King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised APA Group on all aspects of its acquisition of the Orbost Gas Plant, which will see APA own, upgrade and operate the gas plant.

The KWM team was led by partners Craig Rogers and Shannon Etwell, supported by Senior Associates Neena Aynsley, Amelia Knowles, Cameron Mew, and Gareth Howe, and Solicitors Adam Black, Austin Chen, and Nicole Wieringa. The KWM team worked closely with APA's Deputy General Counsel, Amanda Cheney and Legal Counsel, Liam Dunstan.

Shearman & Sterling advised Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) on the EU300 million financing for the largest wind farm in the Republic of Serbia. Due for completion in the first half of 2019, the 158 megawatt (MW) capacity Cibuk 1 wind farm will be the largest utility-scale commercial wind project in Serbia and the Western Balkans.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright was the lead advisor to RES Australia on the development, financing and sale of the 68MW Emerald Solar Park in Queensland.  This project benefits from the first  PPA entered into by Telstra.

NAB and Westpac have provided project financing  and Lighthouse Infrastructure has acquired 100% of the project through its Lighthouse Solar Fund.

International law firm Taylor Wessing congratulates Chint Solar / Astronergy with the start of its first solar park in the Netherlands, in Veendam!

Since 2006 Chint Solar / Astronergy is specialized in the development of large-scale ground-mount grid connected solar plants and the production and application of solar energy products. The company has a strong focus on the Dutch solar market where it’s targeting to develop and build over 500 MW in the upcoming years.

Matheson has advised General Electric on its recently announced power purchase agreement with global technology giant, Microsoft Corporation.  The deal builds on Microsoft's strategic partnership with GE.

Ashurst advised EnQuest on the execution of an $80 million crude oil prepayment transaction in respect of certain of its North Sea assets and a $37.25 million refinancing for its Tanjong Baram project in Malaysia, as part of EnQuest's programme of liquidity improvement measures.

Ashurst advised on the finance, upstream commercial, hedging and certain tax aspects of the transactions, working closely with EnQuest's General Counsel Stefan Ricketts and Senior Legal Advisor Dawood Ahmed.

Ashurst advised EnQuest on the execution of an $80 million crude oil prepayment transaction in respect of certain of its North Sea assets and a $37.25 million refinancing for its Tanjong Baram project in Malaysia, as part of EnQuest's programme of liquidity improvement measures.

Ashurst advised on the finance, upstream commercial, hedging and certain tax aspects of the transactions, working closely with EnQuest's General Counsel Stefan Ricketts and Senior Legal Advisor Dawood Ahmed.

A multi-jurisdictional team from international law firm Watson Farley & Williams LLP (“WFW”) advised long-standing client Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (“Teekay Offshore”) on several matters relating to the successful completion of its recent major strategic investment and financing initiatives linked to the US$610m equity investment in Teekay Offshore by Brookfield Business Partners L.P., together with its institutional partners (“Brookfield”) and an additional US$30m equity investment by Teekay Corporation (“TKC”).

The Wierzbowski Eversheds Sutherland energy and banking and finance teams, in cooperation with PwC, have advised the Polish Power Exchange (Towarowa Gielda Energii SA) on comprehensive implementation of the MiFID II package. Lukasz Jankowski, the partner managing the energy law practice, Dr Konrad Zacharzewski, of counsel on the banking and finance team, and Michal Markowski, senior associate in banking and finance, were responsible for the project.

National law firm Shoosmiths has advised on the sale and employee buy-out of Photonic Solutions, a supplier of world-leading laser and photonic equipment.

The acquisition of the Edinburgh-based business involved eight of the company's senior employees and was made with support by leading equity investor Panoramic Growth Equity ("Panoramic").