Andrew Hedges
Baker McKenzieLed by energy, mining, and infrastructure specialist Richard Blunt, Baker McKenzie LLP‘s London office boasts a solid team of renewable energy experts who regularly advise clients on a wide array of transactional, regulatory, and contentious matters. The team's focus spans a host of renewable energy sectors, including green hydrogen, wind and solar, energy from waste, renewable carbon capture, and renewable emissions trading structures. The team includes climate change and clean energy expert Andrew Hedges, whose broad practice spans the development of renewable energy projects, energy efficiency, sustainable energy procurement, and carbon finance. David Duncan adds to the team’s transactional expertise, covering mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures in the renewables space.
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- 'The team has a deep understanding of our company and our business. They keep themselves informed of the global market trends and commercial demands in our sector. Furthermore, when working on projects together, the team demonstrates dynamic capabilities, forming cross-border and cross-expertise project teams and interacting with our in-house legal, finance and tax experts.'
- 'The team follows up closely on the multitude of questions raised and responds quickly.'
- 'David Duncan and his team with Andrew Burleigh, Julie Chemla and Tom Quincey are all easily approachable. We have regular catch-ups to discuss various topics, and the team is open to brainstorm and reflect on new ideas together with our in-house legal experts.'
- 'The team has a deep knowledge of our company's structure and business principles, which makes it feel as if they are integrated within the company. Moreover, they are true pedagogues when it comes to explaining legal principles to the in-house finance and tax teams.'
Key clients
- AMEA Power LLC
- CGN Europe Energy
- Fiera Infrastructure Inc.
- Global Ports Holding
- Hitachi
- Impala Platinum
- INA Industrija Nafte DD
- Itochu Corporation
- Novartis Pharma AG
- Olayan Financing Company
- Rio Tinto International Holdings
- Shell plc
- Sound Energy
- Suez
- The Fashion Pact
- Uniper
- Westinghouse
Work highlights
- Advised Uniper, a German multinational energy company, on an alternative green energy project regarding the establishment of a production facility for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
- Advised OFC on its JV arrangements with LanzaTech to accelerate the commercial deployment of LanzaTech’s carbon recycling technology in hard-to-abate industries within the Kingdom.
- Advised The Fashion Pact, an initiative led by 75 CEOs from the world’s leading fashion brands, representing approximately a third of the fashion and textile industry by volume, on a Collective Virtual Purchase Power Agreement (CVPPA), to enable these companies to access up to 160,000 MW of renewable electricity for their own operations by investing in new clean energy infrastructure across Europe.
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Richard Blunt