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With strong ties to the global energy industry, our team is at the forefront of the energy transition.

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Powering Change: A New Era for the Energy Transition

Our five-year exploration of historical trends and predictions.

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The global energy industry is in transition and our energy team is perfectly placed to help you navigate this.

Our lawyers work across the full spectrum of the energy industry, with all major forms of energy production and generation, transport, storage and consumption. We work with investors, operators, offtakers and financiers across the energy value chain, bringing a wealth of experience to their most complex challenges and innovative solutions.

With industry expertise ranging from greenfield project development, regulatory advice, transactions, financing and disputes, our global team works with clients to capitalise on opportunities, meet their commitments and manage risks as the industry continues to evolve.

As the pace of change in the industry increases, our insight into the cutting edge of emerging technology, trends and transactions allows us to partner with our clients to work in the most exciting areas of the global energy industry.

With the growing investor focus on the emerging hydrogen market, our interactive tool helps clients navigate the evolving hydrogen strategies and regulations, the available incentives and major projects taking place in countries that are focused on this market.

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Investing in hydrogen: a global interactive guide

With the growing investor focus on the emerging hydrogen market, our interactive tool – updated with new content and chapters – helps clients navigate the evolving hydrogen strategies and regulations.

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Energy expertise

Our team of industry professionals offer comprehensive, commercial and practical advice to energy companies across oil and gas, power and renewables informed by years of experience and longstanding relationships with many of the world's leading energy companies.

End-to-end

We deliver advice across the areas of law most critical to the energy industry, including transactions, projects, financing and litigation. Our teams regularly work together offering clients holistic solutions across different areas of law.

Global reach

We offer an integrated global network across the world's major energy hubs. Our team deliver seamless service on complex deals and transactions with the right resources where you need them, when you need them.

How we can help

To help our clients outpace change, we blend capabilities in innovative ways. Our expert legal team works seamlessly with our Ashurst Risk Advisory team to provide practical and commercial approaches to managing risk, driving change and compliance, as well as operational performance. We also draw on Ashurst Advance, our technology team, to provide advanced electronic collaboration, automation, and tools to provide faster and cost-effective legal services.

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Powering Change: A New Era for the Energy Transition

The global energy industry is in transition and our energy team is perfectly placed to help you navigate this.

Investing in hydrogen: a global interactive guide

Energy expertise

End-to-end

Global reach

How we can help

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Ashurst advises JAPEX on sale of 15% stake in UKCS Seagull field

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Ashurst advises on £70.4 million recommended Takeover of TISE

Global businesses push forward on energy transition with refined investment criteria amid strategy-aligned selectivity

Ashurst advises Foresight on proposed acquisition of Harmony Energy Income Trust plc

Ashurst advises Octopus Energy Generation in connection with the expansion of FFNEV's activities into France

Ashurst advises Future Biogas on launch of UK's first unsubsidised biomethane plant

Ashurst advises Octopus Energy Generation on the acquisition of OX2 France

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Ashurst has advised BNP Paribas and a syndicate of five other international banks on one of Spain's biggest renewable energy transactions in recent years

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