William Fry LLP continues to handle environment and planning matters for a diverse set of clients that features energy companies, high-value data centres, mineral refineries, energy grid operators, and multinational blue-chip companies. Of late, the team has been highly active in the renewable energy sector, assisting clients with environmental law-related due diligence. Conor Linehan SC possesses extensive expertise in matters related to waste management, land contamination, and environmental impact assessments and co-heads the team with Michelle Martin, who handles both contentious and non-contentious matters and specialises in environment-related judicial reviews and compliance investigations, with specific expertise in cases related to climate impacts.
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Key clients
- Aughinish Alumina Limited
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Fingal County Council
- Diageo
- Tirlán (formerly Glanbia)
- Skyborn Renewables Offshore Solutions GmbH
- Tesco Ireland Limited
- Uniphar Plc
- Poundland Limited t/a Dealz
- Digital Realty Trust
- Towercom Limited
- SIRO Limited
- EirGrid Plc
- EngineNode Limited
- Cooley Distillery/Beam Suntory
- Quanta Capital
Work highlights
- Advised EirGrid plc on a proposed emergency development of additional electricity generation capacity to secure supply for the next number of years.
- Represented Aughinish Alumina Limited in two planning judicial review challenges to its proposed multimillion-euro extension of certain operations at its alumina extraction plant at Askeaton, Co Limerick.
- Advised Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on the planning and environmental issues related to the acquisition by its fund of 50% of Statkraft A/S’ offshore wind portfolio in Ireland.
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Michelle Martin
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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Conor Linehan SC