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Enerlis equity raise
France
Green Giraffe Advisory (“Green Giraffe”), a leading financial advisor in the global renewable energy transition, congratulates Enerlis on White Summit Capital’s (WSC) landmark Investment in Powesco.
Green Giraffe Advisory is proud to announce its role in advising Enerlis on a significant investment agreement with WSC. This landmark deal will see WSC investing €150 million in energy efficiency-as-a-service projects in Powesco, a French platform dedicated to sustainable renovation solutions.
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2024 Singapore
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2022 Morocco
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2021 Netherlands
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2019 United States
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2018 Ivory Coast
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2024 Singapore
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August Energy
Singapore
Aravest to invest and partner with August Energy with up to USD 100M of capital to accelerate the growth of Energy as a Service in Asia
Green Giraffe acted as the exclusive financial advisor to August Energy on its fundraising and the successful formation of its investment partnership with Asia-Pacific Sustainable & Decarbonisation Infrastructure Equity Fund (SDIEF), with up to USD 100 M of capital.
Headquartered in Singapore, with offices in Thailand and India, August Energy is a leading infrastructure platform helping corporates in Southeast Asia and India to meet their decarbonisation goals. The partnership will see Asia-Pacific Sustainable & Decarbonisation Infrastructure Equity, LP (a fund sponsored by Aravest and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group) become a major shareholder of August Energy and provide significant additional funding to further accelerate the growth of the company across the region.
The Green Giraffe team is delighted to have supported August Energy as financial advisor since the foundation of the platform. This transaction represents another pleasing milestone in our growth journey in Asia, and is particularly gratifying given the urgent need for capital to fund decarbonisation in the South-East Asia and India region.
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2019 United States
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2018 Ivory Coast
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2023 Singapore
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EMA RFP2 electricity import tender
Singapore
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2021 Netherlands
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2019 United States
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2018 Ivory Coast
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2022 Morocco
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CME (sell-side)
Morocco
Green Giraffe Advisory advised WV International B.V. on the full divestment of CME S.A.
CME S.A., the North and West African development platform of WV International B.V. (WVI) was acquired by Vinci Concessions.
CME is an independent renewable energy developer currently developing projects in Morocco and Senegal. The portfolio consists of about 1.4 GW of greenfield projects in different development stages, predominantly onshore wind but the portfolio also includes solar and pumped storage hydro projects.
The investment will help support the development of CME’s pipeline and ready-to-build assets across North and West Africa. Furthermore, the partnership offers an opportunity to accelerate CME’s growth towards becoming a leading renewable energy platform across the region.
Green Giraffe Advisory acted as sole financial advisor to the shareholders of WVI in this transaction. We supported the WVI team through coordinating the full M&A process up to financial close, financial modelling, due diligence management, commercial support and negotiation of the transaction agreements.
WVI is a Dutch renewable energies developer present in Europe with activities in the Netherlands and Southeastern Europe. The company was founded in 2002 in The Netherlands and Belgium as Windvision. Its European activities in Belgium, France and Spain were sold in 2020 to BlackRock, and the remaining activity was developed under the newly created entity called WV International.
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2026 France
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Eteck – Heat portfolio
Netherlands
Green Giraffe assisted Eteck in closing a EUR 225 M financing for a portfolio of heat projects
Dutch heat provider Eteck closed a EUR 225 M financing with Rabobank, ING, ASN Bank and ABN AMRO Bank N.V.. Green Giraffe was mandated as the exclusive financial advisor to structure the transaction and to raise the financing.
Eteck develops, owns and operates sustainable, collective and decentralized installations with which they supply heat and/or cold, both in new and existing buildings. They are involved from development and realization to contracting and operation.
The financing includes a refinancing of Eteck’s existing projects, a construction financing for the realization of the current new construction and renovation projects and a growth financing for future heat projects in both new and existing buildings. This will enable Eteck to realize current and future growth and maximize its impact on the Dutch heat transition.
