Rory Scott

Associate Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc
Cape Town
South Africa
+27 21 405 1262
Cape Town
South Africa
+27 21 405 1262
Rory Scott

Rory Scott

Biography

Rory is a Trainee Associate in the Banking and Finance, Projects team based in Cape Town.

He has a particular interest in infrastructure projects, focusing on the construction and operation of these projects, as well as in the oil and gas sector.

Rory has experience in renewable energy projects and major infrastructure projects, both under the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), and the commercial and industrial (C&I) sector.

His experience consists of the drafting, reviewing and negotiation of the contracts on which these projects are based on, as for example, behind-the-meter embedded generation and distributed generation Power Purchase Agreement, EPC, O&M, and related contracts.

Professional experience

Representative experience

Representative experience

  • Assisting sponsors and developers in the structuring, construction and operation of a 240MWAC Solar PV Power Generation Facility with Single-Axis Tracker developed under the South African Renewable Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, with specific focus on negotiating and concluding the EPC and O&M contracts (ongoing).

  • Assisting developers in the formulation, negotiation, and conclusion of the long term PPA for the sale to a Senior PGM mining company of all electrical energy produced by its proposed platinum mine 80MW behind-the-meter solar PV energy project, including the formulation, negotiation, and conclusion of the EPC and O&M contracts (ongoing).

  • Assisting a mining corporation in the formulation, negotiation, and conclusion of behind-the-meter embedded generation and distributed generation long-term PPA’s for offtake of electrical energy produced through multiple onshore wind and solar PV energy generation projects (ongoing).

  • Assisting a Senior gold mining company in the procurement of behind-the-meter solar PV installations in aggregate of 300MW capacity, for the supply of electrical energy to its various mining operations, including the formulation of the template EPC and equipment supply contracts, assisting with the tender process for the appointment of preferred contractors and suppliers, and negotiating and concluding the final construction and equipment supply contracts.

  • Assisting a Senior gold mining company in the formulation of a distributed generation template long-term PPA for the procurement of electrical energy from a distributed onshore wind generation project, requiring 'wheeling' arrangements.

  • Assisting sponsors in the formulation, negotiation, and conclusion of the Joint Development Agreement and the long term PPA for the offtake of all electrical energy produced by the 140MW Karreebosch wind energy project, requiring ‘wheeling’ arrangements.

Education

Education

  • LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • Afrikaans

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