In a historic deal for the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, Hogan Lovells assisted The Crown Estate on the signing of the lease for the country’s first commercial-scale CCS project, headed by the Northern Endurance Partnership.

In a strategic deal that was initially disclosed in October 2025, Dentons provided advice to the founders of Ports Services and Storage Company Limited (PSSC) regarding the completion of the transfer of a 51% ownership stake in PSSC to Sustainable Infrastructure Holding Company (SISCO Holding).

Hogan Lovells under the direction of partner Dr. Carla Luh, has advised Terralayr, a prominent energy flexibility company, on the successful financial close of a €60 million senior secured debt financing for a portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Germany. This is Terralayr’s largest debt financing to date.

In a formal merger agreement to be purchased by Smithfield Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SFD) for $102 in cash per outstanding share, which represents an enterprise value of over $450 million, Akerman said that it is representing its client Nathan’s Famous, Inc. (Nasdaq: NATH).

The Oxford Instruments Pension Scheme Trustee has received advice from Norton Rose Fulbright on its £213 million buy-in with Royal London.

Hogan Lovells, under the direction of Dr. Carla Luh, has given German-Norwegian large-scale battery storage specialist ECO STOR financial advice about the Schuby large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Hogan Lovells, led by Frankfurt partner Dr. Jochen Seitz, provided advice on the placement of a subordinated Tier 2 green bond of Bayerische Landesbank with an issue volume of EUR 500 million to a syndicate of banks that included Banco Santander, S.A., Bayerische Landesbank, BofA Securities Europe SA, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and…

David Kitchin is a new associate in the Corporate and Business Transactions Practice Group of Spencer Fane LLP’s Nashville office.

In 2010, Facundo Maciel Bo graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in law with a focus on public and administrative law. He also earned a master’s degree in administrative law from Universidad Austral in 2019.

The London office of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (“SGR”) is happy to welcome Associate Aisha Hirani.