Birketts LLP

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property, corporate services, litigation and private client advisory.

Our Energy and Infrastructure Team provides strategic and practical advice for clients developing and constructing energy projects, with a particular focus on real estate, planning, commercial, and construction aspects. Our expert lawyers have deep knowledge and understanding of the critical issues and requirements in the energy sector, covering clean energy and renewable projects such as solar, wind, anaerobic digestion (AD), battery storage, electric vehicles (EV), heat and decarbonisation of oil and gas. Additionally, we have specialist teams for utilities and telecommunications.

Birketts is defined by our next level law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face. Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do.

With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.