Hydrogen production and
downstream conversion
Offtake / sale / purchase / supply chain and
distribution
Technology / IP, regulation,
incentivization, policy, financing and
financial products
WE HAVE A DECADES-LONG TRACK RECORD OF ADVISING OUR ENERGY CLIENTS ON THE MOST COMPLEX TRANSACTIONS IN THE WORLD.
AS HYDROGEN, AMMONIA, METHANOL AND OTHER GREEN FEEDSTOCKS AND FUELS BECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE ENERGY MIX, WE ARE
ADVISING ON THE BIGGEST PROJECTS AND TRANSACTIONS GLOBALLY.
We are advisers to governments, integrated energy companies, utilities, NOCs, IOCs, lenders, developers, technology
suppliers, engineering companies, contractors and other key industry players, guiding them through their largest and
most complex deals.
We provide services in project development and financing, M&A, capital markets, regulatory advice, policy / incentives
support and legislative drafting, government relations, disputes, intellectual property, antitrust and more.
We practise English, New York, Texas, German, French, Italian, Saudi law and more.
Work highlights include advising NEOM on all aspects of Project Helios,
a $6.5 billion hydrogen and green ammonia
production facility in Saudi Arabia. Powered by 4 GW of wind and solar electricity, this will be the largest renewables
project in history and the world's first and largest green hydrogen and ammonia export project, supplying 1.2 million
tonnes per year of carbon-free ammonia (250,000 tons per year of carbon-free hydrogen) for transportation globally and
saving the world three million tons of CO
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per year.
We are also advising, among many other high-profile projects and transactions, on the following:
• Fortescue Future Industries on the
world's largest green hydrogen supply chain transaction, a joint venture with
E.ON to supply up to 5 million tons of green hydrogen per year to Europe by 2030, as well as numerous other
transactions around the world;
•
JERA on its mega-scale program to procure clean ammonia for co-firing in Japanese power stations;
• ADNOC on the largest ammonia project in the world (with Fertiglobe, Mitsui and GS Energy) in Abu Dhabi;
• Uniper on offtake from the Hyport Duqm Green Ammonia Project in Oman;
• EverWind Fuels on Canada's first green hydrogen and ammonia export project;
• Casa dos Ventos and Comerc on a green hydrogen project in Brazil;
• OCP on a green ammonia pilot project with Shell in Morocco;
• ENEL on the one of the largest green hydrogen projects in the United States; and
• The U.S. Department of Energy on the largest turquoise hydrogen (methane pyrolysis) project in the world.
Unparalleled depth of experience advising
on hydrogen and derivative projects,
transactions and regulation globally
Adding value by providing forward-
thinking insight and leadership to the
emerging hydrogen market
Partnering with clients to help them
influence policy and create bankable
models for hydrogen projects
Proactive, crisp and commercial
advice to provide solutions to the
toughest and most critical issues
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A Global Elite Law Firm with a
50-Attorney Hydrogen Industry Team
Shearman & Sterling's Global Hydrogen Industry Team
has deep experience in all aspects of the hydrogen value chain, including:
