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Tom is a Partner in CMS’s Energy & Infrastructure team. He advises developers, investors, utilities and large energy users on complex transactions, projects and regulatory issues across the energy sector.

His practice sits at the intersection of M&A, project development and energy market regulation, with a particular focus on assets and businesses whose value depends on licences, regulated or contracted revenue streams, and price control outcomes. He is particularly valued for helping clients build regulatory strategy into transactions and projects from the outset, and for giving clear, commercially grounded advice on complex Ofgem processes, investigations, CMA appeals and market reforms.

His recent work includes offshore wind acquisitions, network and interconnector transactions, supplier market entry and exit, price control appeals, REMIT compliance, and advice on major regulatory developments such as GB grid connections reform.
 

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.

Relevant experience

  • Kansai Electric Power Co. on its participation in a consortium led by Glennmont Partners which has acquired a 50% ownership share in Germany’s 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm from Ørsted for a transaction value of around €1.2 billion.
  • Centrica in relation to the successful acquisition of the customer book of the licensed energy supplier, Robin Hood Energy.
  • Octopus Energy on a 20% investment by Orgin Energy valuing Octopus Energy at over £1 billion.
  • A number of new entrants to the GB energy supply market including in relation to commerical contracts, smart metering and regulatory issues. 
  • RWE on the disposal of a 49% stake in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm (219MW) to Greencoat.
  • EDF Renewables in relation to the acquisition of a 51% stake in Conservation Energy, an in-development 500MW solar and 500MW storage project.
  • ESB on its acquisition of a 50% stake in EDF's 450-MW NnG offshore wind project.
  • Brookfield Renewable Partners on the joint venture to acquire X-Elio for a total commitment in the range of $500 million. 
  • SSE on the sale of a 49.9% stake in Stronelairg onshore wind farm (225MW) and Dunmaglass onshore wind farm (94.1MW) to Greencoat, including full due diligence, drafting and negotiating of the PPAs and MSAs and restructuring issues.
  •  A consortium on its acquisition of Electricity North West.
  • National Grid on the separation of the the electricity system operator from the electricity system owner. 
  • UK Power Networks on two appeals brought against the RIIO-ED1 price control.
  • SSE on the GBP 621m sale to ADIA of a 16.7% stake in SGN, the owner and operator of two gas distribution networks.

Education

  • 2013 – LPC, University of Law, London
  • 2012 – GDL, University of Law, London
  • 2011 – Economics BSc, University of Nottingham, Nottingham

Further reading

  • CMS scoops Energy Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards

Insights by Thomas

Energy: Waiving termination rights and the meaning of ‘value’

16 Jun 2026 8 min read

CfD AR8: DESNZ publishes draft Allocation Framework and consultation response

08 Jun 2026 12 min read

Ofgem Review Final Report: A reset for the GB energy regulator

24 Apr 2026 21 min read

The future of electricity interconnection in Great Britain: key legal and regulatory developments – a deeper legal analysis

17 Apr 2026 19 min read
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