Clayton Utz has advised Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., a company owned by New York-based private equity firm Kohlberg & Company, on its successful acquisition of Logsys Power Services Pty Ltd, a provider of services for electric utilities in Australia and New Zealand, based in Perth, Western Australia.

Clayton Utz corporate partner Mark Paganin and special counsel Stephen Neale led the firm's team with key support from Benjamin Depiazzi.

Dentons acted as legal counsel to DTEK Renewables B.V. on the signing of a contract with General Electric regarding the supply of 26 modern wind turbines for the second phase of Prymorska wind farm. This additional equipment doubles Prymorska’s generating capacity to the 200 MW, and the total sum of investments is estimated at €150 million.

Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie advised Moroccan utility Office National de l’Électricité et de l’Eau Potable (ONEE) on the on the €230 million, 180MW Midelt Wind Farm in Morocco, which reached financial close on 8 November 2018, with a sponsor consortium of ENEL Green Power (ITA) and Nareva Holding (MOR) and ONEE. The financing was provided to the ONEE by international institutions including KfW, EU and the EIB and on-lent by the ONEE to the project company.  ONEE will purchase electricity produced by the wind farm under a 20-year PPA.

CMS has advised Inypsa Renovables on the sale of three photovoltaic plants.

We advised Inypsa Renovables on the sale of three photovoltaic plants to Eliantus, a company of the firm Eland Private Equity. This new deal reaffirms CMS as a leading firm in the energy market, in particular in the industry of solar power.

Our team was formed by: Abraham Nájera y Javier Leyva, partner CMS; Jacobo Otero, senior associate CMS; Carlos Tallón, Jorge Peño y Celso Méndez, associate CMS.

International Law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Cleve Hill Solar Park Limited on first solar NSIP application submitted to the planning inspectorate

After undertaking extensive pre-application consultation and rigorous environmental studies, Cleve Hill Solar Park Limited submitted an application to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the proposed Cleve Hill Solar Park on 16 November 2018.

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has advised The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG), the listed UK and European renewables fund, on the refinancing of seven UK onshore wind farms, which are operationally managed by RES.

The refinancing involved an improvement in the commercial terms over the existing facilities, and an increase to the tenor, though debt is repaid within the subsidy period. KfW IPEX-Bank, which was one of three existing lenders alongside BNP Paribas and Lloyds, was sole lender of GBP 195mm in senior term facilities which closed on 31st October.

DLA Piper has advised Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners AG (CSEIP) and E.ON on their investment into, and financing of one of the largest onshore wind farms in Europe, the 475-megawatt Nysäter project in Sweden. A fund advised by CSEIP will hold 80% of the joint venture, while E.ON will build and operate the wind farm under a long-term O&M agreement and retain a 20% equity stake in the project. The total investment amounts to approximately €500 million.