Advising energy and power clients on project development, project finance, and M&A in the power generation, transmission and storage space is at the heart of our practice. 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, including: 

We help these businesses in the following areas:

• 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 

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 supports clients with legal issues on:

• Regulation
• Global production 
• Hydrogen to Power
• Transportation
• Storage
• Government subsidy regimes
• End use applications and pilot schemes (from buses to manufacturing facilities)

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.

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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. 

We help companies navigate the legal complexities of water and wastewater, including legal risks surrounding large projects that involve construction, regulations and litigation 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.

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.

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.