Rhiannon Elias
Senior Associate London
Rhiannon is a senior associate in the London Projects Group.
Rhiannon focusses on construction and project development aspects and has advised on a wide range of projects across the energy (renewables and conventional power), infrastructure and transport sectors.
She has predominantly acted on projects in the UK, Europe and Africa.
- Advising (as Projects Counsel) in relation to the development of two offshore wind farm projects in England with a capacity of over 3 GW.
- Advising a major national utility on its acquisition of a portfolio of over 50 operational onshore wind turbines in the UK.
- Advising Gulf Energy in relation to an EPC Contract for a 1000 MW coal fired power plant in Lamu, Kenya.
- Advising global solar developer Lightsource bp on the sale of a portfolio of 58 operational assets to a consortium comprising GLIL Infrastructure and Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
- Advising on contractual arrangements in relation to the construction and operation of several battery energy storage systems.
Education
2005 – 2009 – University of Nottingham – Economics with French, BA (Hons) (third year spent at Université Toulouse 1 Capitole)
2010 – 2011 – BPP Law School – GDL
2012 – 2013 – University of Law – LPC
- PressWFW advises Guinea as US$24bn Simandou African mega-project closes
- PressWFW advises L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund on acquisition of minority stake in East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm
- AwardWFW Deal Wins Refinance Deal of the Year – Solar PV MENA at IJ Global Awards
- PressWFW advises Lightsource bp on sale of 58 operational solar parks
- ArticleKey takeaways from the new UK Battery Strategy
