LAWYER PROFILE

Stuart Conaty

Europe 2026

Beauchamps LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Environment

Ireland

1 year ranked

About

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Europe

Practice Areas

Stuart Conaty is a partner & head of Planning & Environment in our Projects, Infrastructure and Energy (“PIE”) Group. He joined Beauchamps in September 2020 from Bord na Móna plc where he spent the previous five years providing legal support across the company’s diverse business operations including, thermal generation, wind farm development and solar PV.

Stuart commenced legal practice in 2010 having worked for over 15 years as a construction professional on a wide range of infrastructure and commercial property projects and consequently has an acute awareness and understanding of client's needs and requirements. This was something he leveraged and developed during his time as a senior in-house lawyer in Bord na Móna and continues to leverage in delivering practical, targeted advice to our clients.

His specialities include energy law, planning and environmental law, construction law and contract negotiations. He advises energy developers, renewable energy developers, property developers, local authorities and semi-state companies.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Law Society of Ireland

Member of the Planning Committee of Wind Energy Ireland

Member of the Planning Committee of the Irish Solar Energy Association

Experience

- Kildare Innovation Campus on the €2.4 billion expansion of the 194-acre campus

- Codling Wind Park Limited on the consenting, environmental assessment and construction of their 2.1GW offshore renewable wind farm project in the Irish Sea

- Simply Blue Energy Kinsale Limited in relation to the consenting and environmental assessment of their 1.3GW Emerald offshore (floating) wind farm project in the Celtic Sea

- ABO Wind Ireland Limited on the finance and construction of Phase 2 of the Clogheravaddy Wind Farm

- Equinor in relation to five offshore wind projects off the coast of Ireland in early stage development in collaboration with ESB

- Wind Energy Ireland in the review and interpretation of the Maritime Area Planning Bill, the proposed new marine planning consent system for Ireland; and its implications for future offshore renewable energy development

- ABO Wind in relation to the judicial review of the decision of an Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for their proposed Ballymanus Wind Farm

- Udarás na Gaeltachta in relation to their planning application and environmental consenting for the Páirc na Mara project in west Galway, Ireland’s first dedicated Marine Innovation Park containing a cluster of marine related companies and researchers working in the marine and aquaculture sectors

- Donegal County Council on all planning and environmental law issues associated a proposed cross-border amenity facility, the Riverine Project

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Environment - Ireland

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Stuart Conaty has experience acting for clients in the energy, aquaculture and real estate industries on a wide range of planning and environmental mandates, representing them in judicial reviews and appeals, as well as advising on obtaining planning and environmental consent for proposed developments.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Stuart Conaty delivers an excellent service and is an easy person to communicate with.
EnvironmentChambers European Guide
He gives sound advice, and is commercially aware and understands the market.
EnvironmentChambers European Guide
Stuart Conaty can advise in a manner that ensures I can immediately apply his advice internally and communicate with him easily on what I require.
EnvironmentChambers European Guide
He is very good at explaining and breaking things down.
EnvironmentChambers European Guide
Stuart Conaty is reliable, hardworking and has a depth of understanding of our industry that enables him to provide comprehensive advice to use.
EnvironmentChambers European Guide