Niamh advises a broad range of clients across the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Niamh has significant experience advising clients on high value and complex projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. In the energy sector, Niamh advises corporates, developers and lenders on renewables projects (onshore wind, solar, offshore wind, storage and other renewable technologies), conventional generation projects, acquisitions, joint ventures and all types of commercial contracts (including power purchase agreements, supply agreements and otherwise).  She also advises on regulatory matters relating to project development.  More broadly, Niamh has acted for developers, contractors, and lenders on a wide range of public private partnerships and development transactions (including the residential, leisure, and office accommodation, telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors).

Relevant Experience

• Advising on all aspects of the development of large a portfolio of solar projects across Ireland.
• Advising on acquisitions, financings and project development of a large number of portfolio onshore wind, battery storage, waste, solar and interconnector projects in Ireland, totalling over 800MW.
• Advising Ørsted on its joint venture with ESB to develop offshore wind projects; advising a Phase 1 offshore project on various regulatory matters and advising investors in respect of transactions in relation to the ORESS and ORESSS 2.1 processes.
• Advising Energia on various matters relating to their renewable and conventional generation energy business.
• Advising the Oweninny Power joint venture on the 178MW Oweninny Wind Farm project.
• Advising on various aspects (contractual and regulatory) of the roll out of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Ireland.
• Advising on Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), design & build and operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts for multiple energy, infrastructure and pharmaceutical plants in Dublin.
• Advising daa plc on the main construction contract and ancillary packages for major capital infrastructure projects at Dublin Airport including the second runway project.
• Advising National Broadband Ireland on the construction contracts for the National Broadband Project.