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10 February 2025

2024 Year In Review: A&O Shearman ENRI Practice

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A&O Shearman was formed in 2024 via the merger of two historic firms, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. With nearly 4,000 lawyers globally, we are equally fluent in English law, U.S. law and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets. This combination creates a new kind of law firm, one built to achieve unparalleled outcomes for our clients on their most complex, multijurisdictional matters – everywhere in the world. A firm that advises at the forefront of the forces changing the current of global business and that is unrivalled in its global strength. Our clients benefit from the collective experience of teams who work with many of the world’s most influential companies and institutions, and have a history of precedent-setting innovations. Together our lawyers advise more than a third of NYSE-listed businesses, a fifth of the NASDAQ and a notable proportion of the London Stock Exchange, the Euronext, Euronext Paris and the Tokyo and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges.
In 2024, the ENRI team at A&O Shearman completed a series of significant transactions, highlighting our commitment to advancing the renewable energy sector
United States Energy and Natural Resources

In 2024, the ENRI team at A&OShearman completed a series of significant transactions, highlighting our commitment to advancing the renewable energy sector. Here are some of the key deals we advised on this past year.

Transaction Highlights 2024:

  • OX2:
    • Advising on the financing, development, and construction of the 100 MW Rutki solar farm, financed by NORD/LB, and
    • Advising on the sale of a 99.2 MW onshore wind project in Romania to Nala Renewables, valued at SEK2.48 billion (approximately EUR214 million).
  • NORD/LB: Advising on a EUR109m financing for two solar farm portfolios in Poland, developed by GoldenPeaks Capital, with a combined capacity of 177 MW.
  • Polenergia: Advising on the financing of the 47 MWp Szprotawa 1 and Szprotawa 2 Photovoltaic Farms.
  • DIF Capital Partners: Advising on the negotiation and signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Axpo Polska, covering all DIF wind farms in Poland with a total capacity of 171 MW.
  • Partners Group: Advising on the Polish aspects of its sale of VSB Group, a leading renewable energy platform in Europe, to the French energy company TotalEnergies.
  • EBRD, mBank S.A., and Bank Ochrony Środowiska S.A.: Advising on financing for a groundbreaking waste processing plant in Wierzbica, Poland.
  • The lenders to Atman sp. z o.o.: Advising on the refinancing of its Polish data center portfolio.
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: Advising on a PLN500m credit facility for PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.

These transactions collectively contributed to the generation of significant amounts of green energy, supporting the global transition to sustainable energy.

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