Infrastructure & Energy Projects
Infrastructure and Energy Projects at Freeths
Freeths' Infrastructure and Energy Projects team offers comprehensive legal services for a range of infrastructure projects.
Our expertise spans various sectors, including clean energy, transport, education, healthcare, digital, logistics & warehousing, IT/telecoms, public sector, and regeneration.
We provide advice throughout the project lifecycle, from bid to build to exit, ensuring technical excellence and adding real value at every stage of your project.
Our experience includes:
- Project structuring
- Equity and debt financing
- Joint venture structures and development services arrangements
- Infrastructure planning, including Development Consent Orders for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
- Equipment procurement and construction, operation and maintenance
- Subsidy control, procurement and public law issues
- Refinancing
- Managing operational projects throughout their lifecycle (including change management, equity restructuring and disputes)
- Acquisitions and disposals of projects
- Secondary market
- Project expiry
- Repowering
As a firm, we have many years’ experience working with project sponsors, funders, contractors, landowners and procuring authorities.
Key contacts
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Integrated
We are an integrated nationwide team offering the complete range of services needed for transactions of all sizes. As a result, we can advise on all aspects of your project and are experienced in coordinating the input of lawyers to provide our clients with an integrated service.
Strength & Depth
We have the strength and depth of resource, market knowledge and expertise required to bring projects to a close. Our team members have top level experience of advising on infrastructure and major projects, with many of our lawyers having joined us from Magic Circle and other City firms.
Deliverability
Our team members have great legal skill with the ability to deliver complex projects involving multi-disciplinary teams both efficiently and cost effectively.
Commercial
You can trust us to be commercially-minded, readily accessible and available to provide clear solutions.
Examples of our infrastructure and energy projects work
Advising Catalyst Capital on the acquisition of a 100MW battery storage project in the north of England, and on its subsequent development. We previously advised Catalyst on its JV acquisition of a 50MW transmission-connected battery storage, private wire network and EV charging superhub project near Southampton.
Advising Liverpool City Region Combined Authority on an ambitious digital infrastructure project to create a new full fibre backhaul network comprising over 220km of ultra-fast broadband across all 6 Districts in the Liverpool City Region.
Advising Cambridge Power on its strategic framework with global investor Brookfield for the development of 985MW of battery storage and co-located solar projects in the UK.
Currently advising on the development of Europe’s largest solar farm – an 840MW project located in Oxfordshire.
Advising Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council from the outset on a competitive dialogue process for the procurement of a development partner for its £150m town centre regeneration project.
Acting for the operator of London Luton Airport in relation to their £150m project involving a major expansion to the terminal building, a new aircraft access pier, new baggage handling systems and X-Ray facilities, new roads, car parking and accessways together with new taxiways.
Advised Transport for Greater Manchester on the procurement of second-generation Bombardier trams and refurbishment of first generation trams for the Manchester Metrolink system.
Testimonials
“Hands-on experience from senior level to most junior, with in depth knowledge and commercially driven approach to problem solving. Excellent inter...
The Legal 500
"Freeths have shown a capability to provide legal support of the highest standard on projects and bring in specialists when required and often at s...
The Legal 500, 2025
“Freeths take a very hands-on, practical approach to supporting and guiding clients through agreements. The standout difference for me is that they...
The Legal 500, 2024
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Nathan Holden
Partner & Head of Local Government
Shraiya Thapa
Senior Associate, Knowledge Management Lawyer
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