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Bird & Bird LLP
Bird & Bird LLP‘s ’incredibly experienced’ practice has Michael Rudd at its helm, who is experienced in handling complex commercial, regulatory and projects-related work across water, energy and climate change sectors. The team’s workload involves a broad-range of complex and cross-border work for key clients in the sector, including advising on low carbon and renewable generation projects, EPCs, construction and energy efficiency regulatory matters; its matters vary from trademark protection to significant sale and acquisitions. Matt Bonass and Elizabeth Reid, noted together as being ‘a market-leading team with a wealth of knowledge’, both have particular expertise in solar. Battery storage and digitalisation are key areas of focus for the team, which also has an increasing involvement with hydrogen-related work.
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Testimonials
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‘An incredibly experienced team being led by sector specialists.’
‘Elizabeth Reid and Matt Bonass are a market-leading team with a wealth of knowledge within the sector. The advice given by the wider team is always client-focused and commercial too.’
Key clients
- Canadian Solar
- Padero Solar
- Next Energy Capital
- Railpen Direct Infrastructure II Limited
- Goldbeck Solar
- Reichmuth Group
- Centamin plc
- Vattenfall
- Manx Utilities Authority
Work highlights
- Advised investor Reichmuth on wind projects in Sweden, Lithuania and Germany, and solar projects in Denmark and Spain.
- Advising a leading French civil construction company on complex issues of liability between consortium members in relation to issues advising following the construction of a solar park in Jamaica.
- Advised solar developer Canadian Solar on a number of matters, including solar developments, acquisitions of projects and joint ventures developing solar farms.
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Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael Rudd