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Senior Associate

Freddie May

London, United Kingdom
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Freddie May is a Senior Associate in the CMS Energy & Climate Change team. He advises developers, investors, utilities, technology companies and large energy users on complex commercial, transactional and regulatory matters across the power, renewables and clean energy sector. 

He regularly advises on the development, acquisition, financing and operation of renewable energy and energy storage projects, including offshore wind, solar, battery energy storage and other emerging clean energy technologies. His work frequently involves the interaction between project development, revenue arrangements and regulatory frameworks, including licensing, subsidy schemes and wider electricity market reform. 

Freddie has extensive experience advising on renewable energy procurement arrangements, including physical, virtual, onsite and route-to-market PPAs, acting for corporates, developers, lenders, generators and energy suppliers. He also has significant expertise in electricity network and connection arrangements, including transmission and distribution connections, private wire projects, IDNO structures, microgrids and other behind-the-meter energy solutions. 

Freddie also brings valuable in-house experience, having spent a year on secondment with Amazon Web Services' EMEA Energy, Water & Carbon team, advising on energy supply, renewable power procurement and electricity infrastructure matters for data centres across Europe. He has also undertaken secondments with SSE and ConocoPhillips.

Relevant experience

  • AXA Investment Managers Alts on the optimisation, grid connection and revenue stream aspects of its acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Coalburn 1, a 500MW battery energy storage system from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). 
  • Norges Bank Investment Management, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, on bids for the Hornsea Two offshore wind project (one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world) and the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, and its successful purchase of a 37.5 percent interest in the Race Bank wind farm, valuing the wind farm at approximately GBP 2,599 million.
  • Cubico Sustainable Investments on the purchase of its 47.5MW ready-to-build battery energy storage project in Hampshire, UK.
  • SSE and Equinor on all its offshore land rights aspects for the Dogger Bank C and prospective Dogger Bank D projects, including in relation to the financing of Dogger Bank C, and also other CfD advice, strategic advice in relation to its offshore leasing arrangements with the Crown Estate and its “good neighbour” and interface agreements with a neighbouring project. 
  • ESB on its acquisition of a 50% stake in EDF's 450-MW NnG offshore wind project, including due diligence into the grid connection arrangements, PPA, generation licence and the OFTO regime.
  • The Lenders and GIG (as project sponsor) in connection with the financing of a c. 50MW ground mounted solar photovoltaic asset in the UK, including on its virtual PPA with a multinational technology company and on its grid connection arrangements for the project.
  • The Renewables Infrastructure Group on its acquisition of a 14.3% indirect equity interest in the East Anglia One offshore wind farm, including due diligence on the grid connection, TCE, offtake, CfD, interface and OFTO arrangements.
  • J-Power and DBJ on the acquisition of a 25% stake in the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project from Innogy, including in relation to regulatory matters, due diligence of the project documents and transactional processes.
  • Amazon Web Services on its data centre and wider energy (including power procurement) arrangements across EMEA, with a particular focus on the UK and Ireland, as part of a year-long full time secondment.
  • Power NI on various commercial matters for over seven years in relation to its renewable power purchase agreements, including in relation to the introduction of the wholesale electricity market for the island of Ireland.
  • McDonald’s Restaurants on physical back-to-back PPAs with the developer and an energy supplier for a Scottish onshore wind project, and other commercial issues in relation to its PPA portfolio and the supply arrangements for its franchisees with its licensed supplier.

Education

  • 2015 – Legal Practice Course (Distinction), University of Law, Moorgate, London.
  • 2014 -Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law, Guildford.
  • 2013 –BA (Hons), History (1st Class Honours and Highest Average in Year), University of Nottingham.
Practice Areas
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
sectors
Energy & Climate Change Mining and Minerals Power Projects Energy Storage

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