Managing Associate - Infrastructure & Energy

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Addleshaw Goddard, Leeds

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

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Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 2813a8180d474de89fd5ae72b875cafb

Addleshaw Goddard

Full Job Description

Our growing Infrastructure and Energy (IE) team is looking for an experienced Lawyer (4-8years PQE) to join our team in Leeds to advise public and private sector clients on a variety of energy and transport projects.
In this role, you will manage commercial contracts relating to energy infrastructure and transport and advise on the full spectrum of issues relating to energy and transport sector mandates, acting for a broad range of companies, developers, PE funds and Financial Institutions.

Our IE practice is known for its quality and breadth of expertise. As one of the most established multi-disciplinary teams of any law firm, we give clients the confidence they need to succeed.
Our first-class team, which is consistently ranked in the top tier in the directories, provides innovative, timely and commercial advice from inception all the way through the lifetime of our clients' projects in markets as diverse as waste, large scale outsourcing, renewable energy, transport, and healthcare, in the UK and all over the world.
We act for a range of developers, sponsors, and procuring authorities, and we have advised funders, as well as public and private sector clients, on some of the most challenging assignments in the market in recent years.
In the energy space, our work includes several pathfinder projects such as Gas to the West, a pipeline bringing gas from Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic, VW's alliance with Ford Motor Company (one of the largest global industrial alliances), and Nissan's microgrid project as well as work across renewables (wind, solar, bio- energy waste), hydrogen, CCUS, gas to grid, district hearing, CHP, electric vehicles, battery projects and energy and utilities regulation.
AG's transport team is recognised as one of the most experienced in the sector with technical expertise across a range of national and international projects including advising Government on all passenger services contracts and HS2 and the owners of the Azuma fleet of trains. We specifically focus on rail, urban transit, ports, freight and logistics and transport hubs.
A number of the largest energy suppliers in Great Britain (SSE, Ovo, Octopus, Engie)
Agility Trains on all aspects of the £6bn PPP arrangements for operation and maintenance of the Azuma and equivalent Great Western Fleet of trains
Bluefield Solar on a number of acquisitions of solar projects
National Grid on various matters including interconnectors, gas to grid projects and data centres
Red Rock Power on its acquisition of the 50MW Afton wind farm
The Department for Transport on the high-profile West Coast Partnership franchise competition and Covid-19 emergency measures arrangements and replacement rail passenger franchise contracts linked to major reform of the industry
Arrival - one of the most high-profile new entrants to the electric vehicle market on supply of robotics and the construction of their micro-factory in South Carolina
Over 200 renewable energy projects in the last decade (wind, solar, biomass, Anaerobic digestion) for clients such as SSE, Peel, John Laing, Network Rail
bp on energy and electric vehicle mandates in the UK and overseas renewables and hydrogen projects
Several water companies on renewables and major infrastructure projects including Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and Southern Water on their multi-billion Havant Thicket project
Corporate PPAs for Network Rail, Britvic, Macquarie and several others
Several solar, battery and wind acquisitions and disposals for clients including Portuguese renewables fund, Greenvolt Power, Equans, and Octopus Energy