Ross Moore is a Partner in the Banking and Financial Services Department and a member of the Projects & Construction and Energy & Natural Resources Groups. He specialises in limited/non-recourse style project finance transactions in particular in the energy sector and in public private partnerships in the transport, roads and accommodation sectors. Ross also specialises in regulatory advice in respect of the electricity, gas and renewable energy markets on an all-island basis, as well as in all aspects of power generation construction, financing and operation and energy sector acquisitions.
Significant recent deals include advising:
- EirGrid plc on its acquisition of SONI Ltd
- Scottish and Southern Energy in relation to the approx. €1.8bn acquisition of Airtricity Holdings Limited.
- The lenders to the Tynagh and Synergen Power Plants of the adaptation of certain project documents consequential upon the introduction of the Single Electricity Market. The syndicate of lenders in relation to the refinancing of a portfolio of windfarms.
- The funders in respect of the Thornton Hall Prison PPP Project.
- Sponsors and lenders in relation to a number of PPP roads projects, including the Borrower/Issuer in respect of the Limerick Tunnel PPP Road Project, the first infrastructural project in Ireland to be financed using capital markets.
- Lenders, third party equity investors, promoters and contractors in over 14 windfarm projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
- The lenders to the first commercial biodiesel plant in Ireland.
- The operator in respect of the DBFO Roads Package 1 in Northern Ireland.
- In respect of the development of CHP facilities in Northern Ireland.
- Bidders in respect of the Criminal Courts Services PPP Project and National Conference Centre PPP Project.
- Lenders in respect of a major residential and retail development.
Ross is recommended in a number of legal directories and comments include: "Competitors recognise Ross as a very good lawyer, he is active and continues to close deals" (IFLR1000 2012); Ross is "highly recommended" (Legal 500 2011) and is described as "an excellent lawyer....he goes the extra mile in terms of understanding the underlying knowledge" (IFLR1000 2010); "Rated extremely highly....clients praise him for his "knowledge of the projects area, as well as for his versatility" (Chambers Europe 2011). They also say that he is "an excellent project manager, very commercial, and easily able to get things done to the satisfaction of all parties" (Chambers Europe 2010). He is a "bright guy and a fantastic lawyer” with an “efficient, pleasant and proactive approach - he is tremendously knowledgeable about the Irish energy market and always on top of the issues” (Chambers Europe 2008). Ross is also recommended in IFLR1000 2011, Best Lawyers 2010, PLC Which Lawyer 2009, The Legal 500 2010 and Chambers Europe 2009.
He is author of the Irish chapter of Sweet & Maxwell’s publication "Energy Law in the European Union."