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Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy - UK
What the Team is Known For
Freeths' dedicated energy offering focuses on renewable and sustainable energy technologies, with a particular emphasis on solar and battery storage. The firm represents a stable of utilities, energy producers and investors in project and asset transactions, commercial contracting and real estate mandates. The team also routinely assists corporate clients seeking to decarbonise their operations.
Strengths
Freeths have up-to-date knowledge on emerging green technologies.
They have vast practical experience in all energy areas, especially regarding up-to-date developments in battery storage and optimisation, electricity connection issues and energy brokerage issues.
The team have a nice, down-to-earth manner and are good at client development.
Freeths are highly communicative and responsive. The team had a keen awareness of our challenges, the need to solve them and the most suitable approach for doing so.
Work Highlights
Freeths advised Catalyst Capital on the acquisition of a 200MW battery energy storage project at the former Skelton Grange Power Station near Leeds.
Notable practitioners
Clare King is recognised for her broad power and renewables capability. She routinely advises on transactions and project development matters relating to solar and battery storage assets, alongside assisting corporate clients with their power purchasing and decarbonisation strategies.
Clare King is an exceptionally talented lawyer who gives first-class service and knows her clients inside out.
Clare is really well connected and is very good at introducing us to other businesses we can work with.