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Doug Land

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Doug is a partner in CMS' Corporate group and is the team leader for our Energy & Infrastructure transactions team.

Doug has been focused on advising a range of clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors for over 25 years. Doug has advised on numerous transactions and joint ventures in respect of energy (e.g. offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, EV charging, energy storage, demand side response, gas transmission and storage, gas distribution, electricity distribution, gas peakers, smart metering, IGTs and water) and infrastructure (e.g. transport, fibre networks, data centres, waste, water, streetlighting, aviation and defence).

Doug is part of the CMS Energy & Infrastructure practice, which has more than 450 lawyers working across 75 offices in 57 countries. Sample transactions:

Relevant experience

SSE on the GBP 1.2bn sale of a 33.3% stake in SGN to OTPP and Brookfield and the GBP 621m sale of a 16.7% stake to ADIA.
Railpen on the acquisition of a 50% shareholding in energy and infrastructure developer AGR Power and on a joint venture to co-develop the 66MW Barachander onshore wind project.
Macquarie Asset Management and BCI on acquiring a 60% stake in National Grid’s UK gas transmission and metering business for an implied enterprise value of GBP 9.6bn.
Arjun Infrastructure on the acquisition of Indigo Pipelines, the IGT, from SEP and the acquisition of Enviromena.
EDF Renewables on the sale of a 49% interest in the Blyth offshore wind farm to Tenaga Nasional Berhad.
SSE on its acquisition of a 50% interest in the proposed H2NorthEast 1GW CCUS enabled blue hydrogen production facility from Kellas.
Re:cap Global Investors on the acquisition of the 80MW Scurf Dyke solar farm from BayWa.
J-Power and DBJ on the acquisition of a 25% stake in the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm.
National Grid and SSE on the JV arrangements for the Eastern Link 2GW HVDC electrical superhighway cable link between Peterhead and Drax.
Marguerite on the sale of its 29.06% interest in AS Conexus Baltic Grid, the gas transmission and storage operator in Latvia to MM Capital.
InstaVolt, the EV charging company, on investments by Zouk and the CIIF.
Gridserve on the acquisition of the Electric Highway, the motorway EV charging network, from Ecotricity.
SSE on the GBP 350m sale of a 25.1% stake in the Walney offshore wind farm to Greencoat.
EDF Renewables on the acquisition of the proposed 350MW Longfield Solar Farm.
SSE on the GBP 380m sale to Infracapital of a 50% stake in Neos Networks.
Forsa Energy on the acquisition of a portfolio of six gas fired reserve power projects.
SSE on the GBP 635m sale to Greencoat of a 49.9% stake in the Dunmaglass and Stronelairg onshore wind farms.
EDF Renewables on the acquisition of the 177MW Dorenell onshore wind farm.
SSE on the GBP 624m sale to GLIL and Greencoat of stakes totalling 49.9% in the 523MW Clyde onshore wind farm.
EDF Renewables on the acquisition of a development portfolio of wind farms from Partnerships for Renewables.
SSE on the sale of 11 PFI street lighting projects to Equitix and DIF.
Anesco on the acquisition of four battery storage assets from Green Hedge.
A bidder on the proposed acquisition of Calvin Capital, the meter asset provider, from Infracapital.
ADIA on the sale of the HCI Hospital and Beardmore Hotel to the NHS.
EDF Renewables on the acquisition from Duke Energy and Statkraft of the Barmoor onshore wind farm.
SSE, OMERS and OTTP on the acquisition of SGN from National Grid for GBP 3.2bn.
KiWi Power on an investment by ENGIE.
Management on investments by SEP and CBPE Capital in Anesco.
Synnovia plc on the acquisition of Synpac and on placings to fund the acquisitions of Shengli and Flexipol.
Grupo Antolin on the acquisition of CML from JP Morgan, Cerberus and others.
Sohonet, the media network provider, on an investment by FF&P Private Equity.

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