Life Sciences Law Update
Amy Cleaves
Senior Associate Corporate & Finance
Languages
English
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Acclaimed for her innovative leadership and dedication to helping clients build a more sustainable and inclusive future, Amy regularly advises clients on renewable energy projects, ESG policies and regulations, social inclusion funds, corporate governance arrangements, and how the global energy transition will affect companies.
She is experienced in advising on international energy projects and transactions, including offshore and onshore wind, CCUS, wave, tidal and power projects, and oil and gas pipeline matters, including regulatory regimes, asset acquisition, new country entry across Eurasia and Africa, and renewable energy financing.
Amy has been named an “ESG Rising Star” by IJGlobal, a “Leading Associate” by the Legal 500, and is a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Young Innovator, having spent 10 months on an intensive course with the UN Global Compact being trained on delivering the SDGs to corporates. Amy has spoken at the UN General Assembly and the UK House of Lords about the role the law (and law firms) must play in protecting the planet.
She is a founding member of the firm’s global ESG leadership team and has been the architect of some of the group’s most innovative client offerings, including the award-winning ESG Global Vision tool and the unique ESG360o consulting framework.
Amy is a member of the firm's gender equality committee and sits on the Social Enterprise Board.
Representative experience
The Crown Estate on the whole of its offshore wind portfolio in England and Wales, including its recent £9bn “Round 4” tender process to deliver 7GW of new offshore wind capacity in the UK.
The Crown Estate on the design and implementation of its new leasing round for floating offshore wind generation in the Celtic Sea.
A global e-commerce company on its grid connection and electricity supply agreements in the UK.
Vodafone on a major renewable energy transaction involving a series of solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Centrica Energy Marketing & Trading and Mytilineos for five solar farms in the UK.
IFC and the City of Belgrade in connection with all aspects of the €750m PPP project to design, construct and operate a 103MW waste to energy facility in Serbia, a first of a kind project.
Vodafone on its climate-related disclosures, commitments to the SDGs and green power purchase arrangements.
A private equity fund on the establishment of a responsible investment policy, ESG regulation in the UK and Europe and the SDGs.
The UK Government on the establishment of new social inclusion funds focusing on youth employment and access to sustainable loans, including fund structuring and investment criteria.
Credentials
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2016
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, 2014
- B.A., History, University of Warwick, 2013
Court admissions
- England and Wales
Memberships
- Law Society of England and Wales