Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Client SatisfactionLed by Henry Stewart , Watson Farley & Williams LLP‘s energy and infrastructure practice advises on a comprehensive range of renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, green hydrogen, biomass, and battery storage, offering expertise in project financing, M&A, and dispute resolution. Martin Lucas has extensive experience advising developers, debt and equity funders in the offshore wind sector, both during development and construction phases, as well as through acquisitions and disposals. Dispute resolution expert Rebecca Williams is noted for handling projects related to the UK’s offshore wind energy generating capacity, and Katherine Best has broad experience with renewables transactions such as solar, onshore and offshore wind, and biomass. Jennifer Charles specialises in domestic and international project financings with a focus on renewables, encompassing financing aspects, M&A, commercial projects, and regulatory matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'The renewables team has in depth power market experience and a highly commercial approach to negotiations.'
- 'Incredibly experienced, knowledgeable and industry focused advice.'
- 'Martin Lucas is the most standout lawyer in the offshore wind circuit. Nothing that he doesn't know or cannot support with.'
- 'Excellent experience across the renewables value chain and with a wide range of technologies. Full understanding of the commercial models around the implementation of these technologies. Very strong transaction experience and knowledge.'
- 'Rebecca Williams is devoted to her clients and offers full and frank advice.The client’s best interests always come first. She keeps an eye on all angles of her cases to ensure that work is done to the highest standard and cost effectively.'
Key clients
- Lightsource bp
- Varco Energy Limited
- TotalEnergies Renewables SAS
- Sonnedix UK Services Limited
- Envision Energy
- DIF Capital Partners
- NatWest
- Infranity SAS
- Orsted
- Vattenfall
- Equinor
- Santander
- Investec
- Hitachi Zosen Inova
- Citibank
- Cleve Hill Solar Park
- Star Energy
- Gresham House
- BlueFloat
- Shams Ma’an Power
Work highlights
- Advised TotalEnergies on its sale of a 25.5% equity stake in the Seagreen offshore wind farm for £522m to PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT.
- Advised Sonnedix on a €500m loan facility to finance the construction of its renewable development pipeline in Europe and the UK, particularly in Spain, Italy and England.
- Advised global clean energy developer and contractor Envision Energy International Trading Limited in connection with their turbine supply, and subsequent services in relation to a 2.2 GW wind farm that will form part of a 4 GW renewable energy plant that will provide the basis for generating green hydrogen in one of the world’s largest utility scale, commercially-based green hydrogen facility located in the Middle East.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Henry Stewart