Christian Hellmund > Clarion > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile

Clarion
ELIZABETH HOUSE
13-19 QUEEN STREET
LEEDS
LS1 2TW
England

Work Department

Energy and projects

Position

Partner.   Christian is a non-contentious energy lawyer and a partner in Clarion’s Energy & Projects team. Prior to joining Clarion, Christian spent six years at an international law firm advising on a number of high-profile energy and low carbon transactions.

During his career, Christian also spent considerable time advising National Grid Gas Plc’s gas transmission and distribution business, Scottish Power’s Energy Management team and Drax Power’s Fuel Procurement and Trading team while being there on secondment.

Christian advises on a wide range of national and international energy and infrastructure projects including electricity and gas transmission, distribution and supply, energy from waste (EfW), distributed and embedded power generation, decentralised energy solutions, district energy (incl. district heating), energy storage as well as renewables projects such as solar pv, onshore wind, hydro, bioenergy (incl. biomass, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biofuels).

He advises project developers, investors, energy suppliers, utilities, public authorities, housing associations, asset/land owners and equipment manufacturers in a number of sectors ranging from food & drink, retail, hospitality, leisure, construction, manufacturing, transport and many others.

Lawyer Rankings

Yorkshire and the Humber > Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI) > Energy and projects

(Next Generation Partners)

Christian Hellmund – Clarion

Praised for its ‘personal touch‘, Clarion‘s energy, projects, and infrastructure practice stand out for its range of contentious and non-contentious work connected to energy, renewables and low-carbon technologies. The Leeds team’s international reach is showcased by its handling of contractual work connected to liquid natural gas projects in Western Australia, Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa. Practice head Christian Hellmund is well-positioned to handle mandates connected to electricity and gas transmission, decentralised energy solutions and carbon reduction. David Williams excels in corporate and commercial disputes in the energy sector. Gina Rhodes is a further name to note.