Dec 222025

Sidley European Private Equity Infrastructure Update

James MacArthur, Ed Freeman, Ben Thompson, Cliff W. Vrielink, Alun Evans and Tara Higgins
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Sidley’s European Private Equity Infrastructure Team has released its 2025 end-of-year update, featuring insights on geothermal energy considerations in the UK, UK real estate diligence, EU digital regulatory updates, employment rights bill updates, and changes to the verification of your identities via Companies House.

Read the full update here.

This post is as of the posting date stated above. Sidley Austin LLP assumes no duty to update this post or post about any subsequent developments having a bearing on this post.

James MacArthur

London

james.macarthur@sidley.com

Ed Freeman

London

ed.freeman@sidley.com

Ben Thompson

London

ben.thompson@sidley.com

Cliff W. Vrielink

Houston

cvrielink@sidley.com

Alun Evans

Singapore

alun.evans@sidley.com

Tara Higgins

New York

thiggins@sidley.com

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