Natasha Luther-Jones

Partner, Global Co-Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Sector and International Head, Sustainability & ESG, DLA Piper

Natasha has over 20 years' experience of helping a range of clients with renewable energy (with a particular focus on wind, solar and storage) and other energy transition projects in the UK and internationally.

Natasha advises on developments, investments, financings, refinancings, acquisitions, disposals, and all the key project documentations (EPCs, O&Ms, service agreements and PPAs). She works with developers, contractors, equity investors, purchasers, sellers, utilities and off-takers in respect of the development, construction and operation of energy transition projects.

She has been assisting companies in meeting their sustainability objectives particularly through her instrumental role in developing DLA Piper's leading corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) practice (virtual and physical). Natasha has been heavily involved in the evolving corporate PPA landscape internationally since 2009, having worked on early sleeved PPAs in the UK.

She has led on the development of DLA Piper's leading international corporate PPA practice and was responsible for the firm's own corporate PPA with NextEnergy. DLA Piper is the first law firm anywhere in the world to sign a corporate PPA.

Natasha consistently earns top rankings in Legal 500 and Chambers since 2016. She regularly receives awards such as The Lawyer Hot 100 and Yorkshire Lawyer of the Year. Natasha's inclusion in A Word About Wind's Legal Power List in 2020 and 2022 emphasizes her influence in the global wind industry. Natasha's team has also garnered numerous accolades, including Inspiratia's Law Firm of the Year: Renewables in 2023 and Project Finance Deal of the Year at the Wind Investment Awards 2023, among others.

Natasha is an engaging public speaker and is regularly asked to present at energy industry conferences, and to be a judge for industry awards. She is also the host of the Climate Transition Podcast series.