Renewables: A Net Zero System by Linklaters

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23 October 2020

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Our experience on renewable energy

Our experts specialises in the full range of no/low-carbon energy projects and the trading of green energy products.

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Publications

Japan Offshore Wind (5th Edition): Recalibration

Publication | 2 August 2023

Getting Hy? Ambition and the art of the possible in the search for a hydrogen economy

Publication | 2 December 2021

We have an integrated specialist practice with a truly global footprint who specialise in the full range of energy transition projects and the trading of green energy products.

The first of the leading global law firms to see the importance of renewables, we established our dedicated Green Energy Group in 2000 within our wider Energy & Utilities team.

The award-winning team has an in-depth understanding of all established renewable energy asset classes, including solar PV, solar thermal, onshore wind, offshore wind, biomass, geothermal, hydropower and energy-from-waste and is active on novel solutions like wave and tidal, floating solar, floating wind and second-generation biomass/anaerobic digestion.

We provide a full-service legal solution for these assets to governments, corporates, lenders and investors:

Regulatory and policy design: opening up new markets through advising governments, industry groups and pioneer clients on locally relevant solutions that facilitate international investment;
Projects: development, construction and contracting, offtake, PPAs, financing (including project financing, ECA and Multi-lateral financing, portfolio, HoldCo and acquisition financing and capital markets financing) and divestment of individual assets and portfolios, including some of the worlds’ largest individual investments; and
Corporate and corporate finance: corporate governance, listing, corporate financing, restructuring and reorganisation of renewable energy companies, including through green finance products and IPOs.

Our dedicated approach means our team spend their time (in some cases all their working lives) working in renewables, seeing the key issues from all sides and in multiple contexts. This brings great depth of experience, to solve problems and close deals quickly and efficiently. Many of our clients are pioneers in the sector, constantly pushing the boundaries in terms of geography, scale, technology and financial innovation. We are passionate about the role we play in enabling that ambition: no other firm has the same track record of experience with large scale and/or innovative transactions in this sector.

Awards

Jeonnam wind farm project, South Korea

Renewable Deal of the Year – Offshore Wind Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2023

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board's partnership with Corio Generation to develop a global offshore floating and fixed wind portfolio

M&A Deal of the Year Wind Investment Awards 2023

CEOG

Renewable Energy ESG Award – Americas and Climate Adaptation Award : IJ Global ESG Awards 2022

Courseulles-sur-mer Offshore Wind Farm, France

Europe Deal of the Year: The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2022

Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm, Taiwan

Renewable Energy M&A Deal of the Year: The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards 2022

Karapinar Solar, Turkey

Deal of the Year - Project Finance: IFLR Europe Awards 2022

Northvolt, Sweden

European ESG Deal of the Year: IJ Global ESG Awards 2021 European Industrial Deal of the Year: PFI Awards 2020 European Export Finance Deal of the Year and European Battery Storage Deal of the Year: IJ Global Awards 2020

An in-depth understanding of established renewable energy asset classes

Topics across the Net Zero System

Key Contacts

Richard Coar

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, London

United Kingdom

Global contacts

Hirofumi Taba

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, Tokyo

Japan

François April

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, Paris

France

Ross Schloeffel

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, London

United Kingdom

Thomas Schulz

German Head of Energy, Berlin

Germany

Francesca Matthews

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, London

United Kingdom

Francisco Ferraz de Carvalho

Partner, Head of Finance, Energy and Infrastructure, Lisbon

Portugal

José Giménez

National Managing Partner and Head of Public Law and Regulated Sectors, Madrid

Spain

Tessa Lee

Banking and Energy & Infrastructure Partner, Milan

Italy

Chris Staples

Corporate / M&A Partner, London

United Kingdom

Xiaohui Ji

Partner, Hong Kong SAR/Beijing

Ying Fu

Partner, Co-Head of Asia Energy & Infrastructure, Hong Kong SAR

Xylia Sim

Partner, Singapore

Singapore

John Maxwell

Energy & Infrastructure Partner, Singapore

Singapore

David Holme

Senior Foreign Legal Advisor, Jakarta

Singapore

Lara Hemzaoui

Partner, Madrid

Spain

Marius Griskonis

Partner and Head of Energy & Infrastructure in the Americas, New York

United States

Joo Hee Lee

Managing Partner, Seoul

Arnaud Coibion

Partner, Brussels

Belgium

Jan Willem de Boer

Corporate/M&A Partner, Amsterdam

Netherlands

We have an integrated specialist practice with a truly global footprint who specialise in the full range of energy transition projects and the trading of green energy products.

The first of the leading global law firms to see the importance of renewables, we established our dedicated Green Energy Group in 2000 within our wider Energy & Utilities team.

We provide a full-service legal solution for these assets to governments, corporates, lenders and investors:

Regulatory and policy design: opening up new markets through advising governments, industry groups and pioneer clients on locally relevant solutions that facilitate international investment;

Projects: development, construction and contracting, offtake, PPAs, financing (including project financing, ECA and Multi-lateral financing, portfolio, HoldCo and acquisition financing and capital markets financing) and divestment of individual assets and portfolios, including some of the worlds’ largest individual investments; and

Corporate and corporate finance: corporate governance, listing, corporate financing, restructuring and reorganisation of renewable energy companies, including through green finance products and IPOs.

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Insights

Our experience on renewable energy

​

Publications

Japan Offshore Wind (5th Edition): Recalibration

Getting Hy? Ambition and the art of the possible in the search for a hydrogen economy

​

We have an integrated specialist practice with a truly global footprint who specialise in the full range of energy transition projects and the trading of green energy products.

​

Awards

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An in-depth understanding of established renewable energy asset classes

An in-depth understanding of established renewable energy asset classes

Topics across the Net Zero System

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