Bird & Bird‘s transactional energy group is highly regarded for its ’commercial focus, significant experience, superior drafting and peerless strategic thinking’. The team’s client portfolio contains such well-known names as TotalEnergies Renewables and McCains Foods Europe. The firm advises across industry sectors on a range of complex matters, including on the structuring, development and construction of large-scale projects, on high-value acquisitions, and internal restructurings. Sophie Dingenen, described as ‘one of the very best lawyers’, is at the head of the practice.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Bird & Bird team are best in class. Their commercial focus, significant experience, superior drafting and peerless strategic thinking are a real benefit to their clients.'
- ‘Sophie Dingenen is one of the very best lawyers I have come across in my career. She is extremely knowledgeable, and her experience blended with her common sense means she can accurately foresee how transactions will play out. She is an admirable blend of calm and authoritative.'
- 'Laurens Linnewiel is a strong member of the team. He is knowledgeable and authoritative in his own right, with strong drafting skills.'
- 'Marinke Moeliker is a dedicated member of the team.’
- ‘State of the art experts with a lot of partner involvement.’
- ‘Sophie Dingenen has helped us a lot with PPAs and virtual PPAs involving partners in France and Spain.’
- ‘The team stands out for its deep knowledge, quick response rates, problem solving attitude and broad geographical coverage.’
- ‘Good to work with, and they have a constructive approach.’
Key clients
- TotalEnergies Renewables
- Bonaire Brandstof Terminals
- Hydrogenics Europe NV
- Sunrock
- Borealis
- McCain Foods Europe
- GIGA Storage
- Lagerwey
- Enercon
- Unisun
- Urenco
- Equigy
- Alternus Energy Inc
- Canadian Solar
- TenneT Germany
Work highlights
- Advised TotalEnergies Renewables on the structuring of a consortium together with Ørsted for the development and construction of offshore wind park HKW in Europe, and the negotiation and drafting of all the development, construction and operation agreements in relation to the wind park.
- Advised Bonaire Brandstof Terminals on the structuring, development and construction of a solar park, battery energy storage system and wind park on Bonaire.
- Advising GIGA Storage on the financing of GIGA Storage’s acquisition of the closed distribution network from the bankruptcy estate of DAMCO Aluminium Delfzijl Cooperatie U.A.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sophie Dingenen