England - London • Projects, energy and natural resources
Osborne Clarke LLP
The team of ‘extremely knowledgeable and experienced energy lawyers’ at Osborne Clarke LLP is headed up by Bristol-based Matthew Lewis. It has strong capabilities advising its client list on the establishment and financing of various large-scale projects. It is also vastly experienced advising on acquisitions, particularly those involving energy transition, namely hydro energy storage and wind. Additionally, the team advises on renewable work including solar farm and battery storage projects. Names to note include UK power expert Hannah Roscoe, well-regarded for her ’razor-sharp commercial acumen’, project finance specialist Dominic O’Brien and Deborah Harvey who is experienced handling complex transactions. Corporate finance specialist Matt Lewy bolstered the offering with his September 2022 arrival from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP.
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Testimonials
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‘They are a team of extremely knowledgeable and experienced energy lawyers, backed by some very capable associates. Any query or issue is dealt with promptly and expertly, and advice is strongly commercially-minded with a view to getting deals completed.’
‘Hannah Roscoe provides an invaluable service. She combines razor-sharp commercial acumen with a great desire to give the perfect level of customer service. We have worked with Hannah for many years and she has become one of the foremost energy lawyers in the country.'
- 'Jasdeep Puri has given strong support where required and shows great potential... definitely one to watch for the future.’
Key clients
- Acorn Bioenergy
- Ameresco Inc.
- Ampyr Energy UK
- Bioenergy Infrastructure Group Y
- Bluefield
- CMC Poland Sp.
- Conrad Energy
- Ecotricity Group Limited
- Encavis AG
- Enfinium Energy
- Erova Energy
- Ethical Power
- Fleete (Macquarie Green Investment Group)
- Foresight Group
- Glennmont Capital Partners
- Gore Street Capital
- GreenFrog Power
- Gresham House
- HyCap/Vedra Capital Partners
- Infracapital
- Infragreen Capital
- Lhyfe UK
- Lynher Energy
- Px/Saltend Chemicals Park Limited
- Statera Energy
- The Renewables Infrastructure Group
- Triple Point Investment
Work highlights
- Advising Macquarie's Green Investment Group on the establishment and roll out of their global electric vehicle charging business, Fleete Group.
- Advising HyCap, a specialist green hydrogen private equity fund - on a variety of investment across the green hydrogen and ammonia value chain including the acquisition of 4 hydrogen projects.
- Advising Foresight, a leading listed infrastructure and private equity investment manager, on a wide range of transactions, including in the acquisition of a 1.6GWh pumped hydro energy storage and wind project in Scotland.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Matthew Lewis