2023 Japan
Development services
Offshore Closed
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Murakami Tainai (tender)
Japan
Green Giraffe Advisory supported Mitsui, RWE and Osaka Gas in securing 684 MW project in Japanese offshore wind auction
Our team has advised the consortium of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”), RWE Offshore Wind Japan Murakami-Tainai K.K. (“RWE”) and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (“Osaka Gas”) in their successful bid to deliver a commercial-scale offshore wind project off the coast of the cities of Murakami and Tainai, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Green Giraffe Advisory was the sole financial advisor to the consortium under a full scope advisory mandate for the tender period.
The consortium was awarded the concession in 2023. In the tender evaluation, the consortium was given full scores for project deliverability, which includes aspects of financial planning, schedules, etc. We are pleased to have supported the consortium with our local expertise combined with extensive international offshore wind knowledge.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2023 Australia
Development services
Private: Floating Closed
Novocastrian Offshore Wind
Australia
Green Giraffe Advisory advised Equinor and Oceanex on preparing a feasibility licence application for Novocastrian Offshore Wind, located in the Hunter zone off the coast of New South Wales.
Our team provided financial and strategic advisory services leveraging our extensive industry knowledge, detailed understanding of the relevant Regulations and merit criteria, and deep expertise in offshore wind development. Our tailored advice, guidance and insight was instrumental in optimising the applications strength and positioning Novocastrian Offshore Wind for success in the application process.
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2025 Ireland
Private: M&A advisory
Private: Floating Closed
2024 United States
Private: M&A advisory
Private: Floating Closed
—
Private: Floating Closed
2023 Italy
Equity
Private: Floating Closed
Private: M&A advisory
Private: Floating Closed
2022 Australia
Private: M&A advisory
Private: Floating Closed
2023 Singapore
Development services
Grid Closed
EMA RFP2 electricity import tender
Singapore
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2025 France
Private: M&A advisory
Grid Closed
2024 Singapore
Equity
Grid Closed
2022 Morocco
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2021 Netherlands
Debt
Grid Closed
2019 United States
—
Grid Closed
2018 Ivory Coast
—
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2022 Taiwan
Development services
Offshore Closed
Formosa 4 and 5 (tender)
Taiwan
Green Giraffe Advisory supported the Formosa 4 (fixed-bottom offshore wind) and Formosa 5 (floating offshore wind) projects in the Taiwan Round 3 Phase 1 tender submission
In 2022, Green Giraffe supported Synera Renewable Energy (SRE), formerly Swancor Renewable Energy in the tender submission to Taiwan’s first auction round for the Phase 3 Zonal Development of Offshore Wind. In particular, Green Giraffe prepared the financial model, ran a debt market sounding and supported SRE in the bid preparation and offtake strategy.
Formosa 4 was awarded 495 MW of development capacity by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, alongside six other projects with COD expected to be in 2026/2027. This is the first zero-bid auction in Taiwan, projects will therefore rely on corporate PPAs. Formosa 5, a floating offshore wind project adjacent to Formosa 4, stands out as the only floating offshore wind farm that has passed the preliminary EIA review and the first floating wind site to attend grid auction in Taiwan and the entire APAC region.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2022 Netherlands
Development services
Offshore Closed
Hollandse Kust (west) VI & VII (tender)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe provided tender support in preparing a bid for the Dutch offshore 1,400 MW Hollandse Kust (west) VI & VII tenders
For this offshore wind tender the Dutch government created separate tenders for two 700 MW plots in the Dutch North Sea. In addition to a financial bid the tender criteria included requirements to provide investments and innovations that benefit the North Sea ecology (site VI) and solutions that benefit the system integration of the produced electricity (site VII). Green Giraffe was an integral part of the bid writing team for both plots. The deadline for handing in the bids was on 12 May 2022. Winners are expected to be announced at the end of this year.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2020 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2019 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2019 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2016 Denmark
Development services
Offshore Closed
2016 Denmark
Development services
Offshore Closed
2021 South Africa
Development services
Onshore / repowering Closed
Umsobomvu REIPPPP R5 (tender)
South Africa
Green Giraffe provided tender support to EDF Renewables and its partners in the 5th bid window of the renewable energy programme (REIPPPP) in South Africa
Phezukomoya, San Kraal and Coleskop are onshore wind farms, each with a capacity of 140 MW, which will be located in the Umsobomvu Local Municipality on the boundary of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape provinces, South Africa. The projects were awarded preferred bidder status in October 2021 in the 5th bid window of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
The three projects were developed by a consortium led by EDF Renewables (South Africa), together with its local BEE partners, H1 Holdings, GIBB-Crede, and a local community trust.
