We have a multi-disciplinary team of experts who have experience of working with energy companies who are already heavily involved in the hydrogen sector and those who are transitioning to hydrogen. Our clients include service companies, contractors, insurers, funders, banks, clean tech start-ups, SMEs and developers.
Our decades of onshore and offshore energy experience combined with dealing with specialist hydrogen clientele enables us to provide market leading advice to clients involved in or considering becoming involved in hydrogen.
Our practice has already advised on the following hydrogen projects and transactions:
- Corporate and project financing
- Acquisitions
- EPC contracts
- Mass storage and transportation solutions
- Dispute resolution
- Transition projects
- Pre-feasibility studies and agreements
- Power purchase agreements
- Full feasibility studies and agreements
- Equipment and asset leasing arrangements
In addition, the practice advises in relation to certain highly specialised areas that few international energy practices can replicate such as offshore contracting matters and maritime. These specialist areas complement our hydrogen expertise to enable us to provide a full range of legal advice to those operating in the offshore hydrogen sector.
Clients include Sizewell C, Corre Energy, Highview Power and Protium Green Solutions Ltd.
Protium Green Solutions
Advising Protium Green Solutions on a 20MW green hydrogen production and fuel supply project in Wales. The circa £110 million project involves the construction and operation of the first large-scale hydrogen generation system at a brewery. The hydrogen will fuel the brewery’s production, as well as its key logistics assets including Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) and forklift trucks.
Jericho Energy Ventures
Advised lead investor in its equity investment in Supercritical Solutions. Supercritical is a hydrogen technology company which enables the production of the lowest cost of hydrogen using renewables.
European energy storage and hydrogen developer
Advised a Northern European energy storage developer who uses hydrogen-fuelled compressed air energy storage in connection with its multi-jurisdictional corporate restructure and acceptance of its first private investment into the new group.
UK hydrogen developer
Advising a large UK hydrogen developer on its collaboration agreements for undertaking pre and full feasibility studies to produce and utilise hydrogen.
European hydrogen producer
Advising a European hydrogen producer on the policy and commercial considerations when negotiating commercial agreements with third-parties in relation to several mobility applications.
Major energy provider
Advising a major energy provider on producing low-carbon hydrogen from nuclear power.
Arcola Energy
Advised the sellers of Arcola Energy, a systems engineering company, on the company's acquisition by Canadian listed company Ballard Power Systems. Ballard acquired 100% of Arcola for total upfront and earn-out cash and share consideration of up to US$40 million, based on the achievement of certain performance milestones.
Höegh Autoliners
Advised Norwegian RoRo shipping company on the shipbuilding contract for four fixed and eight optional multi-fuel and zero-carbon ready Aurora-class vessels.