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Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy
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Slaughter and May advised BlackRock's Diversified Infrastructure group on its purchase of a significant minority equity stake in the Saudi Bahrain Pipeline Company from Bapco Energies.
Slaughter and May advised Hyphen Hydrogen Energy on a feasibility and implementation agreement with the Government of Namibia for a green hydrogen project valued at USD10 billion.
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The team's advice is really calm and thorough. They are always thinking ahead and have great commercial awareness.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalSlaughter and May have excellent commercial acumen in complex legal situations.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalSlaughter and May were consistently able to meet deadlines with strong solutions.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalSlaughter and May can always be counted on to provide top-notch talent and intellectual capabilities to any matter they work on for us.
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Band 1 Hywel Davies
Hywel Davies is a corporate lawyer who focuses his energy practice on the oil and gas sector, advising clients on M&A transactions, refinancings and equity raises. His clients include significant private equity investors and oil companies, among others. He is co-head of the firm's global infrastructure, energy and natural resources group. Hywel Davies is one of the best M&A lawyers in the oil and gas sector. He has laser-sharp commercial acumen.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalHywel is without doubt one of the strongest lawyers operating in the UK upstream oil and gas business.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalFor upstream M&A, Hywel is excellent.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalThe quality of Hywel's work is unparalleled. He's an exceptional lawyer, and we go to him if we have anything really complex.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalHywel Davies is an incredible, commercially-minded lawyer.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobal
Band 4 Band 4 Oly Moir
Oly Moir operates an impressively broad energy sector practice spanning conventional power production and emerging technologies such as carbon capture and green hydrogen. He advises on corporate transactions and associated commercial and regulatory frameworks.
Oly's legal insight, strategic guidance and clear communication is instrumental in mitigating risk and securing necessary project agreements.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalOly is excellent at navigating the complexities and nuances of the nascent green hydrogen market and is very creative in his solutions.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobalOly Moir is a real expert in the UK low-carbon hydrogen subsidy regime.
Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy respondentGlobal
Ranked Individuals at Slaughter and May (2)
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Hywel Davies
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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Energy & Natural Resources: Power, Renewables & Alternative Energy
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