Energy projects and transactions are frequently high value, can be challenging from a geographical, risk management and regulatory point of view, and can lead to significant disputes. Our Energy & Energy Transition disputes team comprises litigation and arbitration lawyers with a deep understanding of the sector and the regulatory regime, coupled with considerable experience of dealing with large-scale litigation and arbitration across multiple jurisdictions, including solar, wind, nuclear, and oil and gas.
- Construction and engineering disputes (onshore and offshore)
- Contaminated land
- Energy trading and distribution disputes
- Environmental claims
- Group actions
- Joint venture disputes
- Product liability
- Pipeline and cable claims
- Shareholder and investment disputes
- Technology disputes
"Osborne Clarke has a unique ability to think deeply about matters and to combine that ability with more strategic considerations, resulting in advice that is reassuringly detailed and practical."
Chambers & Partners, Litigation: Band 1
"OC is a unique construction practice in that it works across multiple built environment sectors and they share solutions from this diversity. This is unique when compared to other firms and they are always looking for solutions to problems. The partners and legal directors lead from the front and manage the client workload from cradle to grave."
Our specialist team has many years' experience of working with all types of entities, including owners, operators, contractors, insurers, manufacturers, lenders, investors, state entities, and sovereign states. Our experience ranges from dealing with international litigation and arbitration (under all the major arbitral rules including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, DIS, SCC, and UNCITRAL) over billion-dollar projects, to acting for utilities dealing with the full range of contentious and regulatory disputes, such as distribution, financing, supplier agreement, cable and pipeline disputes, and major incident investigation. We also have a wealth of experience of representing clients in other forms of alternative dispute resolution, including mediation.
- Our experience
- Acting in a $200m LCIA arbitration relating to an energy joint venture.
- Acting for a multinational renewables company in high-value arbitrations arising out of a supply dispute.
- Acting for an electricity generator and supplier on disputes arising out of the construction of a flue gas de-sulphurisation plant and hydro and wind farm projects.
- Acting in an expert determination relating to change in law provisions affecting subsidy payments for energy produced by an energy from waste plant.
- Acting for owners of a Scottish wind farm in a claim relating to performance of turbines and defects in foundations, and acting for a hydroelectric energy producer in a claim against an EPC contractor concerning serial defects in generators.
- Acting for a UK power supplier in a dispute relating to several thousand non-compliant smart meters.
- Acting for a contractor in two sets of adjudication proceedings in relation to a 360MW BESS project, including a 'smash and grab' adjudication and a subsequent dispute concerning final account entitlements following termination for convenience.
- Advising a Spanish EPC consortium as Project Counsel in respect of defects, disruption, force majeure and extension of time claims arising out of the construction of various phases of a €900,000,000 CSP generation plant in Morocco, under a heavily amended FIDIC Silver Book.
- Advising in relation to grid connection issues and delays in achieving grid code compliance, and disputes with the engineer under a FIDIC contract related to management of the grid connection interface.
- Acting for clients in relation to energy commission claims since 2020, in both the County Courts and the High Court, with a double-digit number of live and stayed claims, including successfully defending applications for Group Litigation Orders and dealing with GLO litigation.
In Energy & Energy Transition disputes, specialist knowledge is vital. Our team gets results by combining this in-depth knowledge with excellent litigation and arbitration expertise.
How we make a difference
We help clients identify and reduce risks before a dispute arises. The earlier we get involved, the greater influence we can have on the outcome — adding real value to your business and bottom line.
Once a dispute arises, we can offer a quick steer to get parties back on track or, if necessary, take formal and decisive action to protect your position.
We adopt a highly commercial and strategic approach, and we don't sit on the fence. We consider your objectives and provide a strategy to try and best achieve that result.
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