Energy

What Our Barristers Do

We offer a breadth, depth and quality of Energy and Natural Resources expertise that is unrivalled at the Bar. Our barristers have industry expertise in the oil and gas, renewables, nuclear, electricity, mining, biomass, EfW and water sectors. Uniquely at the Bar, we deal with disputes that arise at every stage of the commercial life of an Energy and Natural Resources Project: planning; financing; environmental and sectoral regulation; ESG litigation, construction; operation; partnership disputes; pricing; insurance; and decommissioning.

Who Our Barristers Act For

We act for and against:  governments and state-owned entities;  major multinationals and independent exploration, generation, distribution and production companies; developers and promoters; debt and equity funders; local authorities; national regulators; specialist contractors; and professional services providers.

Where Our Barristers Act

We litigate, arbitrate and mediate in the UK and across numerous international jurisdictions. While most of our international work relates to the resolution of disputes through international arbitration, we are also home to barristers who have rights of audience in the British Virgin Islands, California, the Caribbean, Dubai, Ireland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New South Wales, New York, Pakistan, Singapore and Queensland.

People

  • Richard Wilmot-Smith KC

    Year of Call 1978 Silk 1994

  • Peter Turner KC

    Year of Call 2024 (avocat à la Cour (France), 2016) Silk 2015

  • Paul Hayes KC

    Year of Call 2005 Silk 2017

  • Jonathan Bellamy

    Year of Call 1986 (DIFC 2020)

  • Jess Connors

    Year of Call 2000

  • Karishma Vora

    Year of Call 2011 (England); 2006 (India); 2020 (DIFC)

  • Vivek Kapoor

    Year of Call 2018 (2008 (India) 2022 (DIFC) 2025 (BVI))

  • Andrew Ng

    Year of Call 2019 (2022 (BVI) 2024 (Singapore))

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