Andrew Shaw
Partner Corporate & Finance
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Andrew Shaw is a partner in the firm’s Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects team, and has more than 20 years’ experience in energy law.
He advises major players throughout the international energy sector on energy transition matters (e.g. hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, CCUS and DAC), renewables (e.g. wind, solar, BESS and geothermal), petrochemicals, and conventional oil, gas and LNG projects and transactions.
Andrew is deeply experienced in commercial contracts across the energy value chain, advising on engineering, design, supply, transportation, installation, construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning agreements, as well as technology licensing and commodity sale and purchase agreements (including feedstock and offtake), and advises many international companies on strategy in this area.
Andrew has worked on such matters across Europe, North America, Latin America, the C.I.S, Africa, the Middle East, China, South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Arctic.
Representative experience
Northern Ireland Water, HYRO and Statera on their 1MW, 22.5W (portfolio) and 3GW, respectively, green hydrogen projects in the United Kingdom.*
Equinor on the Saltend blue hydrogen project in the United Kingdom.*
Repsol on its green hydrogen, green ammonia and renewable methanol projects in Spain.*
Cadent on a hydrogen distribution network as part of the HyNet project and, separately, on the design and construction of hydrogen pipelines (500m, 1.2km and 12km) in the United Kingdom.*
Tree Energy Solutions on the Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal / green energy hub in Germany.*
Innargi on template contracts for its geothermal projects in Europe.*
Various companies on commodity sale and purchase agreements, including gas, LNG, hydrogen and ammonia, including a pathfinder green ammonia SPA for a project in Oman.*
Flotation Energy on the Morcambe (fixed) and White Cross (floating) offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom.*
Vivo Energy on solar, BESS and thermal power projects in various jurisdictions in Africa.*
Equinor on the Rosebank FPSO project in the UKCS, the BM-C-33 FPSO project in Brazil and the Bay Du Nord FPRO project in Canada.*
Vedanta on an alkaline-surfactant-polymer chemicals project in India.*
Repsol on a gas commercialisation project in Indonesia.*
Dragon Energy on two solar farms for provision of power to the Dragon LNG terminal in Wales.*
GasLog on the Project Alexandropoulos FSRU project in Greece.*
Interconnector UK Limited on its interconnector access agreement.*
Neptune Energy on the Cygnus field fixed platform development in the UKCS.*
Valero on nitrogen supply facilities for its refinery in Wales.*
A global energy company, Harbour Energy, NSMP and Storegga on the Acorn CCS project in the United Kingdom.*
A global energy company on the Holland Kust West offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
- LLB with honours, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 2000
- Solicitor, Scotland