John is a Partner specialising in the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on power and renewables and the role zero carbon energy can play in decarbonising industry and transport. He provided development and investment advice across these sectors as we re-wire and re-plumb the country to reach Net Zero by 2050.
John leads very large scale and complex land and development projects, repurposing brownfield sites for renewable energy generation and storage whilst delivering new communities and workplaces. He is involved in several nationally significant new infrastructure projects spanning large scale power generation, renewables, energy storage, hydrogen, and carbon capture. Increasingly, we are advising clients on how these new technologies can help decarbonise other sectors including logistics parks, ports, airports, gigafactories and data centres.
Key clients
- ABP
- British Airways
- Britishvolt
- Horizon Nuclear Power
- Orsted
- RWE
- SSE
- The Crown Estate
- Uniper
Recent projects
Whilst the majority of his work is confidential, John has been involved in the sale of some of the UK’s largest brownfield sites including around 15 fossil fuel power stations for alternative uses, as well as surplus sites for the major water companies and port and airport operators. He has transacted several thousand acres of development land in his career. He has advised several nationally significant infrastructure projects spanning thermal energy, offshore wind, energy storage, nuclear power, data centres and major port redevelopment projects. John is involved in funding infrastructure projects and releasing capital from existing assets through real estate fundings structures including ground leases and income strips. He also carries out high level strategic consulting to help corporates to leverage value from their real estate assets.
