Renewables

‘The best firm for renewables work bar none.’ Norton Rose’s ‘lawyers pride themselves on staying ahead of market trends’ and ‘demonstrate understanding of the technical aspects of transactions’. Legal 500, 2010

Our global renewable energy practice provides our clients with unparalleled expertise across all sectors and in the most challenging environments. Our reputation as a global market leader has been built on the foundations of our award-winning clean energy projects and climate change practices. It is this platform that has enabled us to develop world-class specialist advisory teams focusing on green investment, financing, construction, technology, manufacturing, real estate, infrastructure and transportation.

We are recognised for our involvement in pioneering “first in jurisdiction” projects and complex and innovative renewable energy transactions where no market precedents exist.

Our renewable energy practice brings together expertise from a range of specialist areas including project finance, capital markets, M&A, environmental and planning, energy trading and construction.

We apply our sector expertise and market knowledge to bring solutions to the developing global green economy. We have a global intellectual property and cleantech practice which forms a critical part of our wider energy team. We work with clients developing solutions to deal with issues such as water treatment for coal shale gas and oil sands projects, innovative biofuels and low carbon solutions for power generation.

We believe that our global renewables network is the strongest network of specialist legal advisers anywhere in the world. We make it our business to follow our clients into emerging renewable markets and the breadth of our core expertise in renewable energy includes:

  • Biofuels
  • Biomass
  • CCS
  • Geothermal
  • Cleantech
  • Climate Change
  • Hydro
  • Marine (wave and tidal)
  • Solar
  • Waste to energy
  • Wind (onshore and offshore)

What we offer you

  • 250 worldwide specialists
  • Pioneering full service energy practice
  • Experience of closing over 400 clean energy transactions
  • Leading financing experience
  • Leading IPO experience
  • Global award-winning clean energy practice

Awards

Asia Pacific Renewables Deal of the Year 2011, Macarthur Wind, Australia

Energy & Natural Resources Team of the Year, 2011 Legal Business Awards

Best Law Firm in Europe 2010: Renewable Energy Finance, Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance magazine’s Annual Market Survey 2010

Legal Advisor of the Year 2009, Euromoney and Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards

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Related contacts

Simon Currie

Simon Currie

Head of Energy

London

+44 (0)20 7444 3402

Vincent Dwyer

Vincent Dwyer

Practice group leader and Partner

Sydney

+61 2 9330 8238

Julian Jackson

Julian Jackson

Director

Johannesburg , Africa

+27 (0)11 685 8583

The team