Christopher Towner
Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLPWomble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP's national energy practice, led by Richard Cockburn in Edinburgh, fields a vibrant practice active in energy, major projects, and natural resources. In the South West, Vicki Redman handles planning, environmental, highways, and compulsory purchase matters. Christopher Towner approaches energy projects from a commercial perspective, while Simon Hughes leads on real estate matters relating to energy infrastructure developments.
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‘The team from WBD working on our project has a unique blend of experience where they have people who have physically worked in the energy industry. This gives a real valuable perspective when dealing with items on our project.’
‘Richard Cockburn has handled the collaboration agreement aspect of the project for us, linking how the members of the consortia will act. He took a small brief and drafted an agreement which covered all aspects together with items we had not considered and put us in a strong position.’
‘The team has been kept lean, which is appropriate, and is efficient and friendly.’
‘Friendly, approachable and pragmatic. We value the high-quality advice and deep understanding demonstrated by the team at WBD.’
‘Partner-led, experienced and commercial.’
Key clients
- Vattenfall
- SeAH Wind
- Centrica
- EDF Energy Renewables Ltd
- Energie Baden Wurttemberg
- Iona Capital
- Macquarie
- National Grid
- Renewable Energy Generation
- Renewable Energy Systems
- RWE
- Scottish Power Renewables
- Scottish Power Generation
- Shell
- Simpsons Malt
- Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
- South Tees Development Corporation
- Coriolis Energy
- The Crown Estate
- The Renewables Infrastructure Group
- Total Energies
- Vitol Group
- Windel Energy
- Solar 21 Renewable Energy Limited
- Ambition Community Energy
Work highlights
- Advised RES on its £3bn JV with Octopus Renewables to develop green hydrogen plants across the UK.
- Advised The National Trust on its UK-wide roll-out of electric vehicle charging points for up to 280 sites across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- Acted for The Crown Estate in the grant, pursuant to an option, of rights to NeuConnect Britain Limited to lay the NeuConnect Interconnector connecting Kent and Germany.
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Richard Cockburn