CMS Cameron McKenna opened its new offices on Queens Road, Aberdeen, at the beginning of August. Regular readers will know that we have had a dedicated team of energy lawyers here in Aberdeen for almost 18 years, and I am delighted that we are opening our doors as the energy industry comes together once more for Offshore Europe.
Aberdeen is the Energy Capital of Europe - the one place where the upcoming maritime renewables community can rub shoulders with, and spark off, the incredible upstream offshore oil&gas industry resource resident in and around the city.
A few years ago, phrases like "renewables revolution", "re-wiring Britain" and "green jobs" used to trip off my tongue. Indeed, I coined quite a few of them.