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2023 South Africa
Debt
Onshore / repowering Closed
2020 UK
Private: M&A advisory
E-mobility Closed
2026 Australia
Private: M&A advisory
Onshore / repowering Closed
2026 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Onshore / repowering Closed
2026 Spain
Debt
Onshore / repowering Closed
2025 France
Debt
Onshore / repowering Closed
2021 South Africa
Development services
Onshore / repowering Closed
Oya (South African RMIPPPP tender)
South Africa
Green Giraffe assisted G7 Renewable Energies with full tender, contracting and financing (debt & equity) support
Green Giraffe assisted G7 Renewable Energies with full tender, contracting and financing (debt & equity) support in preparation for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) in South Africa.
The Oya project is one of the largest hybrid energy projects in Africa and is unique in the world in terms of technology mix, size, and price. It aims to build a hybrid energy facility combining onshore wind, solar PV, and lithium-ion battery storage to provide reliable, low cost, on-demand renewable energy to South Africa. This 128MW plant will offer dispatchable power to Eskom (integrated state-owned utility) and thus add much needed flexibility to the grid.
In March 2021 the project, Oya Energy Hybrid Facility, was selected as Preferred Bidder by the South African government under the RMIPPPP.
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2026 Australia
Private: M&A advisory
Onshore / repowering Closed
2026 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Onshore / repowering Closed
2026 Spain
Debt
Onshore / repowering Closed
2026 South Africa
Debt
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2026 France
Private: M&A advisory
BESS Closed
2026 Japan
Equity
BESS Closed
2021 Germany
Development services
Offshore Closed
N2 tender mandate
Germany
Green Giraffe provides tender advice to Nordsee 2 GmbH to assist in the preparation of a bid for the N-3.8 wind farm area in the German North Sea
Green Giraffe provides tender advice to Nordsee 2 GmbH to assist in the preparation of a bid for the N-3.8 wind farm area in the German North Sea.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2019 United States
Development services
Offshore Closed
Castle Wind
United States
Green Giraffe designed and built a financial model for Castle Wind (EnBW and Trident Winds) to support the assessment of bid proposals in the Californian lease tender
Green Giraffe designed and built a financial model for Castle Wind (EnBW and Trident Winds) to support the assessment of bid proposals in the Californian lease tender
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2019 Netherlands
Private: Development support
Offshore Closed
Hollandse Kust Zuid III & IV (tender)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe formed part of Frontier, a consortium consisting of Engie, EDP Renewables and Northland Power in preparation of a bid for Hollandse Kust Zuid III & IV
Green Giraffe formed part of Frontier, a consortium consisting of Engie, EDP Renewables and Northland Power and prepared a bid for Hollandse Kust Zuid III & IV. This is the second large Dutch offshore wind project to be developed without a support mechanism
With a capacity of 380 MW each, the sites for Hollandse Kust Zuid III & IV are located next to the Hollandse kust Zuid I & II sites, which were awarded in 2018. The projects are planned to generate electricity by 2023 and will be reliant solely on market prices. The tender was won by Swedish utility Vattenfall in July 2019
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2019 Tunisia
Development services
Solar / hybridisation Closed
Tunisia PV tender
Tunisia
Financial modelling support for a bidder in the 500 MW Tunisian PV tender
Green Giraffe was mandated to provide modelling support by bidder in the Tunisian PV tender with a total capacity of 500 MW. The tender consists of five projects spread around the country
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2025 Japan
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2019 Spain
—
Onshore / repowering Closed
2019 France
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2018 Zambia
Debt
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2019 United States
Development services
Offshore Closed
US offshore wind farm (tender)
United States
Green Giraffe designed and built a financial model supporting several offshore wind development opportunities for EnBW in the US
Green Giraffe designed and built a financial model including several US specific features (tax, accounting) to support EnBW expansion in the US nascent offshore wind market
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2019 France
Private: M&A advisory
Onshore / repowering Closed
