Burges Salmon LLP is a trusted advisor in significant nuclear projects and developments in the UK and internationally. The firm also offers extensive expertise in regulatory and project development matters across carbon capture, usage and storage, hydrogen, battery storage, and gas-fired flexible power stations. The practice is jointly led by Ian Salter and James Phillips; Salter is a leading nuclear expert, while Phillips advises developers, investors and utilities on a wide range of commercial and regulatory issues. Ian Truman brings in-depth knowledge of international and UK nuclear law.
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Key clients
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
- Drax
- Atlantic Green
- Firefly Green Fuels Limited
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Great British Nuclear
- Harbour Energy / Viking CCS
- Wales and West Utilities
- Progressive Energy
- Protium Green Solutions
- National Grid
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Work highlights
Advising Progressive Energy and ENI on consenting, real estate matters and regulatory matters as part of HyNet, the UK’s first large-scale low-carbon hydrogen plant.
Acted for ORIT UK Acquisition Midco Limited on the portfolio financing of eleven assets held within Octopus’s ORIT fund.
Advising UKAEA on a circa £20bn technology and infrastructure programme to build a prototype fusion powerplant that will demonstrate net energy, fuel self-sufficiency and a viable route to plant maintenance.
Lawyers
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
Ian Salter; James Phillips
Other key lawyers
Ian Truman; Julian Boswall; Steven James; Malcolm Donald