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Navigating the energy systems of today and the future presents opportunities and challenges for all businesses. Freshfields’ 300-strong, integrated global energy team helps clients across the entire energy value chain grow, protect and transform their businesses, while mitigating legal and regulatory risks.
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Clients turn to Freshfields to grow and protect their businesses and guide them through the energy transition

Freshfields has been advising major players in the energy sector for decades. With profound expertise and a significant track record across transactional, regulatory, tax and disputes matters in the sector, we help clients safeguard and transform their businesses.

Our integrated, multidisciplinary energy team comprises more than 300 energy sector specialists across the world who are known for providing seamless service across borders and legal disciplines.

We advise the full range of players in the sector, from multinational corporations to financial sponsors and sovereign wealth funds, banks and export credit agencies, and government and public sector bodies.

Our expertise spans the entire energy spectrum, in both developed and emerging markets. From renewables through nuclear, oil and gas and sustainable fuels, and from exploration, production and generation through sequestration, transmission, distribution and storage, we have the cutting-edge experience to unlock value for our clients.

Our energy work ranges from project licensing, development and financing to complex M&A transactions and joint ventures, multi-jurisdictional regulatory processes, strategic commercial planning and negotiation, and some of the world’s highest-profile energy disputes.

From managing legacy assets and risks to developing new projects, technologies and investment strategies, Freshfields offers the full spectrum of support to help clients navigate these critical changes. Our clients benefit from the breadth and depth of our global experience that sees them turn to us for their most challenging matters.

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ContactsMeet the team
London
Graham WatsonPartner
Erin Miller RankinPartner
Hamburg, London
Natascha DollPartner
New York
Elliot FriedmanPartner, Head of International Arbitration - Americas
Meet the team
Awards & recognition
Winner, Energy Council Awards 2023 / Commended, The Lawyer Awards 2024 / Shortlisted, British Legal Awards 2024
Neptune Sale to Eni and Vår Energi - Deal of the Year
Commended, The Lawyer Awards 2023
EDF / Sizewell C Nuclear Project - Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year
Winner, International Tax Review Americas Tax Awards 2023
bp / Archaea Energy - Impact Deal of the Year
Winner, The Lawyer Awards 2020
Amur Gas Processing Plant - Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year
Shortlisted, British Legal Awards 2022
Siccar Point Energy Sale - Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year
Winner, Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards 2019
Energy and Resources Law Firm of the Year
Our thinking

Our thinking

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Milieudefensie v. Shell: Appeal verdict key takeaways
On 12 November 2024, the Court of Appeal of the Hague (the Court) overturned the landmark 2021 decision of Milieudefensie et al...
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