Energy and Natural Resources
A&L Goodbody is a leading law firm in the energy and natural resources sector on the island of Ireland, with market leading specialists in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Our team is consistently ranked in the top tier in this sector by major legal directories. Members of the Group have been involved in all of the significant developments in this dynamic and evolving industry and have been at the forefront of the most complex and demanding transactions. We act for international and domestic developers, funders, utilities, government entities, system operators and industry associations across the full spectrum of energy related matters.
Through our Dublin and Belfast offices, our Energy and Natural Resources practice operates on an all-island basis. Our Belfast Office will further develop our service to the Northern Ireland market in these and other related areas.
We also work very closely with our Projects and Construction teams and our Environmental and Planning team on energy and natural resources related matters.
Our Approach
The client is always centre stage. Our focus is on providing tailored commercial, practical and solution driven advice. Our clients value access to our up-to-the-minute knowledge of market trends and sectoral developments, our industry relationships and our unrivalled transactional experience.
Our Services
Our Group advises on all legal areas including:
- Renewable (on-shore and off-shore) and thermal power generation
- Electricity and Gas markets and trading including the recently introduced ‘all-island’ Single Electricity Market and the proposed Common Arrangements for Gas
- Energy and utilities finance
- Energy mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures
- Electricity and gas transmission, distribution and supply
- Electricity and gas interconnectors
- Regulation, competition issues and procurement
- Power purchase, offtake and tolling arrangements
- Upstream gas and oil exploration, development, regulation and sales arrangements
- CHP and bio-energy
- Emissions trading, carbon reduction and clean development projects
- Property, planning and environmental issues
- Competition and regulatory
- Taxation
- Dispute resolution
- Onshore mineral exploration and exploitation.