Daniel Mewton

Daniel is a member of our infrastructure, energy and natural resources practice. He has a broad practice advising clients on all aspects of complex domestic and international projects, and on complex commercial contracts. Daniel also has extensive experience assisting clients in navigating and resolving disputes in the infrastructure and energy space.

Highlights include advising:  

Transactional experience 

• An international energy company on a series of different matters relating to existing and new nuclear power plants (including capital investment, decommissioning arrangements and life extension matters) 

• Tata Steel on a £500 million grant funding agreement from HMG for the construction of an electric arc furnace  

• Hyphen Hydrogen Energy as lead global counsel on the multi-billion US dollar structuring and development of a vertically integrated large scale green hydrogen and green ammonia production project 

• An international energy company on the development of a green hydrogen project in Jordan and related commercial arrangements with the Government of Jordan 

• A sōgō shōsha on the development of a green hydrogen production project in the UK 

• Ørsted on its disposal of a 50% interest in the 752 MW Borssele wind farm to Norges Bank Investment Management for EUR 1.375 billion 

• The Department for Transport on various matters relating to international rail contractual arrangements and infrastructure in the UK

• A bunkering marine fuel supplier on bespoke e-methanol fuel supply agreements

• A data centre developer on power supply arrangements in respect of several current and putative development sites

• Viridor and KKR in respect of Viridor’s energy-from-waste business

• Drax on its agreement with National Grid for the provision of a “winter contingency” service at the request of HMG from October 2022 to March 2023

Dispute Resolution 

• A number of English football clubs on adjudications and other disputes arising in connection with stadium development or redevelopment work

• An international chemicals company on (i) disputes arising with a joint venture partner in respect of unwinding costs of an end-of-life facility; and (ii) disputes with the landlord of one of its production sites in relation to the redevelopment of part of the site

• An independent power producer on successfully defending an arbitration brought by a Middle Eastern government seeking to invalidate a power purchase agreement providing c. $10 billion of revenues over its term

• A beneficiary under a $183 million on-demand bond issued by a PRC bank on successfully obtaining an arbitration award ordering the bank to honour the performance bond

• An employer on ongoing arbitration proceedings against its EPC contractor in respect of delays and defects which arose in respect of a large power plant

• The charterer of an FSRU on ongoing arbitration proceedings against the disponent owner of the Vessel

• Various commercial parties on the fallout and impact on their projects of the collapse of ISG