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Financial Statement Requirements in US Securities Offerings
Latham’s updated companion guides help US issuers and non-US issuers navigate US securities laws for financial statement requirements.
Energy & Infrastructure — Battery Energy Storage Trends
The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®
The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.
Debottlenecking
increasing the Capacity of existing facilities through the replacement or modification of existing equipment to remove or ameliorate throughput restrictions. Debottlenecking generally increases Capacity for a fraction of the cost of building new facilities.
Liquefaction
a process that generates a liquid from a solid or gas. Liquefaction is most commonly used in Project Finance in connection with the condensation of natural gas into liquid (i.e., LNG) by cooling natural gas prior to transportation.
Passporting
the facility available to Issuers to use one Base Prospectus approved by the competent authority of its home member state for a public offer of its Securities or the admission of its Securities to trading on a Regulated Market of another member state pursuant to the Prospectus Directive.
Domicile
Has legal significance, and generally requires (i) residence and (ii) the intent to remain in the place of residence. In US Bankruptcy, the Domicile of the Debtor is important in determining whether a person is eligible to be a Debtor (Bankruptcy Code Section 109), which exemptions the Debtor may be entitled to (Bankruptcy Code Section 722), and in which venue the Debtor may properly file a Petition (28 U.S.C. § 1408).
Two-Meter Test
a very mobile and inexpensive way to test for geothermal prospects. Probes are inserted into the ground at a two-meter depth to measure the temperature. Over the course of a year, the test will create a temperature gradient that is highly predictive of temperatures at even greater depth.
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