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Jason Lovell

Partner

Jason is a Partner in the Global Energy and Infrastructure group in the London office.

 

He has an international practice advising in relation to transactions and projects with a particular focus on the energy sector.

Jason has significant experience in advising on the sale and purchase of both development stage and generating assets, energy asset portfolios, energy companies, and energy service companies.

He also acts on a wide range of shareholder and joint venture arrangements within the energy industry — ranging from advice on the structuring of solar projects in Egypt, to joint ownership and operating agreements for international interconnectors in the North Sea, joint development and co-development agreements for offshore wind developments, joint operating agreements for oil and gas operations and joint bidding arrangements for both conventional and unconventional energy assets.

Jason also provides regulatory advice on oil and gas licensing, including offshore, onshore, coal mine methane, gas storage, and carbon capture and storage. He has provided advice in connection with the development of a range of projects, including geothermal, interconnectors, onshore and offshore wind, gas and fast response generation, PV, anaerobic digestion, bio-methane, energy from waste and bio-mass projects.

He has expertise advising on a wide range of joint ventures, including partnerships, shareholder arrangements, unincorporated joint ventures, joint operating agreements and joint bidding agreements.

Jason has worked extensively for a range of clients, including both state-owned and privately owned energy companies, infrastructure funds, national oil companies, high-net-worth individuals, and debt and equity providers.

He has participated in the Offshore Wind Task Force's cost-reduction initiative and also advises and speaks on CfD and Investment Agreements.

His work is international, although he has been primarily based in London, with spells in New York and Houston. Jason has also worked on secondment with British Gas, Centrica.

A selection of Jason’s relevant experience includes acting for:

  • Assisted Glennmont partners on the acquisition of the 211MW wind project in Piiparinmäk from Ilmatar Energy - Europe's largest unsubidized onshore wind farm

  • Assisted Glennmont partners on the sale and shareholder arragneemtns for 25% of the 211MW wind project in Piiparinmäk from Ilmatar Energy - Europe's largest unsubidized onshore wind far

  • Advised SDCL on its sale to SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust PLC of a seed portfolio of nine energy efficiency projects and three investment opportunities for an aggregate sum of £57.16 million upon its listing on the LSE

  • Assisted China General Nuclear European Energy in acquiring a 75% stake in the 650MW Markbygden project in Sweden (the largest single site onshore wind farm in Europe). 

  • Advised National Grid and ENDK on the joint ownership and operating arrangements for the 740km HVDC interconnector between the UK and Denmark
  • Assisted Sembcorp on the acquisition of the UK’s largest portfolio of flexible fast response generation (UK Power Reserve Limited)

  • CGN EE on the acquisition of a portfolio of 14 operating (and near operating) onshore wind farms from Gaelectric Holdings plc and Lanber Holdings, which operate at approximately 228MW in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland 

  • Assisted an international energy company on the establishment of a joint venture for renewable electricity supply and a battery business in the UK
  • CGN EE on its first-ever renewable energy investment in the UK, the acquisition of an 80% stake in three UK Onshore Windfarms from EDF Energy Renewables for more than £100 million

  • Assisted over 10 developers in the establishment of local and international structures for the development of onshore wind and solar projects in Egypt

  • Setting up the Forsys subsea joint venture between FMC and Technip. 

  • AES Corporation on the sale of 100% of its equity stakes in four UK wind projects for $160 million to a joint venture of Greencoat UK Wind and Swiss Life Funds (Luxembourg) Global Infrastructure Opportunities; the agreement covered the Sixpenny Wood, Yelvertoft, North Rhins and Drone Hill wind farms, which have a total generation capacity of 87.5MW

  • the Forewind consortium (made up of SSE, Statkraft, Equinor and Innogy) in relation to the development of potentially the world’s largest offshore wind farm at Dogger Bank with total capacity of 7.2 GW.

  • a joint venture for the provision of renewable power directly to industrial hosts within the UK, negotiating and agreeing projects for the provision of renewable power directly to industrial hosts and the development of bio-methane projects

  • an international utility company on the sale of Corby Power Limited (a gas-fired power station joint-venture)

  • advised Alkane Energy on the sale of shale rights in exchange for a stake in Egdon plc. This involved the first stratigraphic split of 10 onshore licences in the UK. 

Over his career, Jason has presented at many public and client conferences and events across the world, most recently in London and Oslo.

  • Who's Who Legal: Energy 2021 - Power/Electricity
  • Who's Who Legal: Energy 2021 - Renewables
  • Who's Who Legal: Energy 2021 - Oil and gas
  • Legal 500 UK: 2021 Key lawyer and recommended for Infrastructure
  • Legal 500 UK: 2021: Key lawer and recommended for Power (including Electricity, Nuclear and Renewables)
  • Tamarindo Group: Ranked in the top 100 lawyers in global wind 2020
  • Who's Who Legal: Energy 2020: Leading Practitioner UK
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2019: Leading Practitioner
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2018: Leading Practitioner
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2017: Leading Practitioner
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2016: Leading Practitioner
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2015: Leading Practitioner
  • Who’s Who Legal: Energy 2014: Leading Practitioner
  • The Legal 500 UK Recommended Lawyer since 2014

Jason is a member of the Association of International Energy Negotiators.

Nottingham Law School: Distinction, Legal Practice Course (1998)

University of Oxford, Somerville College: First Class Honours, MA Jurisprudence (1994-1997)

Jason Lovell

Partner

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