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Jointly led by Michael Corbett and Hywel Davies, Slaughter and May’s infrastructure, energy, and natural resources team advises on complex transactions in the renewables sector, covering corporate M&A, financing, projects, dispute resolution, and regulatory advice. The team excels in handling renewable energy generation projects, encompassing green hydrogen, offshore and onshore wind, solar, and bioenergy with carbon capture. Azadeh Nassiri is a key contact for offshore windfarm projects, where he is regularly supported by international energy and infrastructure projects specialist Richard Todd. Daniel Mewton advises on both the contentious and non-contentious aspects of renewable energy projects, including green hydrogen and offshore wind energy.
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  • 'The practice is very innovative at finding workable solutions to complex problems, and the team is very responsive.'
  • 'They have the ability to think out of the box, to anticipate problems and to have solutions to hand.'
  • 'The team works across all parts of the energy value chain and so has broad cross-sectoral knowledge that really helps clients. The team are creative and are particularly adept at finding solutions and getting results in novel projects where precedent is lacking.'

Key clients

  • ENGIE SA
  • Castleton Commodities UK
  • BlackRock
  • UK Infrastructure Bank Limited
  • Marubeni Europower Limited
  • Hyphen Hydrogen Energy
  • Northern Powergrid
  • Storegga
  • Deep Wind Offshore AS
  • Octopus Renewables

Work highlights

Advised Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (“Hyphen”) on a $10 billion feasibility and implementation agreement which it agreed with the Government of the Republic of Namibia (in May 2023) for the development of a major Sub-Saharan Africa’s green hydrogen project.
Advised Deep Wind Offshore regarding the disposal of a majority interest in, and the entry into a joint venture with BP.

Lawyers

Practice head

Michael Corbett; Hywel Davies

Other key lawyers

Azadeh Nassiri; Richard Todd; Daniel Mewton

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