Biography
Lis is a counsel in our Project Development and Finance Group in London. She has more than 25 years' experience in the energy sector and specialises in the regulation, operation and optimisation of energy assets in the renewables, gas and thermal generation sectors.
Lis advises project developers, energy and utility companies, banks, funds, commodities trading houses and governments on connection, offtake, fuel supply, renewables subsidies and support regimes and REMIT. She has particular skill and expertise in developing complex route to market arrangements and in recent years she has been involved in negotiating many of the key corporate PPAs in the European market, both physically and financially settled.
She has spent several extended periods in house on secondment to large energy companies in structured trading and development roles and brings a highly practical approach to navigating the complexities of the energy sector.
Experience
Elements Green
Representation of Elements Green, a UK-based renewable energy developer on a series of financings supporting the delivery of its Staythorpe Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and the ongoing expansion of its pipeline of solar and energy storage projects.
Vifor wind farm
Representation of a club of eight commercial banks and international financial institutions on the up-to-€331 million financing of the construction of the 269MW second phase of the Vifor wind farm in Romania.
Highview Power's Carrington Liquid Air Energy Storage project
Representation of Highview Power, a long-duration energy storage pioneer with proprietary cryogenic energy storage technology, on a £300 million combined debt and equity investment for the first in its pipeline of commercial-scale liquid air energy storage (LAES) plants in the UK. The Carrington Liquid Air Energy Storage project has recently been awarded the "Market Impact Award" by IJ Global.
West Burton B CCGT and Battery Storage
Representation of EIG on the agreement to acquire the 1332 MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station and 49 MW battery at West Burton B in Nottinghamshire, England from EDF Energy. West Burton B CCGT is EDF's only gas-fired power station in the UK and has three combined cycle units with a combined output of 1332 MW, generating enough electricity for approximately 1.5 million UK homes. The West Burton battery is one of Europe's largest battery storage assets with installed capacity of 49MW.
BESS Projects in the UK
Representation of NatWest and UK Infrastructure Bank on a £125 million project financing to Sheaf Energy, for the development of its 249MW Battery Energy Storage System at Richborough Energy Park in England.
Representation of NatWest on a project financing to Varco Energy, for the development of its 142.5MW Battery Energy Storage System at the Rainhill Road Industrial Estate and 57MW Battery Energy Storage System at the Capenhurst Electricity Distribution Site in England.
Hornsea II offshore transmission assets
Representation of John Laing on the acquisition of a portfolio of infrastructure assets, including the Hornsea 2 OFTO assets, from HICL Infrastructure PLC (HICL), a FTSE 250 company which is managed by InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, for £204 million.
West Burton Energy
Representation of West Burton Energy and its wholly owned subsidiary West Burton B Limited (together WBE) on the £350 million refinancing of its 1332MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) and 49MW Battery Energy Storage System plant located in Nottinghamshire, UK.
Cambridge
Cambridge
Leading Partner, Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power (including electricity and nuclear), Legal 500 UK 2026
Speaker, Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Policy Conference November 2020
Speaker/Panellist, Future of Energy Seminar, Future Economy Network 2019
Speaker and session chair, Solar and Storage Live 2019
Speaker, European Renewable Investors Council April 2017
Contributor to "Solar Power: A Practical Handbook"
"Energy storage post-Brexit: How will it fare?" Energy Industry Times March 2017
"Corporate PPAs" the European Renewable Investors Council April 2017
