Pinsent Masons advises Great British Energy, National Wealth Fund and Scottish National Investment Bank on Pentland Investment
19 Nov 2025 | 03:46 pm |
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Great British Energy (“GBE”), the National Wealth Fund (“NWF”) and the Scottish National Investment Bank (“SNIB”) on their acquisition of a stake in Pentland Offshore Wind Farm from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (“CIP”) and agreed to provide an aggregate investment of up to £150,000,000 in the project.
Pentland Offshore Wind farm is being developed by Highland Wind Limited which is majority owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Eurus Energy and Hexicon also hold existing minority stakes in the project.
This transaction marks GBE’s first investment and is NWF and SNIB’s first direct investment into a floating offshore wind project. Brian Thumath, Pinsent Masons partner, commented:
“The Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm is a unique and innovative project that will be critical for the development and deployment of floating offshore wind in the UK. We wish GBE, NWF and SNIB and their partners CIP, Eurus and Hexicon well as they work together to take the project forward to the next stage”
Brian Thumath led the Pinsent Masons Energy Corporate team that advised GBE, NWF and SNIB with support from Jonathan Woolf, Heather Hutcheon, Beth Stott and Angus Stewart.
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