Simmons & Simmons, SNR Denton, Bevan Brittan and Osborne Clarke have lined up to advise on a £230m energy deal in Devon.

The private finance initiative deal sees top 15 City firm Simmons advising German energy company MVV Umwelt, which has struck a deal with three local councils – Plymouth, Torbay and Devon County – to build a 245,000-tonne energy plant in the Devonport Dockyard.