Matt Fox
Legal Director
Matt advises clients on all consenting matters for large scale energy and infrastructure projects, working from inception to delivery to ensure that such projects are consentable, fundable and deliverable.
Matthew's experience
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Advising Port of Tilbury London Limited, a major UK port operator, on port development and expansion, from the successful Tilbury 2 DCO for a new aggregates and RoRo port (2019) through to the Tilbury 3 planning consent (2026), including protecting its interests against third party infrastructure proposals affecting its land.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising on Heathrow's Expansion proposals, focussing particularly on matters relating to construction and design.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Advising on the consenting of the UK’s first strategic heat main, transporting excess heat from the Riverside Campus in Bexley to locations across London, including Westminster. Advice covered securing a section 35 Direction and developing strategies for cross-London issues such as street works, traffic management and land powers.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising Frodsham Solar Farm Limited on all aspects of consenting Frodsham Solar Farm, a 150MW project in Cheshire, dealing in particular with complex Habitats Regulations issues.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising Island Green Power on the consenting of a 500MW+ battery solar project located in North Yorkshire.
- £6bn
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Cory, an energy from waste operator, on the consenting and implementation of the Cory Decarbonisation Project, involving carbon capture at the existing Riverside EfW facility and the Riverside 2 EfW development, following our prior advice on Cory’s successful Development Consent Order application in 2020.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised an energy company, on the consenting strategy for the Morecambe Net Zero carbon capture and storage project, repurposing gas fields to accept up to 1 gigaton of CO₂, including onshore and offshore works in England and Wales.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Recurrent Energy, a global renewable energy developer, on the consenting and follow on sale of a 350-MW solar farm in England classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, facilitating a transaction for a site capable of generating approximately 350,000 MWh of green electricity annually, sufficient to power 92,000 British homes.
- £245m
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised a British energy company on consenting of the largest blue hydrogen and green hydrogen projects in the UK. Work included advising on novel environmental issues and developing strategy to address a competing proposal for the same site during the consenting process.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
Credentials
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2014Joined Pinsent Masons
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2014Qualified - England and Wales
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2010BPP Law School - LPC
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2008University of Sheffield - LLB
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