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We provide expert regulatory advice to businesses operating in regulated sectors.

We are recognised leaders in helping clients navigate regulatory frameworks and, where necessary, challenge regulatory decision-making. We work with some of the largest and highest-profile regulated service providers around the world in sectors including airports, energy, nuclear, rail, telecoms, and water and sewerage.

Our expertise spans a wide range of regulatory work, including advising on price control settlements; licence modifications and other changes to regulatory frameworks; sectoral regulator investigations; enforcement proceedings; and legal challenges to decisions of sectoral regulators (including judicial review). We also provide specialist advice on regulatory issues that arise in transactional and financing contexts, and advise on engagement with sectoral regulators. 

We have a strong track record of securing positive outcomes in the most difficult cases, securing big wins in complex and cutting-edge mandates. Combined with our leading antitrust and foreign investment regulation practice, we operate at the forefront of regulatory developments and our integrated expertise means we provide the highest quality advice on every aspect of regulatory mandates. 

As well as collaborating with key stakeholders in clients’ businesses, we work closely with other advisers, including expert regulatory economists, public affairs experts and policy advisers.

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Apr 30 2024

Clean hydrogen – what you need to know

Opportunities and risks of a clean hydrogen economy Clean hydrogen and its derivatives are widely seen as key enablers for the...
May 13 2024

Unbundling – what you need to know

Unbundling rules in the EU may substantially shape an M&A deal in the energy sector. At a glance: Unbundling rules in Europe In the...
Oct 4 2023

Carbon Capture – The Current State of Play in the European Union

May 2 2024

European Electricity Market Reform

Due to its economic characteristics - large-scale storage issues, very different cost structures between players, demand that is not very...
Nov 30 2023

Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a highway for hydrogen?

Following Germany’s recent revision of the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz – EnWG), the legislator significantly...
Nov 20 2023

Germany’s revision of the Energy Industry Act: a paradigm shift for gas and electricity grid regulation (Part 1)

On 10 November 2023, the German parliament (Bundestag) adopted a major amendment to the Energy Industry Act (Energiewirtschaftsgesetz -...
Nov 29 2023

Too little, too late? Challenges to deploying CCUS at scale

As we continue to face a global climate crisis, there is an urgent need to decarbonise all sectors of the economy. Ambitious global...
Mar 6 2024

Water special administration regime – what are the key changes?

Like many other strategically important sectors, there has long been a bespoke insolvency regime for the water sector. New legislation...
Jan 17 2024

Hydrogen horizons: new developments for a global hydrogen market at COP28

Two goals of the recent COP28 discussions in Dubai in December 2023 were the development of international hydrogen value chains and the...
Mar 29 2022

UK National Security and Investment Act: key takeaways for Infrastructure Investors

In an era of heightened focus on economic and national security, new and strengthened investment screening regimes are increasingly seen...
Aug 2 2022

The Energy Security Bill – changes for competition and mergers in the energy industry

On 6 July 2022, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the Energy Security Bill (the Bill) which aims to “deliver a cleaner, more...
Aug 2 2022

The Energy Security Bill – new powers for Ofgem promise to turn up the heat

On 6 July 2022, the UK Government introduced to Parliament the Energy Security Bill (the Bill) which aims to build a “clean, affordable,...

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