We deliver future-focused, proactive advice, ensuring strategic, commercially driven outcomes for some of the most ambitious energy and infrastructure projects in Europe. We support clients across the full project lifecycle, from development and financing to operations and dispute resolution, ensuring seamless delivery in dynamic, high- stakes environments.

Energy

We advise on all aspects of the energy sector, including renewables, conventional power, and emerging technologies. Our team supports clients throughout the entire project lifecycle, from planning and development to financing, construction, and operation, and our track record in advising on the energy transition, regulatory reform, market design and major energy infrastructure projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland is without peer.

We have significant experience in:

• Renewable Energy and Decarbonisation: Wind, solar, battery storage, hydrogen, and offshore developments.
• Grid & Market Regulation – Electricity market structures, grid connections, and regulatory compliance.
• Energy M&A and Finance – Acquisitions, joint ventures, and project finance solutions.
• Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (CPPAs) – Structuring and negotiating CPPAs and private wire arrangements.

Infrastructure

We provide strategic advice on the development, financing, and regulation of critical infrastructure, including housing, educational facilities, healthcare, transport, utilities, and digital networks. We have been at the cutting edge of developments in these sectors in Ireland and Northern Ireland, having acted in relation to many of the most significant projects on the island.

Our team advises on:

• Transport and Utilities: Roads, rail (both light and heavy), water, and waste projects, including PPP structures.
• Housing: Strategic framework structures for delivering housing at scale, as well as working with our Real Estate Group on development finance structures.
• Healthcare: Step-up and step-down healthcare facilities (including primary care and community nursing), and acute hospitals across both the private and public hospital system.
• Digital Infrastructure: Data centres, fibre networks, and telecoms assets, with a focus on regulatory, planning, operational and financing issues.
• Regulatory and Competition: Navigating regulatory frameworks, including EU and domestic competition rules, including public procurement and critical infrastructure requirements.

Our Project Finance Group also has extensive experience advising on the structuring, procurement, and financing of major infrastructure and energy projects. For more, please click below.

PPP and PFI

Our PPP and PFI Group provides end-to-end legal support to contracting authorities, sponsors, funders, sub-contractors, and design teams across all aspects of PPP/PFI delivery. With more PPP/PFI transactions under our belt than any other Irish law firm, our experience is unmatched.

We advise on project agreements, funding structures, procurement processes, and dispute resolution. Our team drafts and negotiates key contracts, equity and shareholder documentation, and security instruments. We also support secondary market transactions and multilateral funder participation, including EIB and pension funds. Our expertise spans all relevant legal areas—governance, property, planning, construction, tax, and more—ensuring timely, effective project delivery.

Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy

We produce monthly updates, looking at legal and regulatory developments impacting sectors across the economy including energy, construction & engineering, public procurement, transport and digital infrastructure.