Jennifer is a property and consenting specialist who heads up the Energy & Infrastructure team within our UK Property Group.

Jennifer's experience

  • Advised a renewable energy developer on a bankability review of an option agreement, prepared a detailed report, and negotiated an option variation to support project development.

  • Advised Vattenfall on all property aspects of their district heating network at Shawfair, Midlothian. The extensive, complex and novel property work (due to the complex property arrangements and district heat networks of this scale being so unusual) is being undertaken exclusively in Glasgow.

  • Advised Winchburgh Developments Limited on agreements with Transport Scotland relating to the new motorway junction on the M9 which is now complete, with Network Rail and West Lothian Council relating to bridges over and under the main railway lines.

  • Advising Winchburgh Development Limited on agreements with Transport Scotland relating to the new motorway junction on the M9.

  • Advising Viridor Energy on the development of their state-of-the-art carbon capture & storage (CCS) project to be constructed at its Energy from Waste facility in Runcorn, North West England.

  • Advising Winchburgh Developments Limited on the next phases of their major urban regeneration project at Winchburgh, West Lothian. This includes the remediation of Auldcathie landfill site, the construction of a residential development (from 550 – 3500 units), the creation of a marina off the Forth & Clyde canal, highway upgrades and new primary and secondary schools.

  • Advised the shareholders of the 576 MW Awel Y Môr Offshore Wind Farm project (RWE/SWM/Siemens/GIG). This included agreements with Gwynt Y Môr on compensation for production losses, the terms of the grid connection and the lease agreements for the project.

  • Leads our work for Infinergy, advising on the development of its onshore wind portfolio in the UK and its portfolio of solar projects in Australia

  • Leads our UK property and planning support to E.ON and has worked on the consenting, development and sale of Afton wind farm, the sale of interests in Zone 6 Rampion offshore wind farm to UK GIB and Enbridge and the development of Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) sites across the north and west of Scotland

  • Acting for Belltown Power on the property/planning aspects of the Tom Nan Clach windfarm including the financing of the project by BTMU

Credentials

  • 2009
    Qualified - England and Wales
  • 1992
    Qualified - Scotland
  • 1990
    Glasgow University - Dip LP
  • 1990
    Joined Pinsent Masons
  • 1989
    Glasgow University - LLB (Hons)
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Out-Law / Insight by Jennifer Ballantyne

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