Andrew Hedges > Baker McKenzie > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Led by energy, mining, and infrastructure specialist Richard Blunt, Baker McKenzie LLP‘s London office boasts a solid team of renewable energy experts who regularly advise clients on a wide array of transactional, regulatory, and contentious matters. The team’s focus spans a host of renewable energy sectors, including green hydrogen, wind and solar, energy from waste, renewable carbon capture, and renewable emissions trading structures. The team includes climate change and clean energy expert Andrew Hedges, whose broad practice spans the development of renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, sustainable energy procurement, and carbon finance. David Duncan adds to the team’s transactional expertise, covering mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in the renewables space.

Praised for its embrace of the ‘ intersectionality of inclusion, diversity and equity’, Baker McKenzie is equipped to assist a range of multinational clients with issues such as sustainable governance structures, ESG transactions, tax reporting requirements and commercially sensitive supply chain due diligence and investigations. The team is jointly overseen by corporate governance and reporting specialist Jo Hewitt and dispute resolution partner Francesca Richmond, who is equipped to assist major corporates with reputationally sensitive ESG investigations. Graham Stuart is well-placed to help clients to navigate regulatory enforcement risk and new UK climate reporting obligations. Sustainable energy procurement is a key area of activity for Andrew Hedges.

Possessing a ‘great team composed of various experts’, Baker McKenzie LLP is recognised for its regulatory, development and commercial capabilities. Richard Blunt heads up the Energy, Mining and Infrastructure practice, which works with a host of international clients. Mike Webster has a wealth of experience advising project managers and sponsors on concession, procurement and EPC matters, and a growing body of work relating to gigaprojects in the Middle East. Andrew Hedges is praised for his ‘enviable energy industry knowledge’,  predominately focusing on clean energy and energy transition instructions. Philip Thomson has most recently advised on large-scale oil and gas and carbon capture projects, while Luka Lightfoot‘s financial acumen makes him key to a host of matters. Rhiannon Williams is also recommended.

The environment and climate team at Baker McKenzie regularly acts for global companies across all area of UK and EU environmental law, including contaminated land, waste, environmental permitting, and environmental reporting. The group particularly stands out for its work concerning the environmental regulation of products, services, and supply chains, as well as in relation to climate change law and emissions trading. Practice head Graham Stuart advises across product regulation and environmental, health, and safety law, particularly in the assessment and management of environmental risk in complex multi-jurisdictional projects. Andrew Hedges has expertise in the development of renewable energy projects, sustainable energy procurement, and carbon finance.