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Lucille De Silva
Work Department
Energy, Transport and Infrastructure
Position
Lucille De Silva is a partner in Dentons’ Energy, Transport and Infrastructure practice, based in London. She focuses on solar, and has over 24 years’ international energy, projects, regulation and privatization experience. Lucille has developed the Firm’s UK solar practice and has led and closed over 200 large-scale solar projects amounting to more than 1.5 GWp and worth in excess of £2 billion.
Education
- The College of Law, 1991, LLB, (Hons)
- King’s College London, 1990, LLB
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
(Leading individuals)The team at Dentons, noted as a ‘very capable team with extensive knowledge of the energy sector’, is led by experienced energy practitioner and ‘trusted pair of hands’ Lucille De Silva, who specialises in work involving renewables and low carbon transactions. The team has a strong reputation for its abilities to advise both private and public sector clients on the full gamut of related matters. Its workload includes advising on the ongoing UK energy crisis, on complex matters involving climate change and work involving renewables, a key example being its work as project counsel on the £4bn project development of the Acorn Carbon Capture & Storage project in Scotland. Key name in the team Christopher McGee-Osborne has expertise across these areas in a public law context. The team was bolstered with the May 2023 arrival of expert consultant in the field John Inglis, formerly of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Paul Doris departed to Brown Rudnick LLP in December 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables) London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport