Sought-after for its ‘commercially astute, clear and efficient advice’, Osborne Clarke LLP’s energy and energy transition practice boasts a strong understanding of development, transactional, finance, and contentious matters impacting domestic and European renewable energy assets. Highly sought-after on power and gas procurement, power purchase, and optimisation agreements concerning renewable and green assets, Hugo Lidbetter is a key contact among major energy companies. Trusted on high-value and innovative mandates, Dominic O’Brien acts for the sponsors on the financing of low-carbon generation, storage, and electricity transmission infrastructure projects. Matthew Lewis leads the practice.
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‘Osborne Clarke provides a cross practice team for our renewables business and has strength and depth in all areas.’
‘From construction to PPA and property work, Osborne Clarke always provides commercially astute, clear and efficient advice and can be relied upon to deliver to time.’
‘The Osborne Clarke team is very approachable and engaged in understanding our business. They have worked hard to get to know our values and principles, and the people within the business, which means that the lawyers can add true value with their legal advice.’
Key clients
- Biffa Limited
- North Sea Transition Authority
- Downing Infrastructure
- Shell Energy
- Octopus Energy
- SNRG
- JLEN
- Foresight
- Ecotricity
- I Squared Capital/Aurora Utilities Limited
- Conrad Energy
- HyCap/Hydrogen Equity Partners
- Hochtief PPP Solutions UK and Plenary Europe
- Statera Energy
Work highlights
Advising Ecotricity on Heckington Fen, a 500MW Development Consent Order scheme (with 400MW energy storage), 9km underground grid connection, and a National Grid Electricity Transmission substation extension.
Advised Octopus on its innovative £200m investment in heat re-use technology for data centres.
Advising HyCap, a specialist green hydrogen private equity fund, on a variety of investment across the green hydrogen and ammonia value chain, including the acquisition of four hydrogen projects.
Practice head
Matthew Lewis
Other key lawyers
Hugo Lidbetter; Dominic O’Brien