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James Wright

Associate

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James Wright

Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

James is an associate in the Energy & Climate Change Team at CMS. He advises clients across the electricity, gas and water sectors in areas including regulatory matters, commercial transactions and projects. 

With more than 450 energy and climate change lawyers, including over 100 partners, the CMS Energy and Climate Change practice is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Led from its centres of excellence such as London and Aberdeen, the practice works across 75 offices globally. Building on 40 years of experience advising on power, oil & gas and renewables through to energy disputes, emerging areas and Energy Transition, CMS is uniquely placed to ensure clients receive advice best suited to their commercial needs and to our collective future.

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Relevant experience

  • Various clients on regulation of the Capacity Market, the Renewables Obligation and Feed in Tariffs and the impact of these regulations on generation portfolio transactions.
  • Various overseas clients on electricity and gas market reform.
  • Electricity interconnector developers on various commercial and construction issues.
  • While on secondment to a client in the renewable generation sector, on various commercial and corporate transactions.
  • Various utilities in relation to land rights for electricity and gas apparatus.
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Education

  • 2014 – MA (Cantab), Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
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Expertise

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15/01/2024
Energy Sector: Is this REUL-ly happening? Update on the Retained EU Law...
We reported in 2022 on the introduction to Parliament of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (the “Bill”). The legislation underwent some significant amendments before the ultimate enactment...
Law-Now Energy Disputes
22/12/2023
Great ex-formations – December 2023 update on CCS developments
Since our July article on the development of the TRI licence, the evolution of the legal, regulatory and commercial landscape for the transportation and storage within repurposed geological formations...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
22/12/2023
Energy Act 2023: creative licence – overview of carbon dioxide and hydrogen...
Following our general update on the enactment of the Energy Act 2023 (EA23), this article looks in a little more depth at Parts 1 and 3 of EA23 regarding the new licensing regime for the trans­port­a­tion...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
30/11/2023
Update on the Smarter Regulation initiative in the energy context
Alongside the Autumn Statement and the Connections Action Plan and Transmission Acceleration Action Plan (on which we commented in a recent separate article), the Department of Business and Trade (the...
Law-Now Power Projects
29/11/2023
The taming of the queue: November 2023 update on electricity network development...
We return to our series on the scarcity of electricity grid connection capacity in areas across Great Britain as some further pertinent policy papers have been published. Among the developments noted...
Law-Now Power Projects
30/08/2023
Top of the class, or a carbon copy? Exemptions from the requirement to...
Part 1 of the Energy Bill that is currently making its way through Parliament (the “Energy Bill”) envisages a licensing regime with respect to the transportation and storage (“T&S”) of carbon...
Law-Now Power Projects
11/08/2023
Availability of Electricity Network Connections: Update on Key Reforms...
The scarcity of electricity grid connection capacity available in areas across Great Britain (and beyond) is fast rising to the top of the agenda for businesses across a broad range of sectors. The findings...
Law-Now Power Projects
26/07/2023
A Touch of Class: Update on Electricity Licence Exemptions Consultation
It has been almost three years since the UK Government published its October 2020 short call for evidence (the “Con­sulta­tion”) on reform of the electricity licence exemptions regime in Great Britain...
Law-Now Power Projects
25/07/2023
Consultation on the Inflexible Offers Licence Condition (IOLC) – Update
In a previous article, we looked at Ofgem’s proposals to introduce the so-called “Inflexible Offers Licence Condition” (“IOLC”) into the standard conditions of the electricity generation licence...
Law-Now Power Projects
11/07/2023
One step closer to piping away the carbon dioxide: UK Government updates...
On 23 June 2023, the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (“DESNZ”) published an update (the “TRI Update”) on the proposals for the CO2 transport and storage (“T&S”) Regulatory Investment...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
04/04/2023
Powering up Britain: March 2023 GB energy policy package
On 30 March 2023, as its wide-ranging Energy Bill continues to undergo parliamentary scrutiny (see our range of previous articles on the Energy Bill e.g. here, here and here), the UK Government released...
Law-Now Energy Disputes
27/03/2023
Large Energy Users – Spring 2023 update on energy market reforms
Those who develop, own, operate, manage or occupy sites with large or complex energy needs are being required to engage with the energy sector like never before. This Law-Now continues our series focussing...
Law-Now Real Estate
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