Energy and Utilities Sector
Advising businesses that power the world.
Where there's a large and complex energy project, you'll find our team, no matter the location. We are tier 1 ranked for energy and utilities law in countries across Europe and the Middle East. Your business will be assigned a team of specialist lawyers that will speak your language, understand your needs and deliver for you.
We're known for dealing with the unique contracts and legal agreements around everything power and energy, globally. From emerging power generation technology like Hydrogen, to the safe storage of nuclear energy, to power purchasing agreements that moves utility energy around the world, we're here in the background every step of the way.
Whether you're an energy company, developer, investor or a business that needs to secure solutions to their energy needs, our 200+ global team of lawyers help you with finance, sourcing, green energy pledges, emissions and everything in between.
Our credentials
Tier 1
Tier 1
Tier 1
#1
ranked in legal 500
ranked in Chambers UK
ranked legal team in Germany
ranked in Middle East
overall for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI), Infrastructure and Energy.
overall for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI) and Water.
projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI) Infrastructure and Energy.
for energy and projects.
Tier 1
Tier 1
ranked in legal 500
ranked in Chambers UK
overall for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI), Infrastructure and Energy.
overall for Projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI) and Water.
Tier 1
#1
ranked legal team in Germany
ranked in Middle East
projects, Energy and Natural Resources (Including PFI) Infrastructure and Energy.
for energy and projects.
Market Leading Legal Advice for Energy and Utilities projects
Where there's a large and complex energy project, you'll find our team, no matter the location. We are tier 1 ranked for energy and utilities law in countries across Europe and the Middle East. Your business will be assigned a team of specialist lawyers that will speak your language, understand your needs and deliver for you. Our 200+ worldwide specialists work across the following areas:
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- Hydrogen
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We advise clients in every major centre of hydrogen activity. With hydrogen becoming a key energy source solution to achieve cleaner, lower carbon energy we are market leaders in guiding businesses through the innovations in this energy source to bring the most up to date, agile legal advice possible for our clients. Our advice includes:
Regulation
Global production
Hydrogen to Power
Transportation
Storage
Government subsidy regimes
End use applications and pilot schemes (from buses to manufacturing facilities) - Energy for Business
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We have helped hundreds of businesses over the last 25 years across all sectors to navigate their way from exploration to implementation of various measures and schemes to tackle energy issues, from cost neutral solutions to collaborative working between landlords and tenants.
Are you thinking about how to cut or carbon emissions? Or looking to cut your energy consumption, generate your own energy for your business or take more general control over your energy costs? Our Energy Ready tool was created to help you get more informed of your strategic options before you contact our team.
- Power and Renewables
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Advising energy and power clients on project development, project finance, and M&A in the power generation, transmission and storage space is our bread and butter. We work on major energy projects across the globe every day of the week, from conventional power projects to leading renewables schemes. You will find us across all technology types and stages of a project, including:
Construction and operation of renewable power generation facilities
Regulatory support
Fuel supply arrangements
Route to market and specialised revenue arrangements
Acquisitions and disposals
Specialist due diligence
Corporate restructuring
Joint ventures
Project Financing
Public and private finance initiatives and partnerships
Secondary market transactions - Carbon Markets and Emissions Trading
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Our team cover all aspects of carbon markets and emissions trading, from compliance and regulatory risks, to structuring of transactions in any jurisdiction in the carbon value chain, to strategy and policy advice.
The team consists of experts who have worked in this space since the inception of carbon markets. Our experience includes some groundbreaking transactions involving carbon portfolios, working with industry associations and advising a sovereign in UNFCCC negotiations.
- Water
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We help companies navigate the legal complexities of water and wastewater, including legal risks surrounding large projects that involve construction, regulations and litigation, and their internal operations including commercial, employment and pensions and more.
Through genuine and extensive experience of the water and wastewater market, we understand the challenges and opportunities for those working in it. We are wholly immersed in the industry, and our team includes experts who have worked within regulators (e.g.Ofwat), as well as fully qualified chartered engineers.
- Natural Resources (Oil and Gas)
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We provide expert legal and regulatory advice to clients across the UK and international oil and gas sectors on upstream, midstream and downstream issues. Our sector specialists have advised on numerous oil and gas deals, projects and disputes all over the world, including M&A, JVs, fundraising, financing, and upstream contracts.
We specialise in disputes, sanctions issues and anti-bribery and corruption investigations, and have strong experience in advising on restructurings involving oil and gas companies.
Our sector specialists work with a variety of stakeholders, from supermajors to independent E&P companies, to deliver practical and commercial advice right across the value chain. With our deep understanding of the industry, we are uniquely positioned to help clients identify and evaluate risks associated with corporate and commercial transactions, major projects and potential disputes in the oil and gas sector.
- Mining
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We advise on deals, projects and disputes for hard asset mining, minerals and aggregates companies. This surging international market, driven by economic growth and demand from developing economies needs and agile and knowledgeable legal partner to navigate increasing demand, delivery and investments.
We help mining companies to invest in new innovations and make smart strategic choices that utilises cutting-edge processes to achieve optimal efficiency and sustainable business models.
We also advise funders and traditional lenders to the market who face greater risks and rewards when investing in the sector due to the soaring costs of production that their borrowers face, partly driven by national policies aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the extractive industries generally.
Reports
Reports
Building an Investable Hydrogen Value Chain in Scotland
Scotland has been playing an increasingly active role in exploring the potential for low carbon hydrogen. This report shines a spotlight on how we helped deliver a hydrogen economy, including managing and overcoming risks around security, price volatility and the climate crisis.
Find out more about the 60 pilot and demonstration projects underway.
Access the ReportPodcast: Climate Insights
Podcast: Climate Insights
Join Climate Insights Podcast
Once a month our legal team talk all things climate change and discuss and debate the best and emerging solutions that they use on their projects to help companies overcome the challenges net-zero poses.
Access the podcastOur work
Nigeria's Seven Energy
advised Seven Energy on the purchase of gas pipelines and power stations in Nigeria
Power station in Saudi Arabia
Advised Hyundai Heavy Industries on the creation of a 2000MW oil fired power station in Saudi Arabia
Introducing community ownership for generation
Advised the Department of Energy & Climate Change on legislation to introduce community ownership for generation
Offshore transmission advice and guidance
Advised Ofgem on offshore transmission policy, licences, market norms including construction advice
Case Studies
Case Studies
Tesco to own, operate and maintain solar panels
This is a project of sector-wide significance as it forms part of Tesco's ambition to generate 10% of its energy needs onsite by 2030. Tesco's agreements with Macquarie also form part of its commitment to use 100% renewable electricity across the Tesco Group by 2030.
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Case Studies
Acquiring two of the largest commercial greenhouses for Greencoat Capital
We advised Greencoat Capital on the acquisition of each of LCF5 and LCF6, each of which are carrying out development and construction of two of the UK's largest commercial greenhouses, which are warmed and powered using an energy-centre which re-uses waste heat extracted from water treatment facilities to generate electricity and produce heat in the form of warm air.
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Case Studies
Advising the disposal of two onshore windfarms
We advised Peel on the disposal of two onshore wind farms (known as 'Project Pillar'): the disposal of Peel's 50% interest in the 50MW+ Frodsham wind farm to Foresight (Peel's existing joint venture partner) and the disposal of the 8.2 MW Sheerness wind farm to Ingenious.
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Case Studies
Advising BP on its 43% equity investment in Lightsource
This was a strategically significant transaction for BP, marking its re-entry into the alternative energy market after more than a decade. It involved an investment of US$200m to fund Lightsource's international expansion.
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