Richard Blunt > 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.

Baker McKenzie‘s expertise covers every stage of the investment life cycle, from project structuring and development, and operating agreements to financing, joint ventures, acquisitions, disposals and disputes. The team is also well placed to advise on oil and gas transactions linked to energy transition. Richard Blunt represents a spread of national and international clients in M&A, joint ventures and project developments, while Andy Moody leads on multi-jurisdictional litigation. Philip Thomson is recommended for his work in the midstream and downstream oil and gas arena, where he regularly assists clients with project development and financing.

Baker McKenzie LLP benefits in this sector from its strong cross-jurisdictional capabilities and draws its expert mining lawyers from its M&A, projects, project finance, regulatory and disputes teams. The team, with its ‘deep industry knowledge’, has extensive experience advising on a range of multi-billion dollar transactions and acting for some of the biggest mining houses. Richard Blunt heads the team focusing on clients in the EMEA region with expertise in M&A, joint ventures, private equity and project development. Mike Webster specialises in advising on the development of major energy, mining and infrastructure assets. Rhiannon Williams has extensive experience in construction and project development matters across the EMEA region and the Caribbean.

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.