From sun, wind and wave, from generation to storage, we use our expertise and experience to support successful project delivery
Our team are leading advisers to the sector, providing full-service advice to developers, utilities, IPPs, investors, funders and other stakeholders in relation to onshore and offshore wind, solar, biomass, hydro, wave and tidal projects globally.
Our unique full lifecycle experience on renewables projects includes advising from early in the consenting process, through procurement and construction, to the operational phase including financing, regulatory advice, strategic M&A, secondary markets activity, repowering, dispute resolution and claims negotiations. This "big picture" understanding of the potential commercial issues underpins the advice that we offer.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Advised an offshore wind developer on the Mona and Morgan Offshore Wind Farm Projects, providing background support during negotiations of offshore export cable transport and installation contracts, including bidder engagement for the export cable packages
Advised Revera Energy, a global independent energy platform backed by global investment firm Carlyle, on all construction and optimisation aspects of the 400MW / 800MWh Hunterston BESS Project.
Advised NTR on its acquisition of the Fair Oaks project, a ready to build solar and battery energy strorage project located in Nottinghamshire, England and comprising 75.4MWp of solar PV and a 49.9MW BESS.
Advised Ørsted on its successful bid for Isle of Man Government seabed rights to develop an offshore wind farm, securing an agreement for lease in 2014. Since then, we have advised on the legislation, policy and regulatory processes required to enable the project, including the first Marine Infrastructure Consent application for the first of kind offshore wind development in the Isle of Man.
Advising an energy asset fund in relation to claims arising from the supply of waste wood to a biomass power plant generating 44 MW of renewable energy.
Advised NextEnergy on the acquisition of a 107MW portfolio of operational BESS projects in the UK.
Advised Etana Energy (Pty) Ltd, an energy trader, on the negotiation of two generator power purchase agreements for wind energy projects.
Advised Capital Dynamics, a renewable energy developer, on the acquisition and development of Douglas West Extension Wind Farm.
Advising a major renewable energy company in relation to a number of high value claims and dispute resolution maters arising out of a turbine supply and installation agreement for a UK offshore wind project.
Advised TotalEnergies Renewables on the divestment of all its distributed solar assets in Europe (around 170 MW), mainly rooftop installations, across seven European countries—France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom and Luxembourg—to AMPYR Distributed Energy.
Our expertise, at your disposal
With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.
Partner
EmailIan is an energy project specialist and has extensive experience of acting for developers, utilities, stakeholders, senior lenders and international investors in the renewables and clean energy sectors across the United Kingdom and Ireland advising on joint ventures, project acquisitions and development, fund raising and project construction, procurement and financing (onshore and offshore wind, solar, EfW, biomass, storage AD, wave and tidal technologies).
Partner
EmailSimone is a construction lawyer and specialises in advising on the procurement and delivery of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on renewable energy projects.
Partner
EmailHermenegildo regularly advises on projects and operations in both Spain and Latin America and have extensive experience in investment protection and arbitration in Latin America.
Partner, Head of Finance and Projects
EmailGraham is the Global Group Head of the Finance & Projects team, overseeing the groups' operations across the firm’s international network. His practice includes projects, project finance, JVs, alliancing and construction in the infrastructure, energy and nuclear markets.
Legal Director
EmailSarah-Louise is an experienced corporate energy lawyer with over a decade of experience advising on M&A transactions, investments, re-organisations, joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements across the full range of renewable technologies in both the UK and Ireland.
Partner
EmailJennifer is a property and consenting specialist who heads up the Energy & Infrastructure team within our UK Property Group.
Partner
EmailStuart co-leads our PFI/PPP market globally. He acts for procurers, sponsors, contractors, FM contractors and lenders across a wide range of infrastructure and energy sub-sectors in the UK and internationally, covering the full project lifecycle.
Partner
EmailNicholas is a multi jurisdictional disputes lawyer, arbitrator, FIDIC adjudicator and author with 30 years’ experience on major global infrastructure and energy projects. He writes leading textbooks, teaches at King’s College London, and serves on several international arbitration and ADR committees.
