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Ross Howells

Senior Associate

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About

Ross advises on a variety of transactional construction matters with a particular focus on renewable energy, infrastructure and defence work. His clients include a wide range of stakeholders including funders, developers and contractors across a range of projects including complicated, bespoke and/or international structures.

He is involved in various internal boards and committees including several key client programmes, the Hydrogen working group, the Critical Minerals working group, and the BeEngaged Committee (Burges Salmon’s Corporate Social Responsibility committee).

Ross has gained experience in-house on secondment with UPS, based in their European headquarters in Brussels. During this time, Ross was responsible for all legal matters arising within the UK, Ireland and the Nordics.

Prior to joining Burges Salmon, he was a lawyer at an international law firm specialising in marine, energy and international trade matters, where he had a specific interest in offshore renewable projects.

Experience

  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners & Alcemi (JV): Advising on the 500MW / 1,000MWh Devilla Energy Storage project in Fife.
  • Green Lithium Refining: Advising our client on the construction of the UK’s first carbon neutral lithium refining plant in based in Teesside.
  • Thyssenkrupp Nucera: Advising on preliminary contracts in relation to our client’s intial support and electrolyser supplier to the NEOM Project, located in Saudi Arabia.
  • Simply Blue Group: Negotiating various construction packages relating to the Salamander Project, a 200MW offshore wind project located on the east coast of Scotland.
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: Advising on the substantial restructuring and re-procurement of DEFRA’s facility management services across a substantial UK property portfolio (c. £300 million).

Credentials

  • Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2018)

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