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For private equity ownership groups (like with any other investor) - streamlining the path towards profitability is always a top priority. 📈 At Ascent, our team’s decades of expertise in the construction sector means we have a wealth of knowledge when it comes to enhancing and driving value throughout the entire investment cycle. If you missed it last week, don’t forget to check out our brand new client success story! When a private equity group purchased a top renewable energy contractor, operational roadblocks were blurring the path forward to growth & profitability. 💰 Find out how Ascent helped bring them back to the black! https://hubs.ly/Q02RSmBy0

Greencells Group Secures Buyer for #4GW Solar & Storage Portfolio The deal, involving Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Nature Infrastructure Capital (#NIC), includes #800MW ready-to-build projects and positions the platform for accelerated growth. CEO Andreas Hoffmann: “This sale marks a key milestone in our growth journey, highlighting the expansion of our European portfolio.” The buy-side was advised on the transaction by Deloitte (Financial & Tax), Environmental Resources Management Corporation (Technical), and Hogan Lovells, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as well as Ropes & Gray LLP (Legal). The sell-side was advised by Marathon Capital (Financial), Loyens & Loeff (Tax and Notary), and PwC Legal and CETA Partners (Legal). Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmAYtDVy #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #Greencells #Sustainability #Greencells 

Greencells Group Secures Buyer for #4GW Solar & Storage Portfolio The deal, involving Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Nature Infrastructure Capital (#NIC), includes #800MW ready-to-build projects and positions the platform for accelerated growth. CEO Andreas Hoffmann: “This sale marks a key milestone in our growth journey, highlighting the expansion of our European portfolio.” The buy-side was advised on the transaction by Deloitte (Financial & Tax), Environmental Resources Management Corporation (Technical), and Hogan Lovells, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as well as Ropes & Gray LLP (Legal). The sell-side was advised by Marathon Capital (Financial), Loyens & Loeff (Tax and Notary), and PwC Legal and CETA Partners (Legal). Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmAYtDVy #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #Greencells #Sustainability

Greencells Group Secures Buyer for #4GW Solar & Storage Portfolio The deal, involving Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Nature Infrastructure Capital (#NIC), includes #800MW ready-to-build projects and positions the platform for accelerated growth. CEO Andreas Hoffmann: “This sale marks a key milestone in our growth journey, highlighting the expansion of our European portfolio.” The buy-side was advised on the transaction by Deloitte (Financial & Tax), Environmental Resources Management Corporation (Technical), and Hogan Lovells, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as well as Ropes & Gray LLP (Legal). The sell-side was advised by Marathon Capital (Financial), Loyens & Loeff (Tax and Notary), and PwC Legal and CETA Partners (Legal). Read more: https://lnkd.in/gmAYtDVy #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #EnergyStorage #CleanEnergy #Greencells #Sustainability

New York private equity M&A partners David Allinson and David Beller led Latham’s multidisciplinary deal team representing Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in the transaction. https://lw.link/P81HEM

☀️We have advised our long-term client, Innova, on the sale of Stokeford Solar Farm in Dorset to a fund managed by Schroders Greencoat. ⚡TLT advised on all aspects of the transaction including the sale of the Stokeford Project SPV and the grid sharing arrangements between the Stokeford Project SPV and Alaska Wind Farm as well as carrying out full due diligence and advising on all corporate, banking, grid connection, PPA, CfD, property and planning matters. 🤝The corporate elements of the transaction were led by partner Antonia Silvestri, with support from associate Maisie Dodds and managing associate Peter Dunn. The real estate team was led by partner Matthew Grimwood with support from associate Lowri Morgan. The deal also required cross-practice expertise from the firm’s grid, planning, banking, commercial and tax teams. 📖Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/e6uQZTQ3

“We have to recognise that this private capital is global and we need to compete effectively - making UK projects as investable as possible.” 💬 As part of his article looking at the three megatrends that will shape the investment landscape, David Young, Partner and Head of International Funds & Asset Management at Pinsent Masons, comments on the innovative funding deals into Gresham House Secure Income Renewable Energy & Storage LP (SIReS) he has advised on. He highlights #decarbonisation, deglobalisation and digitisation as the key themes in the development of #sustainableinfrastructure investment globally and the huge need for capital to fund these projects, with over 90% of the finance required coming from the private sector. https://lnkd.in/g89XYUqT #batterystorage | Capital at risk. Not an investment recommendation.

Empire Energy has confirmed its receipt of agreement for $65 million funding from Macquarie as it develops the North Territory’s Beetaloo. https://lnkd.in/gZDQP-qv

INVESTOR NEWS: M&G Investments announced its real assets team recently completed a co-investment in Absolute Energy, an Italian renewable-energy developer and independent power producer based in Rome, in partnership with I Squared Capital.

Sulmara has grown rapidly to £55.8m revenue .. building global footprint with offices in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Norwich, Houston, Singapore & Taipei. As part of BGF investment, Richard Pugh & Davis Larssen will join Sulmara board as Non-Executive Directors. https://lnkd.in/e5K23r22