2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2018 Zambia
Debt
Solar / hybridisation Closed
GET FiT Zambia
Zambia
Green Giraffe was mandated by an international consortium to provide tender support services in relation to the KfW-backed GET FiT solar PV tender in Zambia
Green Giraffe was mandated as exclusive financial advisor by one of the ten pre-qualified bidders to provide tender support services in relation to the solar PV tender organized by the Zambian Ministry of Energy in conjunction with the KfW-backed GET FiT program. The tender consisted of five projects for a total capacity of 100 MW of ground-mounted solar PV plants looking to secure a 25-year power purchase agreement with local utility ZESCO
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2025 Japan
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2019 Spain
—
Onshore / repowering Closed
2019 Tunisia
Development services
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2019 France
Private: M&A advisory
Solar / hybridisation Closed
2018 Germany
Equity
Offshore Closed
Normandie (tender)
Germany
Green Giraffe was mandated by French developer Quadran Energies Marines to provide support in their preparation of a bid in the 2018 German offshore wind tender
Green Giraffe was mandated by French developer Quadran Energies Marines to provide support in their preparation of a bid in the 2018 German offshore wind tender.
The 2018 German offshore wind tender resulted in the allocation of 1,610 MW for the projects: Baltic Eagle, Gode Wind 4, Kaskasi, Arcadis Ost 1, Wikinger Süd, and Borkum Riffgrund West I.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2018 Netherlands
Development services
Offshore Closed
Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II (tender)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe was mandated by Witwind, a consortium consisting of Dutch utility Eneco, Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord and Diamond Generating Europe (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation) to assist in the preparation of their bid for Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II, the first offshore wind farms to be built without a support mechanism.
Green Giraffe was mandated by Witwind, a consortium consisting of Dutch utility Eneco, Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord and Diamond Generating Europe (a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation) to assist in the preparation of their bid for Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II, the first offshore wind farms to be built without a support mechanism.
Hollandse Kust Zuid I & II are two sites of 350 MW each, to be developed in the North Sea. The parks will generate electricity by 2022 and will be solely reliant on electricity market prices. The tender was won by Swedish utility Vattenfall in March 2018.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2023 Taiwan
Debt
Offshore Closed
2018 Taiwan
Development services
Offshore Closed
Hai Long (tender)
Taiwan
Green Giraffe supported the preparation of winning bids for the Hai Long 2 and 3 projects in the first ever Taiwanese offshore wind tender
Green Giraffe supported the preparation of bids for the Hai Long 2 and 3 projects in the first ever Taiwanese offshore wind auction. In particular, Green Giraffe prepared the financial model, supported project management and bid coordination and performed a strategic review and benchmark review as well as financial analysis up to bid submission. Located in the Taiwan Strait, the projects are owned by Yushan Energy (40%) and Northland Power (60%)
On 22 June 2018, Northland Power and Yushan Energy were awarded a grid connection and tariff of ~75 USD/MWh for 232 MW of additional capacity on Hai Long 2 and a tariff of ~85 USD/MWh for 512 MW on Hai Long 3. This award builds on the 300 MW grid connection and feed-in tariff previously allocated to Hai Long 2 on 30 April 2018. In combination the projects now total 1,044 MW, which is 100% of their potential capacity
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2018 Taiwan
Development services
Offshore Closed
2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2018 Netherlands
Development services
Offshore Closed
Borssele V (tender)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe supported the Two Towers project in preparing the winning bid for the Dutch offshore wind Borssele V site
Green Giraffe supported the Two Towers project in preparing the winning bid for the Dutch offshore wind Borssele V site. The Borssele V plot has been designated as an innovation site. With the site the Dutch government aims to contribute to a lowering of wind energy cost while having a positive effect on the Dutch economy. The site was tendered based on qualitative criteria.
