A year of significant merger and acquisition activity and finance deals has resulted in Bristol-headquartered national law firm TLT maintaining its ranking among the world’s top advisers in clean energy.
The firm repeated last year’s success in the Global league tables produced by leading industry platform Clean Energy Pipeline, with it claiming fourth place again for its volume of merger and acquisition deals. 
It is also ranked eighth – the same position as last year – for the number of project and asset finance deals it has completed.
In the past months, TLT’s clean energy team has worked with high-profile clients including Alpha Real Renewables, Arlington Energy, Conrad Energy, Low Carbon, Santander and Triodos Bank and was also appointed to listed energy supplier SSE’s new legal panel to deliver real estate services including planning advice. It was commended in the Best Law Firms 2020 list in The Times.
TLT partner and head of clean energy and real estate Maria Connolly, pictured, said: “We’re delighted to be ranked as a top global law firm by Clean Energy Pipeline. 
“This reflects the level and nature of work we undertake in the sector, from debt funding some of the first energy storage and electric vehicle charging infrastructure projects to the acquisition and disposal of cross-jurisdictional portfolios of single and mixed technology assets.
“The clean energy market continues to innovate and deploy new solutions to help the UK meet its commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. While we may see increased scrutiny around project modelling and risk appetite as a result of the global pandemic, investor appetite to support the project pipeline remains strong and the sector is viable.”
TLT’s full service clean energy team operates across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and regularly advises on ‘first-of-a-kind’ projects, including subsidy-free, multi-technology, energy storage, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and cleantech.
It has continued to grow in the last year during which it appointed Michael Spence as real estate partner.
It acts for all parties including developers, banks, equity investors, contractors and suppliers and has advised government departments on the implementation and operation of energy efficiency and renewables policy.
Clean Energy Pipeline’s global league tables rank the most active investors, law firms, financial advisers and project debt finance arrangers in the global clean energy sector.
