England - London • Real estate
Slaughter and May
The team at Slaughter and May, well-regarded for its provision of ‘an exceptional service’ is has senior counsel Samantha Brady at its helm, with support from the ’outstanding’ sustainability specialist Jeffrey Twentyman and financing-focused Matthew Tobin. Brady is experienced in providing the remit of EHS-related advice to its client portfolio, and is developing the team’s focus on climate change, sustainability and ESG-related work also. A portion of its workload is assisting its clients across industry sectors, namely the energy sector, on environmental risks in their transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'Slaughter and May provide an exceptional service, demonstrating an excellent level of knowledge and understanding of environmental issues.'
- 'The team care passionately about the environment and clearly want to use their legal expertise to make a real difference.'
- 'Jeffrey Twentyman and Dean Hickey are both outstanding in their professionalism, responsiveness and client care. As well as providing specific legal advice on a range of matters, they were always available to discuss specific challenges we had as a firm.'
- 'The team leads regular training sessions for clients to help increase understanding of the legal challenges that organisations need to consider. I cannot recommend them highly enough.'
Key clients
- Hyphen Hydrogen Energy
- Marshalls plc
- Kellas Midstream
- Schroders plc
- Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
- Essentra plc
- Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
- DS Smith plc
- Derwent London plc
- Reckitt
- Drax
- INEOS
- Centrica plc
- Ferrovial
- Burberry
- Norsk Hydro ASA
- SEGRO plc
Work highlights
- Advising Hyphen Hydrogen Energy on its plan to construct and operate one of the world’s largest vertically-integrated green hydrogen projects in Namibia’s Tsau Khaeb National Park.
- Advised Marshalls plc on its acquisition of Marley Group plc from Inflexion Buyout V Investments LP, Inflexion Supplemental V Investments Limited Partnership in the value of £535m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
- Advised Hydro on the establishment of its €5bn Medium Term Note Programme and its issuance of two tranches of sustainability-linked bonds.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Samantha Brady, Jeffrey Twentyman, Matthew Tobin