Energy regulatory

Our lawyers are experts in navigating the ever-changing energy regulations, including REMIT, licence conditions, industry codes, and non-energy specific regimes like data protection, GDPR, and cyber-security. We excel in regulatory compliance and engagement with regulators and boast a strong track record in contested regulatory enforcement cases, including Ofgem enforcement work.

Ofgem frequently updates its regulatory framework to ensure fair treatment of consumers and promote market integrity. Breaches of these regulations can result in significant penalties, including fines of up to 10% of a company’s applicable turnover. Our team is adept at helping clients to both stay compliant and effectively manage any regulatory challenges.

By leveraging our expertise in corporate and commercial, intellectual property, real estate, construction, and engineering law, we offer comprehensive advice to traditional energy businesses such as generators, networks, and suppliers, as well as non-traditional actors like aggregators and non-commercial parties. This multidisciplinary approach allows us to address the full spectrum of legal issues that our clients face.

With the rise of electric vehicles, the need for specialised legal guidance has never been greater. We provide expert counsel to electric vehicle designers, manufacturers, and providers of battery technology and charging infrastructure on issues like intellectual property commercialisation, brand protection, data protection, commercial agreements, and regulatory compliance.

Our cleantech and renewables team combines the skills of lawyers across the firm to assist with procurement, funding and project finance, competition, corporate and joint venture structures, planning, environmental, property, project, and construction matters. We also advise on anaerobic, wind, solar, and marine energy projects, smart meters, and feed-in-tariffs. The extensive experience of our specialists in these areas ensures that clients receive comprehensive support throughout the lifecycle of their projects, from initial planning and development, through to ongoing operations and maintenance.

The energy sector is a dynamic, constantly evolving one – we aim to equip our clients with the tools they need to thrive in this environment. Whether handling compliance, commercial arrangements, projects, corporate transactions, regulatory investigations, or commercial disputes, our advice is always pragmatic, holistic, and strategically focused.