TLT has a market-leading team in the renewables and alternative energy space. With broad expertise across the full scope of energy infrastructure and planning mandates, the group routinely advises on real estate and construction issues in the sector, as well as corporate work, most notably clean energy M&A, and banking and project finance. The team is also well-placed to advise the central government on energy strategy projects and policy. Leading the practice, Maria Connolly is a stellar energy practitioner. Other key lawyers include Kay Hobbs, who is a corporate future energy expert; Gary Roscoe, a key lawyer for finance matters in the energy sector; and Stuart Urquhart, who advises on commercial contracts and regulatory issues.
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- The team is experienced, knowledgeable, and extremely friendly and supportive. They provide excellent customer service, but it goes beyond this; they become part of the team and seek to move things forward in an efficient and effective way. Their collaboration skills are first-rate. They work with us rather than against us, and they are solution-focused.
- All the lawyers I work with are first-rate, professional, proficient, friendly, and supportive. Reliability, consistency, and approachability are all key qualities. Specific standouts are - Sarah Clark, Tom McNamara, Sinead Morrissey, James Ross, Kristel Caton, Lauren Spencer, and Daniel Campbell.
- TLT is a best-in-class, full-service law firm that provides all our external legal advice. I'd be miserable to have to go anywhere else. Their team is exceptionally well integrated so that it appears to be working out of the same office rather than spread nationwide. I have advice from its corporate, property, planning, litigation, and banking teams and have not yet come across anyone who is not at the top of their game irrespective of what level they are at.
- Tom Lawrence is a rising star to watch - an associate in the corporate team. He has an astonishing ability to defy the laws of physics in the speed with which he responds comprehensively to questions, turns drafts, and generally keeps transactions to time and to budget. More than that, he's a real pleasure to deal with.
- The difference TLT offers is deep, up-to-date industry knowledge. The legal basis offered always comes heavily laced with commercial insight and options. The innovations are exclusively centered around professional excellence and deadlines met without exception.
- Juliette Stradling Nicola Mead - Batten Two outstanding individuals willing to consider all legal/commercial angles and always on the money when knowing how to pitch a position.
Key clients
- SSE plc
- National Grid
- Capital Dynamics
- Ecotricity
- RWE
- Low Carbon
- Field Energy
- Brockwell Energy
- Uniper
- AGR
- Thrive Renewables
- Lightsource BP
Work highlights
Advised Uniper on its acquisition of a 45 MW solar PV project in Scotland from Solar 2.
Advising Capital Dynamics, an investor in the clean energy space (with total funds under management in excess of £15bn), on its first investment into a battery energy storage project via its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Penwortham Battery Energy Storage project alongside Shaw Energy.
Advised on two significant deals on behalf of renewables company Low Carbon.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
Maria Connolly
Other key lawyers
Kay Hobbs; Gary Roscoe; Stuart Urquhart; Madi Dacey