Ms Lind brings more than 20 years’ experience within the sector operating in high-level roles across major energy companies and industry trade bodies including RenewableUK and Scottish Renewables, both of which she will continue to serve as a non-executive director.

Her move to CMS marks a return to Ms Lind’s roots as a specialist energy lawyer. After graduating from University of Aberdeen in 2005, she began her career at Dundas & Wilson, which joined forces with CMS in 2014. In her new role, she will advise renewable energy clients across Scotland, throughout the UK and globally providing strategic and legal support on organisational and project development, construction, operations and decommissioning, with particular focus on wind projects.

Also recruited to CMS’s energy and infrastructure team is Chris Martin. Joining the firm as an of counsel in January, he has been a specialist in the energy industry for more than 12 years, working on major projects both in the UK and internationally. 

Allan Wernham, managing director of CMS (Scotland), said: “We are delighted to welcome Susie, a globally-renowned leader within the renewable energy sector with more than 20 years’ experience, to CMS.

“Her appointment, along with her highly-regarded former colleague Chris Martin, will further strengthen our leading position in offshore wind and energy projects. These appointments demonstrate our deep commitment to growing the energy practice to match the growth in scale and ambition of our sector.”

Ms Lind said: “I’m thrilled to be joining CMS’s talented and industry-leading energy team. Along with the immense global opportunities for the sector, Scotland has become a world leader in the deployment of renewables and has one of the largest pipelines for future development, particularly for deepwater including floating offshore wind.”