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2022 Netherlands
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2021 Netherlands
Private: Development support
Offshore Closed
2018 Netherlands
Debt
Offshore Closed
2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2018 Taiwan
Development services
Offshore Closed
Hai Long (allocation)
Taiwan
Green Giraffe was mandated as lead international financial advisor alongside Cathay United Bank as local financial advisor for the Hai Long 2 & 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan
Green Giraffe was mandated as lead international financial advisor alongside Cathay United Bank as local financial advisor for the Hai Long 2 & 3 offshore wind projects in Taiwan to support their participation in the allocation round as well as establish a financing strategy and perform a bank market sounding
Located in the Taiwan Strait, the projects could reach around 1 GW and are owned by Yushan Energy (40%) and Northland Power (60%). The projects successfully passed the EIA (environmental impact assessment) in 2017 and participated in the first round of tariff allocation of ~195 USD/MWh in early 2018. Hai Long 2 was granted a tariff and grid connection for a capacity of 300 MW on 30 April 2018.
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2018 Taiwan
Development services
Offshore Closed
2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2017 Netherlands
Development services
Offshore Closed
Blauwwind (tender)
Netherlands
Green Giraffe advised a consortium to assist in the preparation of their bid for the Borssele III & IV offshore wind tender
Green Giraffe was mandated by a consortium comprising of Diamond Generating Europe, Eneco, Shell and Van Oord to assist in the preparation of their bid for the Borssele III & IV tender. The bid was won with a record breaking 54.5 EUR/MWh SDE+ regime.
Green Giraffe has continued to support the project to reach financial close, which occurred in June 2018. The Borssele III & IV offshore wind project will total 730 MW distributed over two separate sites located 22 kilometres from the Dutch coast and will provide power to approximately 700,000 households when it will be fully operational.
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2018 Netherlands
Debt
Offshore Closed
2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2025 Germany
Debt
Offshore Closed
2024 South Korea
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2024 Netherlands
—
E-fuels Closed
2024 Belgium
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2016 Denmark
Development services
Offshore Closed
Kriegers Flak (tender)
Denmark
Green Giraffe was mandated by a consortium led by Danish renewable energy developer European Energy and Canadian investment firm Boralex to assist in the preparation of their bid for the Kriegers Flak tender
Green Giraffe was mandated by a consortium led by Danish renewable energy developer European Energy and Canadian investment firm Boralex to assist in the preparation of their bid for the Kriegers Flak tender.
Kriegers Flak is a site selected by the Danish government in the Baltic Sea to develop a 600 MW offshore wind farm. The tender was won by Swedish utility Vattenfall in November 2016.
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2025 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Ongoing
2022 Netherlands
Development services
Offshore Closed
2020 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2019 Taiwan
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2019 Germany
Private: M&A advisory
Offshore Closed
2016 Denmark
Development services
Offshore Closed
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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- We won the Inspiratia Energy Transition Award 2024 for Best Financial Adviser – Renewables! Details
- Green Giraffe and Pekao Investment Banking advise on EUR 4.4 bn non-recourse financing of the Baltic Power offshore wind project Details
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Managing Director – Head of Green Giraffe Advisory London
Clément Weber
Wind Power List 2026
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 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 – Head of Southern Europe Madrid
Raúl Santos Chozas
Solar PV | Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Hydropower | Hybrid technologies | Heat
Debt advisory | M&A: buy-side and sell-side | Tender support | Equity raising | Strategy
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. Prior to joining Green Giraffe, Raúl spent 3 years at Astris Finance, and previously held roles at BBVA and ACS.
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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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Director Madrid
Ramona Kammerer
Ramona brings expertise across a broad spectrum of transactions, including early-stage equity fundraisings, corporate and asset-level M&A on both the buy-side and sell-side, competitive tender processes, and debt advisory mandates such as greenfield financings and refinancings. Her work is primarily focused on Europe
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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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Director Hamburg
Felix Schmitt
Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Solar PV | BESS & grid
M&A: sell-side and buy-side | Debt advisory | Tender support
Felix is a project manager in the Hamburg office. He has more than 12 years of track record in renewable energy M&A, finance and structuring
Before joining Green Giraffe Advisory, he worked in various commercial and management roles at UKA, Prime Capital and DZ Bank
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