Valerie Lawlor
Europe Guide 2024
Band 1 : Energy & Natural Resources
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About
Provided by Valerie Lawlor
Practice Areas
Corporate Advisory & Governance, Energy & Natural Resources, M&A
Career
Qualified in 1997 (England & Wales), 1998 (Ireland). Graduate of Trinity College, Dublin (LLB), Cambridge University in 1994 (LLM) and College of Law, Chester in 1995 (LPC). Valerie qualified as a solicitor with Slaughter and May in London, joined McCann FitzGerald in 1997 and became a partner in 2004.
Valerie advises on corporate and commercial matters, and has a particular expertise in renewables, energy and natural resources law.
Valerie has been centrally involved in the Irish energy market since its liberalisation in the early 2000s. She has extensive experience advising on renewables, clean energy and sustainability projects for project acquirers, developers and offtakers as well as the sector regulators, such as the Commission for Regulation of Utilities and the Single Electricity Market Operator.
Chambers Review
Europe
Valerie Lawlor is a top-tier practitioner who advises on transactions and joint ventures in the renewable energy sphere, with experience acting on the acquisition of wind farms.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Valerie Lawlor is someone you want on your side. She is sharp, well briefed on the law and a safe pair of hands."
"Valerie Lawlor is someone you want on your side. She is sharp, well briefed on the law and a safe pair of hands."