Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

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Gavin Watson

Work Department

Energy; Projects; Renewable Energy; Hydrogen; Fusion Energy; Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Sustainable Finance;  Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), Technology

Position

Pillsbury partner Gavin Watson advises clients on complex corporate and commercial transactions, specializing in the energy and sustainable finance sector, as well as the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects worldwide.

Gavin’s practice is now more closely focused on various aspects of the energy transition and the emerging circular economy, including advising one of the first floating offshore wind developers on its plans to decarbonize oil & gas operations and large onshore industrial processes, advising a leading fusion energy company on the development of a commercial scale demonstrator in the UK, and counseling several engineering and technology companies seeking to commercialise technologies and concepts that advance energy transition or enable growth of the circular economy.

Languages

French

Education

Law Society Finals, The College of Law, London; LL.M. (Hons)

Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge; LL.B. (Hons)

The University of Manchester