Low Carbon Transition and Sustainability Team
Our Low Carbon Transition and Sustainability (LCTS) team collaborates with energy, commodities and shipping companies to implement the transition to a sustainable and low carbon future.
The global economy is changing to meet the needs of society in a more sustainable manner whilst significantly reducing carbon emissions. Energy and commodities play a significant role in this transition. As a specialist law firm focused exclusively on the energy, commodities and shipping sectors, we have developed a strategy and the in-depth knowledge to allow use to assist our clients who are at the forefront of the energy transition.
Not only do we have the relevant legal expertise, each of us in the LCTS team is passionate about supporting the transition to a sustainable and low carbon future. We love the outdoors and care deeply about the natural world. We also have a unique, in-depth insight into the ways in which different market participants are implementing policy objectives. This includes from the perspective of utilities, oil majors, energy companies, commodity traders, shipping companies and end-users. The core pillars of our LCTS practice are:
- Contractual Provisions: Drafting sustainability assessment provisions and frameworks for contracts. Creating sustainable contracts for the commodities, energy trading and shipping sectors to assist with meeting emissions reduction targets.
- Sustainable Commodities: Advising on trading, finance and investments in connection with biofuels, biogas, biomass, sustainable agricultural commodities, LNG, hydrogen low carbon transportation and shipping, renewable energy, sustainable metals, metals used in low carbon technologies and carbon emissions.
- Cross Border Legal Project Management: As energy, commodities and shipping companies adjust to meet the demand of a low carbon future, we assist in to implementing projects for the trading of new commodity products and/or in new jurisdictions including related legal due diligence and contract drafting.
- Disputes: Drawing on decades of experience in assisting clients with the legal disputes arising from the trading of ‘traditional’ commodities, including firefighting of operational issues and international arbitration in connection with contractual disputes across the energy, commodities and shipping sectors.