England - Yorkshire And The Humber • Projects, energy and natural resources (including PFI)

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Clarion's energy, projects and infrastructure practice is regularly instructed to handle complex energy and low carbon infrastructure projects, acting for a client roster of regional, national and international companies. Other key areas of expertise including handling oil and gas exploration and production mandates, joint ventures and supply and pricing disputes. Christian Hellmund and David Williams jointly lead the practice; Hellmund excels in non-contentious energy projects and Williams focuses on energy sector disputes and has notable knowledge of oil exploration disputes involving Africa. Paul Matthews joined the practice in late 2022, expanding the firm's regulatory offering.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team that looked after us in particular were very friendly, competent, professional.’

  • ‘Clarion provide us with an information hub where we can dip into at any point to inform decisions. Clarion treat you as a friend rather than a customer/client. Their communication is first rate and they put your needs first. Having interacted with a number of firms over the years, I believe they provide the best overall service.’

  • ‘Christian Hellmund has been excellent at providing commercial advice in addition to infra/energy industry knowledge. He is very pragmatic and provides options clearly laying out the risks and opportunities of how to proceed.'

Key clients

  • Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies
  • Leo Group Limited
  • LBBC Limited
  • Bayford Group
  • Wilson Power Solutions
  • Winder Power
  • Leonard Curtis Business Rescue and Recovery
  • Acumen Waste Services Limited
  • Vensys Energy AG
  • Etgas/Enertecgreen Limited
  • GF Genovate Ltd
  • Kinetic Renewable Services Limited
  • Xrenewable Limited
  • Chameleon Technology Holdings
  • Continental AG
  • Solar21
  • Greentech Energy
  • Advanced Generation Limited
  • LCM Environmental
  • Greenarc Energy
  • Craggs Energy
  • Orsted Power Sales
  • Port of Mostyn
  • Goldbeck Solar
  • Carlton Forest Group
  • We Power Your Car
  • Future Earth Energy

Work highlights

  • Advising Goldbeck Solar with the negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction contract for an 8MW solar farm at Carn Nicholas Farm, Wales.
  • Advising Port of Mostyn in respect of a large tidal stream project to be constructed at the Dee estuary (North Wales) and able to deliver baseline renewable energy.
  • Advising the Continental AG group on issues arising under various contracts to deliver sub-sea hoses for $multi-billion liquid natural gas projects off the coasts of Western Australia, Brazil and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Christian  Hellmund

Christian Hellmund

Clarion

Partner.   Christian is a non-contentious energy lawyer and a partner in Clarion’s Energy & Projects team. Prior to joining Clarion, Christian spent six years at an international law firm advising on a number of high-profile energy and low carbon transactions. During his career, Christian also spent considerable time advising National Grid Gas Plc’s gas transmission and distribution business, Scottish Power’s Energy Management team and Drax Power’s Fuel Procurement and Trading team while being there on secondment. Christian advises on a wide range of national and international energy and infrastructure projects including electricity and gas transmission, distribution and supply, energy from waste (EfW), distributed and embedded power generation, decentralised energy solutions, district energy (incl. district heating), energy storage as well as renewables projects such as solar pv, onshore wind, hydro, bioenergy (incl. biomass, anaerobic digestion (AD) and biofuels). He advises project developers, investors, energy suppliers, utilities, public authorities, housing associations, asset/land owners and equipment manufacturers in a number of sectors ranging from food & drink, retail, hospitality, leisure, construction, manufacturing, transport and many others.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christian Hellmund, David Williams

Other key lawyers

Paul Matthews