Litigation
United Kingdom
19 August 2025
Bringing significant expertise from the low-carbon energy space, Slaughter and May is deeply engaged in the alternative power segment. Combining experience across regulatory, project development, finance, and commercial matters, Oly Moir is highly sought-after among major sponsors to assist in the realisation of low-carbon hydrogen and energy storage projects. A particular expert in the green hydrogen space, Richard Todd assists sponsors in navigating the project, commercial, and contractual agreements behind large-scale and innovative projects and value chains. The infrastructure, energy and natural resources practice is helmed by low-carbon energy experts Michael Corbett and Hywel Davies.
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Testimonials
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‘Excellent service. Very responsive and attuned to client needs. Expert advice - with good links to other firm disciplines when needed.’
‘Great experience and expertise. Incredibly commercial and reactive.’
‘They just know their stuff like no-one else and act as true advisors.’
‘The multi-disciplinary capability of the team's lawyers really make it stand out and hugely improves the service. A lawyer that is focused on project contracts can seamlessly discuss corporate, financing and regulatory matters with a high degree of lucidity and confidence and that cross-functional capability makes a huge difference to the client experience.’
‘The key strength of the practice is the fact they can accompany a client through the entire life-cycle: basically a one-stop shop that has a deep understanding and a unique network with both the regulatory stakeholders and financing community.’
‘Oly Moir was great at combining expert legal advice with advice on handling and tactics, very responsive to client needs and turned round advice quickly, great at explaining issues to non-lawyers, always pragmatic and good at zeroing in on issues that mattered and what it would take to get a deal done.’
Key clients
- Hyphen Hydrogen Energy
- ENGIE SA
- Drax Power Limited
- Kellas Midstream Limited
- Spirit Energy Production UK Limited
- Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
- Marubeni Europower Limited
- Centrica
- Rolls-Royce plc
- Tokamak Energy
- Three Seas
- Castlelost Flex Gen Limited
Work highlights
Advised Hyphen Hydrogen Energy on a $10bn agreement with the Namibian Government for a green hydrogen project.
Advised Drax Power Limited on a landmark bioenergy with carbon capture and storage project.
Practice head
Michael Corbett; Hywel Davies
Other key lawyers
Oly Moir; Richard Todd