Matheson LLP

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• ‘Exceptional team, extremely capable and always results orientated.’
• ‘Our experience with Matheson has been excellent. Their availability, engagement, and quality of partners and associates are fantastic. We will work with Matheson in any future project for renewable energy in Ireland.’
• ‘The Matheson team was able to deliver fast and top-notch work in a challenging deal environment for a competitive international bidding process involving offshore wind assets. They worked closely with our teams and provided seamless input as part of the broader legal team covering multiple jurisdictions. The team knows and abides by high international standards of quality and service. ’
• ‘We worked closely with Garret Farrelly and his team, who provided outstanding work and a genuinely enjoyable collaboration, showcasing not only strong legal knowledge relating to Ireland and the specific sector at hand but also a deep embeddedness in the business environment and regulatory context.’
• ‘Matheson's energy and natural resources team is characterised by their commercial awareness, excellent technical knowledge, and responsiveness. They consistently provide valuable legal advice and support promptly and have an unrivalled understanding of their clients' needs.’
• ‘Garret Farrelly and Owen Collins are our go-to solicitors for all matters relating to the energy sector. They are market leaders as regards policy and regulatory knowledge, and are always prompt with their commercially-focused advice.’
• ‘Team working with a mix of capabilities that makes them very efficient in problem-solving.’
• ‘Technical profile, flexible in adapting their strategy depending on the counterparty.’

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Garret Farrelly

Matheson LLP

Garret is a partner and head of both Matheson’s Energy and Natural Resources Group and Projects and Infrastructure Group. Garret is also chair of Matheson's ESG Advisory Group. He advises on all aspects of projects and project financing, from PPPs to privately-financed electricity, oil, and gas field developments and privatisations as well as electricity, gas and telecommunications network infrastructure. Garret specialises in particular in the areas of electricity and gas market regulation and trading. Garret’s experience also includes project development, M&A and financing in the conventional and renewable electricity sectors as well as the mining and upstream / downstream oil and gas sectors. Garret is consistently listed as one of Ireland’s leading Energy lawyers, including in leading legal international directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers Europe.  He is a frequent speaker at energy and infrastructure conferences and regularly contributes articles to specialist publications.  Garret is listed in Energy Ireland’s "Who's Who in Irish Energy"  (Energy Ireland Yearbook 2017, 2018 and 2019).