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2025 France
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2024 Singapore
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2023 Singapore
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2022 Morocco
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2019 United States
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2018 Ivory Coast
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2019 United States
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Blue
United States
Green Giraffe was mandated by Candriam and parent company New York Life Investment Management to produce a white paper covering: overview of the European renewable energy market, investor considerations, and key success factors in the sector
Green Giraffe was mandated by Candriam and parent company New York Life Investment Management to produce a white paper covering: overview of the European renewable energy market, investor considerations, and key success factors in the sector.
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2024 Singapore
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2023 Singapore
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2022 Morocco
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2021 Netherlands
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2018 Ivory Coast
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2018 Ivory Coast
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Pan-African renewable developer
Ivory Coast
Strategic study and valuation services for a 215 MW portfolio of solar, biomass, and hydro assets located in Western Africa
Green Giraffe conducted a strategic review and valuation of a 215 MW portfolio of solar, biomass, and hydro assets located in Western Africa.
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2019 Spain
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2019 Tunisia
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2019 France
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2018 Netherlands
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L2Fiber Rotterdam (sell‑side)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe advised L2Fiber Rotterdam in raising equity for the open access optical fiber network in Rotterdam
Green Giraffe was mandated by L2Fiber Rotterdam to raise equity for their open access optical fiber network in Rotterdam. In July 2018 Highland entered into an exclusive agreement to invest in L2Fiber Rotterdam. The company plans to bring optical fiber access to all 295,000 homes in Rotterdam over the next 5 years.
L2Fiber Rotterdam is the only optical fiber network of its size in Europe to be developed exclusively by private investors. The network will be open to all service providers to provide reliable internet at speeds of up to 1 Gbps, high-quality television and telephony to the inhabitants of Rotterdam.
The network will use GPON technology, allowing a single fiber line to deliver connectivity to multiple users. This access method will not only reduce network complexity and maintenance requirements, but also save on energy consumption and upgrade costs.
“Green Giraffe has shown to be a trustworthy partner for L2Fiber Rotterdam: they provided access towards a wide range of investors and we found an investor which was the perfect fit and able to finance our optical fiber network project based on a solid structural setup and tailor-made financial model.”
Oscar Kuiper, Co-Founder, L2Fiber
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2019 United States
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2017 Italy
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Rosignano – energy efficiency
Italy
Green Giraffe was mandated by a consortium of Solvay and Marubeni on the non-recourse financing of the energy-efficient revamping of the power generation facilities of Rosignano, a Solvay industrial site
Green Giraffe was mandated by a consortium of Solvay and Marubeni on the non-recourse financing of the energy-efficient revamping of the power generation facilities of Rosignano, a Solvay industrial site. Debt was provided by MUFG. The partners, together with Ansaldo Energia will finance and operate a new state-of- the-art gas turbine sized 180MW and a repowered plant with a total capacity of 350MW of electrical power and total steam production capacity of 410t/h. The project will help reduce energy consumption and the environmental impact of Solvay’s industrial site while enhancing the plants’ competitiveness.
Green Giraffe was mandated in February 2017 by the sponsors to assist in the debt raising process (including preparation of the financing package and negotiation of the financing documentation), modelling, contract review and due diligence management.
The Rosignano project is a follow-up of the Eeco energy-efficiency project closed last year (to fund similar energy-efficient refurbishments on other Solvay plants) and used the same set of advisors, including Mott Macdonald as the lender’s technical advisor, HSF and NCTM as sponsors’ legal advisors, DPBM and Legance as the lender’s legal advisor, and Marsh as insurance advisor.
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2021 Netherlands
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2019 United States
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2016 France
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EEco – energy efficiency
France
Green Giraffe was mandated in October 2014 by the sponsors to assist in the debt raising process (including preparation of the financing package and negotiation of the financing documentation), modelling, contracting review, due diligence (legal, technical, tax and insurance) management
Green Giraffe was mandated on the non-recourse financing of a portfolio of energy efficiency projects whereby a consortium of Solvay, Marubeni and Caisse des Dépôts takes over energy facilities on Solvay industrial sites and finance new investments to improve energy efficiency with project finance debt provided by SMBC and BTMU.
