Projects : Energy and infrastructure
Jessica is a Senior Associate in Matheson's Energy, Infrastructure and Construction Group.
Jessica routinely advises clients in relation to the development, sale and acquisition of energy projects (onshore and offshore wind, solar, BESS), including regulatory matters. She has also advised on the bid and post completion stages of various public private partnerships (PPPs), related project financing and development contracts and corporate governance matters.
Jessica also has extensive experience advising on real estate law matters, in which she specialised for over 10 years, which included a period with Fieldfisher LLP in London.
§ a semi-state client in relation to the development and proposed financing and operation of new OCGT and CCGT projects, including a co-development agreement, permitting, land options and leases and services agreements and heads of terms for procurement of equipment;
§ Bord na Móna in relation to various renewable energy projects including its Eco Energy Park (a development which will include co-located low and zero carbon energy generation and industrial demand users), onshore wind, solar, thermal plants, data centres, BESS and advices on Ministerial consents and other regulatory matters;
§ working together with international counsel on the sale of Zenith Energy's European oil storage terminalling business (the Bantry Bay oil storage terminal in Cork and an oil storage terminal in the Netherlands);
§ EirGrid plc (the Irish TSO) in relation to drafting and developing new grid connection agreements, which will be used to connect offshore wind projects in Ireland, as well as a form of asset purchase agreement for the transfer of offshore grid infrastructure from developers to EirGrid;
§ a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom on its proposed financing of the acquisition of acquisition of a portfolio of wind farms;
§ on numerous public private partnership (PPP) projects across different sectors, including providing bid preparation, project finance due diligence and M&A advices;
§ a data centre developer in relation to the development of a data centre campus;
§ refinancing of large scale shopping centre development, including lender due diligence and portfolio management; and
§ various clients in respect of the acquisition and sale of energy projects involving diligence of regulatory compliance requirements and consideration of risk share (security, guarantees and W&I policies).