| Legal Response Initiative | Stand-out | Setting up the Legal Response Initiative | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | A team of more than 150 lawyers provided advice to Oxfam, the WWF and other non-governmental organisations during the Copenhagen climate change summit and beyond |
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| Norton Rose | Stand-out | UK offshore wind farms: advising the Crown Estate | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | The firm’s role went beyond strict legal advice as a key voice in developing the world’s biggest renewable energy project, which is expected to produce 30,000MW of green power by 2020 |
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| Eversheds | Stand-out | Renewing Cornwall | 7 | 8 | 6 | 21 | The secondment of a partner to Cornwall Council has established an ambitious climate-change programme, including fleets of electric cars for staff and energy self-sufficiency by 2025 |
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| Simmons & Simmons | Stand-out | Carbon Leapfrog | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Partner Steven McNab plays a key role in a charity that unites multidisciplinary skills to advise relevant sustainability projects on a pro bono basis |
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| Linklaters | Stand-out | Developing a climate risk tool for HSBC and Railpen | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | The tool has enabled asset owners to assess the impact of climate change on their long-term investments |
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| De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Stand-out | First model agreement for green investment schemes | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Developed a manual to operate as a non-compulsory platinum standard, ensuring revenues from the sale of carbon credits are used on sustainable projects |
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| Herbert Smith | Highly commended | Enabling the decommissioning of future UK nuclear generators | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 | A clever approach to tax and funds law that will give clients Centrica and EDF an edge in their bid to build the UK’s nuclear capacity |
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| Eversheds | Highly commended | UK offshore wind farms: advising a bid consortium | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | Helped reconcile the multiple interests of the bid consortium members with those of the Crown Estate on a groundbreaking renewable-energy deal |
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| Herbert Smith | Highly commended | Furthering the agenda of sustainability in the built environment | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | Took on a leadership role in developing groundbreaking equity and debt finance solutions, including solar projects in developing economies such as India |
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| De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | Highly commended | The Luz Verde programme: distribution of 30m light bulbs in Mexico | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | The debt finance structure developed by the firm enabled the project to be completed in time to be used at Copenhagen as an example of a successful clean development mechanism scheme |
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| Burges Salmon | Highly commended | Pay As You Save scheme | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 | By designing a mechanism to spread the cost of refurbishing a property over a number of years and successive owners, the firm has facilitated the “greening” of UK homes |
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| Anderson Strathern | Highly commended | Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters wave and tidal development | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | Worked to complete the world’s first renewable marine energy-generation development agreements with the Crown Estate |
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| Clifford Chance | Commended | Wind power project in Cape Verde | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Power purchase and government support agreements transformed a poor net importer of expensive dirty energy into an exporter of renewable energy |
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| Clifford Chance | Commended | Making carbon markets work | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Packaged environmental assets in new ways to create a more liquid market in carbon. Investors see the firm as a pioneer in the boardroom |
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| CMS Cameron McKenna | Commended | UK carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot demonstration | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Working for National Grid Carbon, the firm helped shape the emerging CCS market in the UK. It created confidence in the new field by drawing parallels with existing industries |
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| Wragge & Co | Commended | Using public land to generate sustainable energy | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | Helped Partnerships for Renewables create a flexible framework to develop public land for sustainable energy generation |
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| Uría Menéndez | Commended | Biodiversity and landscape legislation for a Spanish national park | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | By drafting legislation to give concrete protection to the landscape and traditions of the autonomous Asturias region, the firm is developing the basis for a new sustainable economy for the region |
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| Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii | Commended | Legal incentive scheme for renewables | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | Taking an active role in proposing and drafting amendments to a law intended to encourage alternative energy production |
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| Portolano Colella Cavallo | Commended | Novel approach to land acquisition for Italian renewables projects | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | Devised a template for securing an option on land in Italy. This significantly speeds up the process of launching sustainable energy projects and has increased confidence among developers |
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| Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer | Commended | Sustainability code for the German property industry | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | Working with a German property federation and leading scientists, the firm helped balance environmental and commercial principles. |
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| Addleshaw Goddard | Commended | Carbon Connect | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | Created a bridge between parliament, business and the public sector to promote smart policy in various areas, including sustainability |
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