DLA Piper‘s power practice fields a team of lawyers with significant expertise in power infrastructure and regulatory issues, routinely advising a range of interconnectors and network operators on matters related to energy generation and storage, including batteries, interconnectors, transmission, distribution, and grid infrastructure. In the nuclear sector, the firm assists clients with disposals, nuclear waste issues, and health and safety matters. Splitting his time between London and Vienna, practice co-head Andreas Gunst is a specialist in energy regulatory and energy trading matters and routinely advises on a variety of optimisation agreements for conventional energy generation and storage in the electricity market, while fellow co-chair Sarah Thomas focuses on energy infrastructure matters related to power generation, energy from waste and electricity transmission. The team also includes Iain Elder, whose practice concentrates on the development and financing of projects in the energy sector, and Kenneth Wallace-Mueller, who assists clients with the implementation of energy regulation issues.
Testimonials
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- 'The team is exceptional when it comes to collaboration. I instructed them on a piece of work that required collaboration across many different practice areas, and the collaboration was seamless. Their collaboration with me as an in-house lawyer was also excellent, I was kept informed and any views/observations of mine were received positively.'
- 'Kenneth Wallace-Muller had to get very close to some extremely detailed and complex processes in order to support with this instruction. He was patient and paid impressive attention to details, becoming an important part of our team.'
Key clients
- E.ON
- National Grid
Work highlights
- Advised National Grid Ventures on its joint venture with BP, Shell, Equinor and Total on the Humber and Teeside Carbon Capture Use and Storage Project.
- Advised KEPCO in relation to its bid for the finance, construction, operation and maintenance of a nuclear new build project for two 1.4 GW reactors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.