Akin‘s projects and energy transition practice is led by Alex Harrison, 'a knowledgeable and practical adviser' noted for his expertise in renewable energy and energy transition. The team is well-equipped to advise a broad range of investors, sponsors, developers, and governments on the gamut of transactions across the renewable and alternative energy sector. The group routinely handles project finance and project development matters, major corporate transactions, M&A and joint ventures across solar, wind, battery energy and green hydrogen. Matthew Hardwick is noted for his focus on the development and deployment of project delivery solutions for the renewables and alternative energy sectors, while Daniel Giemajner is recommended for complex green ammonia, solar and battery storage projects.
Testimonials
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'The Akin energy team offers a highly responsive partner-led approach. They always assure us that we are getting the right advice on what are often business critical transactions. They have a unique knack of being able to dissect the problems that we face as a business and come up with innovative solutions. We really do value this contribution.'
‘Matt Hardwick is super sharp, expert in all aspects of project delivery, and highly personable. It's always a delight to work with him and he feels like part of our team when we work together. ’
‘Akin supported us with a challenging and novel transaction, involving a new energy technology deployment funded via a hybrid project financing / public sector financing. There were several issues that had to be considered from first principles, and the whole project was delivered against an extremely tight deadline.'
- 'Hugely impressed with the Akin team. Instead of being another silo of expertise, they were able to range across the wider project, cut through the noise to identify the points that really mattered, then produce genuinely creative solutions. Can't praise them highly enough. Best service I've ever had from an external law firm.'
‘Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick were outstanding. They understood exactly what we were trying to achieve - often helping define our objectives and considerations better than we could ourselves - They were able to see each problem and negotiation point from all angles - technically and from all parties positions - They produced genuinely creative solutions.'
‘Alex Harrison is a knowledgeable and practical adviser with great experience in the renewables space.’
‘We worked with Akin on an extremely complex project from a legal perspective. From the very beginning, they helped us understand the contract by holding meetings to share doubts. During the negotiated procedure, they helped us defend our interests in front of the client.’
‘Matt Hardwick's work was impeccable. He provided us with all the documentation we needed to understand the contract. He held meetings for us to resolve any doubts, and during the meetings with the client he was one of our biggest supporters.’
Key clients
- Energy Capital Partners
- Government of The Republic of Serbia
- Kennedy Lewis Investment Management
- KKR
- Southwest Airlines Co.
- Synergen Green Energy Inc.
- World Energy GH2
- Vitol
- Sumitomo
- Woodside
Work highlights
- Advised World Energy on all aspects of its Nujio’qonik project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - a commercial-scale, green ammonia project which involved the development of a new, dedicated onshore wind farm which, together with a hydropowered grid connection, will power the production of up to 1,100k MT/year of green ammonia via electrolysis.
- Advised Southwest in a 20-year offtake agreement with USA BioEnergy, LLC (USA BioEnergy) for up to 680 million gallons of neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
- Advised Synergen on all aspects of its green ammonia project in Nebraska, USA.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alex Harrison