The Crown Estate Appoints Legal Advisors to Energy and Infrastructure Portfolio (UK)

The Crown Estate today announced that it has appointed Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson to sit on the legal panel for its energy and infrastructure portfolio.

The two firms recently emerged from a competitive tender process which aimed to consolidated legal advice across an extremely diverse portfolio.

• Norton Rose Fulbright will be responsible for advising The Crown Estate on its activities in offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, wave and tidal energy, natural gas storage and emerging technologies such as biomass.
• Bond Dickinson will concentrate on advising The Crown Estate on its successful marine aggregates business as well as on its interests in transmission and pipelines.

Both firms sat on the previous energy and infrastructure panel and will now work closely together on any overlapping areas of activity and to co-ordinate advice with The Crown Estate’s dedicated legal advisors in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Legal Director, Vivienne King, said: “The energy and infrastructure portfolio is one of the most diverse and exciting parts of our business making for an extremely competitive tender process. Having worked with both Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson before, we know that they share our values and understand our ambitions for a portfolio which is at the forefront of the offshore low carbon industry.”

Stephen Parish, Chairman, Europe, Middle East and Asia, Norton Rose Fulbright said: “We are delighted to continue this important relationship.  The UK offshore energy sector promises exciting developments in the coming years and we look forward to working closely with The Crown Estate so that it may achieve its ambitions and further such developments through its energy and infrastructure portfolio.”

Nick Page, Bond Dickinson’s Chairman and Relationship Partner for The Crown Estate said: “We are delighted to have been reappointed to the energy and infrastructure panel.  We look forward to continuing to strengthen our relationship with The Crown Estate and making a contribution to key areas of their business.” 

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Press release, July 16, 2013; Image: niras