Energy, the environment, regeneration, sustainability and low carbon technologies are all issues that are important in the world in which we live. Our team of expert energy lawyers are on hand to help our clients navigate the sometimes complex legal issues surrounding energy and the environment.
Solar Energy
The global solar energy sector rapidly expands in the areas of rooftop mounted residential to rooftop mounted commercial, to built-in solar (BIPV), to groundmounted commercial solar plants, to concentrated solar energy (with fossil fuel application in extracting hitherto deep down inextricable deposits). Our team work with our clients to achieve the development, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of solar electricity plants of the highest quality, and this service extends to legal advice and documents that relate to refinancing and structured finance treatment of solar asset portfolios. Our legal team typically advise solar energy equity investors, debt financiers, contractors, developers, land owners and portfolio owners. Early in 2015 our legal team advised in relation to the deployment of 75MW of groundmounted in India and continue to advise organisations both in the EMEA, APAC and Americas on global solar solutions in both emerging and developed markets.
Planning, Environment and Regeneration
The UK planning legislation affecting renewable energy plants is mainly caught up in refusal of planning consent when there are local protests to the installation of a waste to energy (energy from waste) plants or wind turbine farms, however solar plants have also initially had their planning applications turned down. MBC’s non-contentious lawyers work closely with our dispute resolution team on planning appeal matters from appeal in the Planning Inspectorate to the stage of appeal of a matter before the English High Court. Issues on contamination of land, for example, by heavy metals, chemicals, oil and tar, gases, asbestos or radioactive substances, can require expert environmental legal analysis and advice and again MBC’s lawyers are on hand to provide that. Regeneration use of brownfield sites which have had a former industrial use are within the experience bank of the planning and property lawyers’ experience in MBC too, advising on major site redevelopments to change of use of small-scale units.
How We Work
Our firm is comprised of senior lawyers that have worked for top tier US, UK and French law firms, as well as lawyers that have been senior legal counsel in leading global companies.
Our fees are cost-effective as compared to leading regional or City law firms as we operate a low-outlay business-model which helps us to drive down our fees to match the expectation of our clients of top service delivery and value for their money. In return, our lawyers provide service coverage that often goes beyond that of our competitors, because our lawyers have long experience of being on transactions and projects where the same or similar issues have arisen.
Expect to receive excellent legal advice on matters relating to corporate law and intellectual property.
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Key Contacts
Libby Cooper
Libby Cooper is a Commercial lawyer that has over 20 years of experience helping businesses navigate commercial, governance, compliance, dispute...
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