The portfolio comprises four projects located in France and Italy and totals a production capacity of 230 MW of electrical power and over 900 t/h of steam. These projects help reduce both the overall energy consumption as well as the environmental impact of Solvay’s sites, while enhancing the plants’ efficiency and competitiveness.
Green Giraffe was mandated in October 2014 by the sponsors to assist in the debt raising process (including preparation of the financing package and negotiation of the financing documentation), modelling, contracting review and due diligence (legal, technical, tax and insurance) management.
Green Giraffe has also assisted sponsors with a number of agency tasks including preparing a model update and various document required for completion.
The Eeco project was awarded European power deal of the year 2016 by IJ Global.
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2019 United States
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MEET THE TEAM
Our Advisors
Managing Director Paris
Pierre-Etienne Claveranne
Pierre-Etienne is a founding partner of Green Giraffe Advisory and an industry veteran with extensive experience successfully guiding clients and closing complex transactions across diverse markets and technologies.
Over the past 15 years, he has built a track record of transactions globally, specialising in large-scale non-recourse and holdco debt financings, and M&A (buy-side, sell-side, and corporate fundraising) spanning a diverse portfolio of energy transition projects and platforms. His transaction experience is structured across three key areas:
- Strategic capital raising and energy transition: Pierre-Etienne leads complex capital raises for high-growth platforms focused on next-generation energy infrastructure. This expertise includes leading the capital raise for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), structuring multiple corporate equity rounds (Series A/B/C/D) for platforms, and advising on bioenergy and synthetic fuels. He also handles portfolio financing for major European developers and utilities
Benchmark offshore wind M&A and debt: He has overseen numerous fundraising efforts for major European offshore wind projects, including non-recourse debt financing for developments exceeding 1 GW in capacity. Key mandates include advising on major asset sales for offshore wind projects, managing platform M&A, and executing debt restructuring mandates. Before founding Green Giraffe Advisory, Pierre-Etienne spent four years in Dexia’s project finance team, where he closed multiple transactions across public-private partnerships, transportation asset financing, and renewable energy sectors, including solar, offshore, and onshore wind farms.
Pierre-Etienne graduated from École Centrale de Lyon and holds an MSc in Finance from ESCP-EAP Business School in Paris.
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Managing Director – Head of Green Giraffe Advisory Hamburg
Udo Schneider
Udo is a managing director of Green Giraffe Advisory and co-heads the Hamburg office
Since joining Green Giraffe in 2015, he has advised on multiple sell-side and buy-side equity transactions, as well as debt raises and provided commercial contracting advice for complex energy transition projects at different development stages and in different countries. He is also providing advice on tenders and renewable energy offtake solutions
Amongst others, he has led the debt raise for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind project in Poland (ongoing) and debt finance for an innovative geothermal project, supported developers in offshore wind tenders and headed the M&A transactions for the offshore wind projects TWB II (200 MW, DE, 2017), Global Tech I (400 MW, DE, 2020), and Gode Wind I (347 MW, DE, 2018) as well as the development, structuring and sale of a Polish 350 MW offshore wind project to RWE. He also supervised the M&A transaction leading to the creation of Alterric (JV ENERCON & EWE) and is contributing to establishing a new green hydrogen economy
Before joining Green Giraffe, Udo worked in the infrastructure finance and renewables team of PwC for 14 years advising investors, developers and industry players on several onshore and offshore wind projects as well as infrastructure and public private partnership projects globally
Udo holds a bachelor of business in finance from the University of Technology, Sydney, and graduated from Hamburg University with a degree in economics
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Managing Director – Head of Green Giraffe Advisory London
Clément Weber
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Clément is a founding partner of Green Giraffe Advisory. Based in London, where he established the firm’s office in 2011, he brings extensive expertise across the offshore and onshore wind sectors, advising on both equity and debt financing. Between 2017 and 2019, he led the Paris office before returning to London to support the firm’s continued growth.
He is a recognised thought leader in renewable energy and a frequent speaker at industry events, offering strategic perspectives on bankability, market dynamics, and commercial positioning for clients across the energy transition.
