Mark Stockdale

Practice Areas

Mark Stockdale is a corporate partner in A&L Goodbody's Belfast office, with particular expertise in the energy sector heading up the Renewable Energy team. He has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders and developers on the financing and construction of large scale infrastructure projects, particularly in the natural gas and renewables sectors. Mark also advises on the acquisition and sale of large scale infrastructure projects, complex contracts and on joint ventures within the infrastructure sector. In addition, Mark is one of the leading experts on energy regulation in Northern Ireland.

Areas of expertise include:

• Corporate and M&A

• Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources

• Projects & Infrastructure

• Commercial Contracts

• Finance

Professional Memberships

Mark is a member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group, the Corporate & Commercial Lawyers Group for Northern Ireland and the Irish Wind & Energy Association.

Experience

•An international investment fund on the financing and development of its on-shore wind farm portfolio, with projects totalling over

100MW

•An international investment fund on the acquisition of six large scale wind farms totalling over 150MW

•A utility on the acquisition and project financing of a large scale anaerobic digestion project

•A utility on the build out of a £200m natural gas pipeline

•A utility on the joint venture arrangements for the creation of a single gas network operator for Northern Ireland

•An Irish bank on the project financing of six large wind farms in Northern Ireland

•A UK bank on the project financing of five large solar PV farms in Northern Ireland In relation to the development of a £100m, 15MW

waste to energy power plant in Belfast Harbour, the first of its type in Northern Ireland An infrastructure bank on the project financing of

a 16MW waste wood CHP power plant in Foyle Port, the first of its type in Northern Ireland

•A utility in respect of several high profile regulatory disputes