Electricity, Nuclear and Renewables

Our considerable experience in the electricity, nuclear and renewables sector continues to develop and our work in this sector forms an integral part of our Infrastructure, Energy and Natural Resources practice. We have broad transaction expertise on power projects and transactions including: financing and investment, privatisation, regulatory advice and licensing, fuel supply contracts, power purchase and other offtake agreements, tolling arrangements and restructuring.

Our expertise covers advising on:

• generation - power generation projects and transactions including the construction, acquisition, disposal and financing of generating plant
• distribution and supply - a whole range of issues including the separation of the supply and distribution activities
• energy trading - sales and trading contracts and the associated network codes and settlement arrangements
• regulatory work - government, industry regulators and participants in connection with regulatory regimes and strategies, and companies on competition and sectoral regulatory issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions. We advised the UK Government on the privatisation of the electricity industry