Renewable Energy

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.