His transaction experience includes:
- Pioneering floating offshore wind and platform development: Clément specialises in structuring and financing floating offshore wind platforms and development funding across Europe, APAC, and the US. This includes successfully closing six development funding transactions for major floating projects (up to 1,000 MW) and leading Series B equity raises and tender mandates for pioneering technology developers
- M&A and strategic mandates: He has led multiple sell-side M&A mandates for offshore wind developers and oversaw the sale of a significant onshore wind portfolio. He also provides high-level counsel, having advised major utilities on strategy and intelligence and developed Green Giraffe Advisory’s offtake advisory capabilities, procuring renewable electricity across Europe for a major international corporation
- Benchmark project financing: His track record includes structuring complex debt deals and refinancing mandates for major European offshore wind assets. This expertise spans non-recourse debt and mezzanine financing for benchmark projects up to 367 MW (Walney) and 309 MW (Rentel)
Before founding Green Giraffe Advisory, Clément worked in project finance at Dexia in Paris (2008 – 2010), preceded by a tenure with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in Beijing (2006-2007). He is a graduate of École des Ponts ParisTech and holds an MSc in Project Finance from Université Paris X.
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Managing Director Utrecht
Barbara Zuiderwijk
Tamarindo Women in Power list 2024
Barbara is a founder of Green Giraffe Advisory. She has a strong track record in the contracting and financing of onshore and (offshore) wind farms in Northern Europe
Barbara supported the development, contracting, and (re)financing of Northwind (216 MW, Belgium, 2012), Gemini (600 MW, the Netherlands, 2014), Veja Mate (402 MW, Germany, 2015), Norther (370 MW, Belgium, 2016 and 2020), Windpark Fryslân (383 MW, The Netherlands, 2019), Baltic II & Co (1.5 GW, Poland, 2019), Windpark Zeewolde (322 MW, The Netherlands, 2020) and Deutsche Bucht (252 MW, Germany, 2021). She has been supporting consortia participating in several European offshore wind tenders as well as having been involved in other technologies such as the ground-mounted solar farm Duurkenakker (64 MWp, The Netherlands, 2020)
She is currently involved in raising financing for a portfolio of projects that combine on-site renewable energy generation with electric vehicle charging infrastructure and battery storage
Before founding Green Giraffe, Barbara worked at the project developer Econcern, and as investment banking trainee at ABN AMRO
Barbara is recognised in the top 100 most influential female business leaders in the 2024 Women in Power list
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Managing Director Paris
Daniel Marshall
- 10 years with Barclays working in power, utilities and infrastructure
- 4 years living in Johannesburg, working across the Sub-Sahara Africa region
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Managing Director – Head of Germany Hamburg
Kai Leverköhne
Kai is a Managing Director at Green Giraffe Advisory and heads the Hamburg office. He brings almost 20 years of experience in the energy transition and renewable energy finance.
Since joining Green Giraffe in 2019, Kai has led numerous landmark transactions in the offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, EV charging and battery storage sectors. Kai’s most recent achievement includes supervising the major corporate refinancing of EUR 435 M for EEW Group.
He has led several financings in the offshore wind space for Global Tech I, Baltic Power or Veja Mate, whilst also being active on the buy- and sell-side for offshore and onshore wind farms, solar PV platforms, EV charging, grid infrastructure, and BESS assets.
Prior to joining Green Giraffe Advisory, Kai spent 11 years at Deutsche Bank’s infrastructure and energy team (part of 18 years total at the bank), where he structured Europe’s largest solar PV project bond (€404M, Spain, 2016).
Kai has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg and studied at Aarhus Business School.
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Senior Director – Head of Africa Cape Town
Frederico Sanches
Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Solar PV | Hybrid technologies
Frederico has focused on complex and cutting-edge transactions. He has led transactions in tender support as well as debt and equity raising globally with a recent focus on emerging markets particularly in South Africa and the broader African continent
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Senior Director – Head of Australia Sydney
Marcus Dixson
Onshore wind | Solar PV | BESS & grid | Offshore wind | Hydrogen & e-fuels
Debt advisory | M&A: sell-side and buy-side | Tender support
Marcus heads the Australian office. He has experience leading debt and equity transactions across Australia and the UK. Before joining Green Giraffe Advisory, he spent 6 years at IDCM, a debt boutique in London. Prior to that he was at EY
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Senior Director – Head of Southern Europe Madrid
Raúl Santos Chozas
Solar PV | Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Hydropower | Hybrid technologies | Heat
Raúl leads Green Giraffe Advisory’s commercial operations in Southern Europe. He brings over 15 years of experience advising clients on energy transition transactions, with a strong focus on debt structuring, M&A and financing. Before joining Green Giraffe, Raúl spent 3 years at Astris Finance, and previously held roles at BBVA and ACS.
