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Shashank Krishna

Shashank Krishna leads the London energy practice and advises clients in the energy, infrastructure, defence sectors, focusing on Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Shashank has an international clientele with experience across multiple industries, focusing on renewables, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, clean transport, infrastructure and defence. He also has experience in conventional power, oil & gas, LNG, refining and petrochemicals, EnergyTech, ESG, and metals, mining, and commodities.

His legal work primarily centers around M&A, joint ventures, project development and financing related to intricate and high-value energy and infrastructure projects throughout the value chain.

Having practiced law in prominent international firms in London, Singapore, and New Delhi, Shashank has worked on transactions in nearly 50 jurisdictions, amounting to nearly $100 billion in value. His advisory roster exceeds 28 GW across technologies in the power sector alone.

Shashank has also been involved in notable pro bono projects, including providing legal advice to the Governments of Sierra Leone and Nepal.

The UK electricity grid queue has become one of the most consequential bottlenecks for data centre development, with contracted demand now exceeding 125 GW against a national peak of 45 GW. Ofgem’s updated Demand Connections Reform strategy introduces new rules on who can connect, how fast, and on what terms.
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