Associate, Eti - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Dentons

Dentons

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Principal Location:
Scotland

Reports to:
Partner

PQE:
0 - 2 Years

The Department

Our award-winning Energy, Transport & Infrastructure team has a long heritage of advising private sector clients and Government, across the full spectrum of the energy, transport and infrastructure industries.

It has been recognised in the upper tiers of the Legal 500 and Chambers for decades, for electricity (including renewables), oil & gas and rail for many years and, historically has been recognised for water and PFI/PPP expertise.

The ETI practice is integrated across our offices in Scotland as well as those in England, Ireland and the Middle East giving members of the team the opportunity to advise on market leading transactions and regulatory work throughout our core sectors and works collectively with our Dentons offices throughout the world giving access to work in other jurisdictions.

In fact, we actively encourage our staff to get to know people in other offices.

This reflects the firm's strategy and aspiration to be the largest global law firm in Scotland serving clients both in Scotland but who also have ambitions beyond the Scottish market.

The Team

On Energy matters, the team are at the forefront of the energy transition revolution, working with developers, funders, multi-lateral agencies, contractors and governments to provide innovative advice and insight to clients and helping equip businesses with effective solutions across the energy sector, from transactional and regulatory advice to political guidance and dispute resolution.

Most recently we were HMG's primary advisor on all legislation and delivery of the energy prices intervention schemes - one of the largest government interventions in history and one that has touched almost every individual and business in the UK.

We also work closely with clients in the traditional power and oil & gas sectors on their net zero programmes, and we have active developer clients whom we are advising on their entry into new sectors such as Hydrogen and Carbon Capture & Storage.

Most recently we have launched a decarbonisation campaign to unify parts of the Dentons offering that can work as a team to benefit clients who share this goal.

On Transport and Infrastructure matters, the team combines a deep expertise with sophisticated market knowledge.

We are active in all infrastructure sectors across the UK and internationally including rail, airports, health, education, roads, bridges and tunnels, prisons, public buildings, housing, water, wastewater, waste, defence and telecoms projects, acting for the full spectrum of stakeholders.

We are the law firm that holds positions on the most HM Government legal services panels and advise a wide range of Government clients on energy, transport and infrastructure matters, which gives our lawyers the opportunity to work on major reforms and cutting-edge transactions as the UK drives to achieve net zero.

The team also works in the UK PFI/PPP sector.

We work on the full lifespan of these projects, and in recent times have been very busy on project variations, extensions and restructurings, as well as the handing back of public assets from project companies to government bodies.

Key clients of the team include: 3i Infrastructure, bp, Centrica, Pale Blue Dot (project counsel for the Acorn CCUS project), Dalmore Capital, Network Rail (sole Scottish counsel), Stagecoach, Harbour Energy, the World Bank, UK Government, Ofwat, Aggreko, Shell, Statkraft, Vattenfall, Envac, Ofgem and Scottish National Investment Bank.

The Role
We currently have a vacancy for an ambitious Associate to join our team in Scotland.

You can expect to work with an interesting variety of both private and public sector clients, working on a range of transactions across the market.

Most of our work relates to projects in the UK and Ireland, however there may be some opportunities to work on international projects.

With an outstanding roster of energy and infrastructure clients, the team is also uniquely positioned to provide fantastic secondment opportunities for our associates, giving them insight into the commercial challenges faced by our clients.

In addition we offer internal "mini-secondments" to our London, Ireland and Middle Eastern offices This is a unique opportunity to grow and develop your career within a supportive team.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

Technical Skills