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Energy & Climate Change

The energy sector is used to change, but it has never faced greater adjustment than it does today. The biggest issue of our time is how to meet our energy needs in a way that sustains the future of the planet, while also sustaining the sector itself, which is essential to our society.

Unlike some sectors, where maturity has brought extensive standardisation and commoditising, the energy sector is seeing an increase in new approaches and practices either on climate change strategy and new technology, oil & gas exploration and energy efficiency, project finance or M&A, energy disputes and regulation.

Whatever your opportunities or challenges may be, our team is specially designed to understand your business needs and advises companies on how to comply with energy law.

We can help you shape your strategy, manage risks and make the most of business opportunities in these areas:

  • Oil & Gas Exploration and Production
  • Traditional or newer electricity generation technologies
  • Energy transition and climate change strategies
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Project Finance
  • M&A
  • Disputes or Regulatory and Commercial issues

We have an in-depth knowledge of how energy law applies in practice across different markets and with cross-disciplinary teams, we work to provide advice close to our clients’ needs.


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06/12/2024
Amendment to the legal framework of the eu emissions trading system
The Decree-Law No. 101/2024, publish on December 4th, brings important updates as it partially transposes Directive (EU) 2023/959 of May 10, 2023, into Portuguese law. This legislative amendment revises...
03/12/2024
Amendments to the legal framework for the national electric system (Decree-Law...
Today, the long-awaited Decree-Law no. 99/2024, dated December 3, 2024, was published. This legislation partially transposes Directive (EU) 2023/2413, of October 18 (RED III) into Portuguese law, introducing...
28/11/2024
CMS’s insights on COP29 themes
The discussions at COP29 Azerbaijan show how difficult it is to achieve global environmental goals. CMS lawyers have been reflecting on the themes of the conference in short videos and articles, housed...
18/11/2024
EU cybersecurity agency opens consultation on draft NIS2 guidance
On 7 November 2024, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published for industry consultation the draft implementing guidance to support relevant entities to implement technical and methodological requirements...
06/11/2024
Decree-Law No. 84/2024 – Energy Efficiency
On November 4, Decree-Law No. 84/2024 was published, partially transposing Directive (EU) 2023/1791 on energy efficiency and also ensuring the implementation of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364...
21/10/2024
AIR QUALITY DIRECTIVE
On October 14th, the European Council formally adopted the Air Quality Directive. This new legislation simplifies the EU's air quality rules by merging two existing Directives (Directives 2004/107/EC...
02/10/2024
Voluntary Carbon Market - Regulation
Three Ministerial Orders have been published today by the Ministry of Environment and Energy regulating the Decree-Law no. 4/2024, which establishes the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). It should be noted...
10/09/2024
Public Consultation for the Partial Transposition of Directive 2023/2413...
The public consultation process has been opened for the submission of comments and documents regarding the partial transposition of Directive (EU) 2023/2413, of 18 October 2023 (RED III). The RED III...
10/09/2024
CMS Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments: An International...
We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2024 edition of our internationally focused Annual Review of English Construction Law Developments. The Annual Review summarises key developments in English...
07/08/2024
Procedures for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Order no. 22/DGEG/2024, of August 5th, was published on the website of the Dir­ect­or­ate-Gen­er­al for Energy and Geology (DGEG), establishing the procedures and exemplary schemes for the design, inspection...
05/08/2024
TMO4+ and “First Ready, First Connected” – musings from the workgroup reports
OverviewThe following is an update to our initial Law Now titled “TMO4+ and “First Ready, First Connected” – reforming a disorderly queue?” dated 29 May 2024 which primarily reported on CUSC...
31/07/2024
Regulation and Opening Notice of the Incentive System for Companies for...
Order no. 176-B/2024/1 of 30th July was published, approving the Regulation of the Incentive System for Companies “Grid Flexibility and Storage”, as part of investment RP-C21-i08 in the context of...