Wright Hassall

Posted by Carolyn Pearce on 5 August 2010 | 0 Comments

Wright Hassall is one of the West Midland’s leading commercial law firms and advises a broad range of clients: from multi-national to public authorities and owner managed businesses.  The firm has recognised the opportunities to advise in the low carbon market and has put together a specialist team to advise in this area.

 Wright Hassall has advised clients within the low carbon sector across a number of areas including:

• Patenting and protecting new renewable energy products

• Advising listed companies within the renewable energy sector on their corporate requirements

• Advising landowners in relation to biomass plants ad wind turbines

• Advising public sector organisations on their sustainability obligations with regard to regeneration projects and commercial developments.

• Advising on the grant of flexible lettings in innovation centres and science parks

• Advising on funding and grant schemes for science parks.

• Acting for an EU consortium which is carrying out a collective research project relating to biotechnology funded by European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme.

• Acted in connection with the exploitation of know how and the patentability of a certain sustainability energy technology prior to drafting and reviewing agreements relating to its potential commercial development

• Acted for the purchaser of successful waste management company valued at £3.5 million. The nature of the business entailed careful consideration of the environmental ramifications of the work the company had carried out.

Clients include:

• Ocean Power Technologies, a wave power business

• The Rhead Group- Design, planning, procurement, construction within the energy sector.