Ross Fairley
Burges Salmon
Ross Fairley chairs Burges Salmon’s renewable energy team and its net zero services, advising developers, investors, and public sector clients on clean energy contracts and regulations.
Recently, he was part of the team advising Bristol City Council on its City Leap initiative involving the appointment of a partner for a 20-year joint venture that will deliver up to £1bn of investment in low carbon energy infrastructure in Bristol and support its aim of becoming a carbon neutral city by 2030.
Fairley’s expertise spans a wide range of technologies, including wind, hydrogen, biomass, wave and tidal, solar, and geothermal energy. In addition to his legal work in these areas, he chairs Renewable UK’s Strategy Forum and is deputy chair of the UK Hydrogen Energy Association.
A prominent speaker on clean energy issues, he also acts as mentor in the Entrepreneurial Women in Renewables scheme and serves as a trustee for Avon Wildlife Trust.