Vini is a Partner within the Energy and Infrastructure team with over 20 years’ experience working for private sector and public sector clients, across a broad range of sectors including utilities (power, water and wastewater) using a variety of delivery models (both based on standard form contracts and bespoke contracts). Vini has advised on both non-contentious and contentious matters and she specialises in the electricity sector, with a particular focus on transmission and interconnectors, and in carbon capture and storage.
Vini completed an 18-month secondment to SP Energy Networks in July 2021 where she worked exclusively within the SPEN legal regulatory team, which gives her a unique insight into electricity regulatory issues and their impact on the GB electricity market. Vini is dual qualified which allows her to practice in Scotland and England and Wales.
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.