Gary Carter Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Head Office, Millstream, Windsor

In depth experience of procurement across thermal and renewables energy including:• Distributed energy – recently procured EPC and O&M contracts for a 49.9MW FFR battery storage facility - the largest in the UK, and for two 50MW fast start reciprocating gas engine facilities• Offshore Wind – procuring the £1bn Lincs Wind Farm development including all construction, turbine supply, cabling, substation, jack-up vessel and marine spread contracts• Lead counsel on the 50% equity share sale of the Lincs Wind Farm (pre-construction) to Dong and Siemens and then assisting on the £500m project financing of the development• Procuring the £2bn Race Bank Wind Farm ready to construct and then assisting on the sale of the pre-construction development• Thermal Projects: negotiating £100m plus replanting of an existing power station for successful entry into the Capacity Market Mechanism; generally negotiating and procuring upgrades to existing gas and steam turbines; advising the business on legal aspects of over £300m of existing O&M agreements • Biomass – advising on potential Biomass acquisitions and associated plant, infrastructure and woodchip supply• Breadth of commercial/energy related experience including financing and security documentation, direct agreements, crossing agreements, power purchase agreements, IT agreements, consultancy and range of framework agreements and drafting precedent contractsIn depth experience in dispute resolution at Centrica including:• Arbitration - Lead counsel in a £multimillion complex 3 week Arbitration relating to the costs of remedying defects on an offshore wind farm including preliminary hearings and mediations • LNG - settling a £multimillion LNG dispute with 6 other shippers re an LNG terminal• Managing out a CCGT EPC new build major defective pressure pipe issue leading up to takeover

London, United Kingdom

In depth experience in contentious and non-contentious construction law at Eversheds, including:• Project solicitor to the King's Cross Channel Tunnel Rail Link new Northern Ticket Hall (on secondment, having advised on the procurement of the project). A £1bn civil engineering development, building new tunnels, main ticket hall and escalators. Assisted the Balfour Beatty/Costain JV to procure and deliver the project, reporting directly to the JV Board and management team. Developed an intimate knowledge of the NEC suite of documents• Seconded to Jarvis plc headquarters reporting directly to the Group Commercial Director; dealing with a range of commercial and litigious matters for Jarvis Construction & Infrastructure• Supported Projects team in the London Underground privatisation, including being seconded to Metronet (Infraco SSL) during the transition period to advise on a broad range of commercial, procurement, dispute, civils and rail matters• Supporting the Projects team on all construction aspects of PFI (schools) and PPP projects• Advising developers on procuring the construction and consultancy contracts for key City and West End developments, and regularly supporting the Real Estate team• Extensive dispute resolution experience, including several high value mediations, arbitrations and adjudications and two high value multi-party construction development cases taken to the Court of Appeal

Master’S Degree, Construction Law & Arbitration, Msc Merit

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics & Accountancy, Bsc(Hons) 2:1