Stephen has over 25 years of energy sector litigation experience. Following 10 years in an international city firm’s commercial dispute resolution department he joined a national law firm where as a partner he established and led its commercial disputes department in Bristol.

Stephen now exclusively represents renewable energy and clean tech clients on disputes involving:

• competition law and licencing claims in connection with gas distribution and supply;

• navigation, fishing and other marine disputes in connection with UK offshore wind farms;

• administrative law challenges arising from the funding, accreditation and regulation of the generation and supply of renewable energy and the businesses and technologies operating in that sector;

• trades in renewable energy certificates;

• consumer protection around the supply and installation of domestic renewable energy generating systems;

• district heating projects; and

• embedded renewable energy generation projects.

Stephen has previously been a recommended lawyer in Chambers.

recent experience includes:

Stephen has a broad spectrum of clients from across the renewable energy and clean tech sector including: RWE, Orsted, SSE and Ecotricity (generators of renewable electricity from offshore and onshore wind farms) Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (administrators of the Renewable Energy Consumer Code and various certification schemes for green gas, compost, packaging and biofertilizer); RSK and Brown & May Marine Limited (engineering and fishing liaison services to the offshore wind industry); CNG (engineering company in the biogas sector); S&C Electric Company (engineering business specialising in electricity generation and distribution) and Alpha Real Capital (renewable energy investment funds).

previous work history

Stephen joined Lux Nova Partners following 11 years as a dispute resolution partner at Bond Dickinson and prior to that as a solicitor for 9 years in the litigation department of international firm Nabarro.