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Senior Director – Head of Japan Tokyo
Jun Kasamatsu笠松 純
Jun is in charge of leading and managing the Tokyo office. With over 20 years of experience in renewables and investment banking, he has contributed to the development and realisation of more than 50 utility-scale renewable energy projects totalling more than 1 GW of installed capacity in Japan
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Senior Director – Head of UK and Ireland London
Yusuf Thanawala
Yusuf Thanawala is a Country Manager UK & Ireland at Green Giraffe Advisory, responsible for leading and expanding the firm’s UK franchise. He brings more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and corporate finance, including over a decade focused on the energy transition, renewable energy and power infrastructure sectors.
Yusuf has advised developers, infrastructure investors, private equity sponsors and strategic corporates on a broad range of transactions across solar PV, battery storage, onshore and offshore wind, EV charging, smart metering, biogas, district energy and grid infrastructure.
His experience spans IPP platform sales, portfolio disposals, minority and majority stake investments, growth capital raises, acquisitions and strategic partnerships across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
Prior to joining Green Giraffe Advisory, Yusuf was a Director at Akereos Capital, where he played a leading role in building the firm’s M&A advisory franchise and advising on numerous landmark energy transition transactions across Europe.
Previously, Yusuf spent almost a decade at HSBC in the Power, Utilities and Renewables investment banking team in London and Dubai. He also worked at Credit Suisse in the European Energy team, advising clients on M&A, IPOs, equity raisings and acquisition financings across Europe, the Middle East and emerging markets.
Yusuf holds an MBA in Finance and a Master of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai.
Senior Director – Head of Singapore Singapore
William Jackson
Will is a Director and Head of Singapore office. He has worked on transactions and tenders across four continents, with a particular focus on offshore wind. Prior to joining Green Giraffe Advisory, Will worked at the oil & gas team of Continental AG, a multinational engineering firm
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Senior Director Utrecht
Jakob Bergvelt
Jakob Bergvelt is a Senior Director at Green Giraffe Advisory, with 14 years of expertise in renewable energy finance. He has been a driving force behind the execution of landmark offshore wind, onshore wind, and solar PV transactions across Europe.
Specialising in complex debt-raising and investment strategy, Jakob has guided clients through large-scale financial closings and competitive tender processes. His expertise spans the full project lifecycle, including advising consortia on bid structuring in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Poland.
Most recently, Jakob led the financing for the 1.14 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in Poland – one of the world’s largest – successfully reaching financial close for Northland Power and ORLEN. His extensive track record also includes milestone projects such as Gemini, HKZ 1&2, Norther, Zeewolde.
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Senior Director London
Michael Ware
Michael has been leading several deals, in particular in waste-to-energy, anaerobic digestion, solar and battery energy storage. Michael has a high profile in the renewable energy industry due to his work in the media and his role as part-time writer for the Spectator magazine
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Senior Director Utrecht
Frank Janse
Frank focusses on complex leading-edge projects. He advised the winning Oya hybrid project in a technology neutral tender. As market leader for hydrogen & e-fuels he has worked on several power-to-X projects including the development of the 1 GW Nujio’Qonik onshore wind to ammonia project located in Canada. Besides, he is advising on the optimal plant sizing by combining a technical and financial model
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Director Paris
Amélie de Magondeaux
Amélie has managed several complex infrastructure transactions in the energy transition sector, ranging from M&A (incl. equity raise) to debt financing and refinancing, as well as a public renewable energy tender. Prior to GGA, she worked at Natixis commodities structured finance team in Paris and New York
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