Hydrogen
One of the most promising ways to achieve a reductionof greenhouse gas emissions is the replacement offossil fuels by alternative climate-friendly options. The
use of hydrogen will play a key role in this transition.
We help our clients to maneuver the developing legal
regimes for hydrogen usage and advise on market
entry strategies and regulatory requirements
worldwide.
One of the most promising ways to achieve a reductionof greenhouse gas emissions is the replacement offossil fuels by alternative climate-friendly options. The
use of hydrogen will play a key role in this transition.
We help our clients maneuver the developing legal
regimes for hydrogen usage and advise on market
entry strategies and regulatory requirements
worldwide.
As a full-service law firm, we have extensive know-how
in all areas of law that may become relevant in thecontext of hydrogen projects. In particular, our global
team has extensive experience in energy regulatory law,energy trading law, and public commercial law. We
have successfully advised on the development,
financing, and construction of numerous infrastructure
projects, with a particular expertise in the areas ofnatural gas, power and renewables.
Clients benefit not only from our regional expertise, but
especially from our global approach: Our initiative H2Lconnects our lawyers worldwide to collaborate, share

Contacts
Mary Anne Sullivan,
Washington, D.C.

Practices
Government Relations
and Public Affairs
Infrastructure, Energy,Resources, and Projects
Transportation
Energy Regulatory
Climate Change

Industries
Energy and NaturalResourcesexperience, and learn from the developments in thehydrogen sector worldwide.

Representative experience
Advising a bidder seeking to acquire British Steel fromliquidation, including negotiations in relation to a UK
government support package and clean hydrogen steel
fabrication.
Advising a UK hydrogen car manufacturer on corporate
and financing issues.
Assisting a client in negotiations concerning
participation in a demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cellproviding back-up for wind and solar supplies toprovide a 24/7 carbon free power supply.
Assisting a client in applying for federal R&D funding
to demonstrate the feasibility of producing hydrogen at
a nuclear power plant that will generate power at a
nearby gas plant.
A fuel cell developer in connection with the negotiationof fuel cell energy services agreements for over 100
commercial and industrial customer sites.
An independent power producer in connection with anumber of energy storage projects in New York.
Advising an Asian renewables company on due
diligence and site screening for a potential novel bluehydrogen production development in Australia.
German gas network operators on potential impacts of
the upcoming regulatory regime for hydrogen
infrastructure.
An infrastructure investor on potential rededication ofexisting gas network infrastructure for the usage ashydrogen pipeline, expected impacts on network fee
regulation and risk of shut down scenarios.

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