESG/#sustainability, market trends in Green Bonds & more. milbank.com/en/news/partne…

ESG and sustainability in institutional investing: lively discussion today at ACIC's annual mtg. New rules due out next year from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (climate risk disclosures) and this year from U.S. Department of Labor (ERISA fiduciaries prudent consideration of ESG factors). milbank.com/en/news/partne…

A sudden MATERIAL oversupply of Gas in Europe. Could prices go to 0? 🤯 A thread 1/n

The $9.5B New Terminal One – developed & financed by a private consortium – will be the largest terminal at JFK #Airport when completed. #Podcast host Allan Marks goes behind the scenes of the largest single-asset P3 project financing so far in the US: milbank.com/en/news/jfk-ai…

The Climate Change episode is out today, kicking off Season 4 of the Law, Policy & Markets podcast from ⁦Milbank LLP⁩. linkedin.com/posts/activity…

For SparkSpread: Allan Marks discusses the DOC's preliminary determination that some #solar #energy product manufacturers that rely on Chinese-origin inputs are circumventing US AD/CVD duties relating to #photovoltaic cells & modules of Chinese origin. milbank.com/en/news/allan-…

Germany and the Eurozone show great economic resilience. +New flexibility to avoid bankruptcy for distressed companies challenged by high interest rates, supply chain disruptions and high energy prices. Interesting podcast episode with Mathias Eisen of Milbank LLP in Frankfurt.

Partner Allan Marks will moderate the panel “Project Financing of Offshore #Wind Projects” at the Winds of Change: Tracking the Development of US #OffshoreWind Energy Conference. Panelists will discuss project financing & potential #environmental impacts. milbank.com/en/news/milban…

Partner Allan Marks will moderate the panel “Capital Raising & Deployment” at New Project Media’s US Development & Finance Forum. Panelists will discuss financial markets, pros and cons in different capital structures, #energy M&A trends in 2023 & more: milbank.com/en/news/milban…

Milbank partner Allan Marks was featured on New Project Media’s #podcast, where he discussed the market impacts of rising interest rates and the #SVB collapse on investment in #solar power, #wind energy and other #renewables. podcasts.apple.com/tm/podcast/npm…

It is appalling that NYC fails to provide basic medical care to incarcerated people in city jails, in contempt of court orders to do so. The litigation to fix that sad state of affairs is ongoing. Katherine Fell explains it: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/law…

.Milbank LLP's newest Law, Policy & Markets Podcast features a talk w/Allan Marks & NYUGlobalAffairs's Carolyn Kissane on the interrelated issues & effects of wars & climate change on global resource security, energy use, water supplies, & demographics. #WeAreSPS milbank.com/en/news/the-ge…