Mr Paul Dight > Addleshaw Goddard > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Paul Dight

Work Department
Infrastructure projects and energy.
Position
Paul is an energy infrastructure and regulatory specialist with significant experience advising on the development and funding of large scale energy infrastructure and on regulation in the energy and utilities sectors. He advises a broad variety of clients across the sector including developers, investors, supply chain, funders, regulators and sponsors (including central and local government bodies) with clients including National Grid, Drax, Britvic, Siemens, Foresight, Equitix, NIBC, DZ Bank and John Laing Investments. He advises on commercial and regulatory matters within the electricity, gas, smart (including smart metering and battery storage) and renewables sectors advising across the technology spectrum and he is recommended in Legal 500 for work in renewables. He led the Addleshaw Goddard teams advising Biogen on three AD PPPs in the Welsh Food Waste Programme, he also advises John Laing on the acquisition and project financing of a number of wind farm projects, various funders and developers (Trina, Canadian Solar) on the development and financing of solar pv schemes, MAPs and energy suppliers on smart metering roll-outs and on CHP schemes for MediaCity, Network Rail, Citibank and Hub. Paul also advises clients including MCS, LCCC, Ofwat, and British Sugar.
Career
Trained Hammonds Suddards Edge, qualified 2002. Partner Addleshaw Goddard 2014.
Languages
Portuguese, French and Spanish.
Education
Dartford Grammar for Boys (1994); University of Leeds (1999, Law, French and Portuguese); Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
Leisure
Squash, swimming.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
Advising renewable and alternative energy clients on project development, M&A and public procurement in the energy sector is at the forefront of the offering at Addleshaw Goddard. The ‘young and diverse team’ is additionally surefooted on power storage mandates and DPC schemes for water companies. Co-practice head Richard Goodfellow is geared to handle major infrastructure projects encompassing energy from waste and carbon capture projects. Fellow co-head Paul Dight is notably active on gas-to-grid projects and on- and offshore wind mandates. Sophie Hiley‘s practice extends to advising energy and retail clients on white labelling arrangements. Jack Harris is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Public sector > Local government
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Planning