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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFSHORE WIND
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The burgeoning offshore wind industry is set to deliver massive opportunities for UK manufacturing and construction activity, and is keeping the planning and licensing authorities very busy. The UK is world-leading in megawatts deployed and the experience that goes with that.
Our market-leading offshore wind practice comprises over 40 lawyers with more than 20 years’ experience specializing in the energy sector.Our energy projects are what we live and breathe and we understand the
regulatory framework in the UK and how it is developing to support offshore wind.
Our approach is very much that of a partnership, working in collaboration with our clients to develop innovative solutions to their individual needs.
We work exceptionally hard to meet our clients’ expectations and play a pivotal support role in their projects. We are well connected with many of the industry’s key decision makers in offshore wind throughout the UK and bring clients an unrivalled depth of industry knowledge.
Only a firm with current projects knows how the market and legal regulation of it are developing and can stay on top of it. We are one of very few firms who provide fully integrated advice at various stages on the full project lifecycle of an offshore windfard
We advise on section 36 applications in Scotland and DCO applications in England and Wales. We bring our 100% success rate of winning planning enquiries for consenting onshore wind to the offshore market. Recent work includes advising on three current DCO applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects including one in examination phase and three recent section 36 applications for offshore wind including Moray Offshore Renewables’ successfully consented projects.
Consenting
We know the market and deals that landowners and their agents expect and understand the needs of offshore transmission businesses that will buy into the grid assets. Our expert offshore wind team advises on four corridors between 35 km and 50 km in length for 10 offshore wind projects in England and Wales and Scotland. We also have significant experience negotiating agreements for lease and leases with The Crown Estate.
Land
We are advising on 10.8GW of offshore wind grid connection offers; some signed, others under negotiation. We are active members of the trade bodies in England and Scotland on this issue and regularly advise on possible solutions for deals with National Grid and other transmission owners.
Grid
Our market-leading regulatory team advises clients on how to influence changes to the regulatory framework across the UK and in Ireland in order to facilitate offshore wind projects. This includes looking at trading of ROCs and energy cross border, connections between jurisdictions, and interconnector regulation. We advise many clients on PPA terms and sat on the Government’s export group on Electricity Market Reform. We are working closely with clients to assess their eligibility for CfDs under the new allocation rules.
Regulatory
Selecting the correct vehicle and structure is crucial not just upfront but through to financial close and beyond. Our lawyers have the specialist skills and market knowledge built up over many years’ involvement in large-scale, multiparty investment and infrastructure projects, and particularly in complex syndicated funding, banking and security packages for renewables transactions.
Corporate structuresand financing
Our team excels in advising on complex major projects, many of which have alliancing/partnering at their core with contracts designed to align interests to common goals. Our experience includes consultancy and survey contracts, fabrication contracts for equipment, cable contracts, installation contracts, vessel charter and other marine contracts, operation and maintenance contracts and interface and insurance arrangements.
Construction
We regularly advise in complex litigation and arbitration proceedings, guiding clients through the preparation, presentation and prosecution of their cases. We have considerable experience of mediation and other alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Dispute resolution
Moray Offshore Renewables Limited, an EDPR and Repsol JV, for the development of 1.8GW of power in Round 3 Zone Moray Firth
A large wind power operator on a key demonstrator project
2-B Energy, a Dutch renewables company, on the arrangements with Scottish Enterprise relating to its demonstration project in waters off the east coast of Scotland
SMart Wind Limited, a Siemens and Mainstream JV, in relation to the development of 4GW of power in Round 3 Zone off Hornsea
A consortium of European banks lending to Lincs Wind Farm Limited, a 50/50 JV between Centrica and Lincs
A consortium of lenders on the £340 million financing of Centrica plc’s Boreas portfolio of onshore and offshore windfarms
Eneco UK Limited in relation to its Round 3 Navitus Bay Wind Farm project
United Kingdom 12 nautical mile limit
Mainstream on the Irish Energy Bridge, its 5GW project to connect onshore and offshore wind in Ireland to the UK mainland
DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables on their 389MW West of Duddon Sands JV
Transmission Capital Partners, acting for the consortium including Amber Infrastructure, relating to the OFTO transfer for the Robin Rigg windfarm
ScottishPower Renewableson its successful bid for the Argyll Array offshore windfarm off the west coast of Scotland
Mainstream on the development of Neart Na Gaoithe, its 450MW project in Scottish Territorial Waters located in the Firth of Forth
Our recent experience
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Key Contacts
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