Clifford Chance LLP leverages its ‘deep expertise’ in conventional and nuclear power to advise on national and cross-border project development, finance and transactional mandates. The ’dedicated’ team is led by Clare Burgess, an expert in sustainable finance for energy transition projects, and Nicholas Hughes, who advises investors on clean energy infrastructure assets. John Wilkins is a ‘first-class adviser’ on commercial, corporate and financing matters across power, CCS and the energy transition, with a focus on high-profile nuclear initiatives. Edward Bretherton advises on the procurement, construction and O&M aspects of energy projects, while Praveen Jagadish specialises in low-carbon energy generation assets, covering commercial, financing and M&A matters.
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Testimonials
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‘Team strengths include the breadth of talent available, resulting in timely turnaround of workstreams, coupled with a strong market knowledge and the desire to get to know and fully understand the points of strategic importance to the business they are acting for. Work streams have been large and complex in nature, and the teams tackle the challenge well.’
‘Praveen Jagadish consistently provides solid, practical advice designed to solve the problem you put to him. Rather than providing a generic analysis of contractual terms, Praveen will understand what needs to be achieved and will generally be able to find a way to do so.’
‘Dedication, perseverance, patience and and a great style of engagement combined with deep expertise.’
‘John Wilkins is a first-class adviser, with great judgement as well as expert advice and a great team.’
‘Highly expert team with excellent understanding of the legal documents and framework as well as the underlying commercial set-up and requirements. They work very well with all of our team on the client side and manage some difficult counterparty relationships very well.’
‘John Wilkins is an excellent lead partner who works brilliantly across all of the different legal areas we need and is a pleasure to work.'
Key clients
- Sizewell C Limited
- Iberdrola
- EDF SA
- Belgian Government
- Horizon Nuclear
- Azura Power Holdings
- Partners Group
Work highlights
Advising on the development and financing of the new Sizewell C nuclear power station in the UK.
Advising Iberdrola on the acquisition of Equitix's 88% stake in Electricity North West, for an equity value of £2.1bn.
Advising EDF on the structuring of the €67bn programme for the development of six new EPR2 nuclear reactor projects in France, set to be operational in 2030.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Clare Burgess; Nicholas Hughes
Other key lawyers
John Wilkins; Edward Bretherton; Praveen Jagadish