Kay Hobbs

Kay has worked exclusively in the future energy sector for over 15 years, having advised on some of the largest and most complex transactions the sector has seen. She specialises in the corporate aspects of future energy projects including advising on acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, profit share arrangements and corporate structuring.

Kay has been recognised in The Lawyer as one of Europe’s Elite, and Kay’s corporate future energy team was ranked in the top ten most influential law firms in clean energy M&A worldwide in Clean Energy Pipeline’s 2026 Clean Energy Legal League Table for the number of M&A deals undertaken in the clean energy sector.

Jurisdiction: England & Wales

• Advising Low Carbon on the sale of the large DCO project Gate Burton, located in Lincolnshire, to EDF Renewables. This project was one of three schemes to be granted a Development Consent Order (DCO) by the Secretary of State in 2024. TLT also recently advised on the sale of a 435 MW solar and battery portfolio from Low Carbon to global integrated energy company TotalEnergies.
• Advising Uniper on its securing of a 46.2 MW wind project in Scotland from Energiekontor and on its acquisition of a 45 MW solar PV project in Scotland from Solar 2.
• Advising Capital Dynamics on its first investment into a battery energy storage project via its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Penwortham Battery Energy Storage project alongside Shaw Energy. This was closely followed by advising Capital Dynamics on its first investment into a battery energy storage project in Northern Ireland via its 50% acquisition of the Islandmagee battery storage project alongside Newbridge Energy and Solo Renewables, and on its third battery storage investment in 6 months via its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Rochdale battery energy storage project alongside Shaw Energy.
• Advising Dalmore Capital on the acquisition of a river hydropower portfolio in Scotland from Edge Hydro Investments Limited. This transaction marks Dalmore Capital’s second major acquisition. TLT also advised on its £44.1m acquisition of nine hydropower sites from TriplePoint Energy Transition.
• Advising Ecotricity on the sale of The Electric Highway, the world’s first nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

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She has acted for a wide range of developers, utilities, debt and equity funders including Uniper, Eku Energy, Dalmore Capital, Chint Solar, BOOM Power, Ampyr, BlackRock, Bluefield, Capital Dynamics, Ecotricity, Field Energy, Low Carbon, Lightsource, NTR, Pulse Energy, Santander, SSE, TagEnergy, Thrive Renewables, Trina, and Triplepoint to name just a few.