Ian McCarlie
Partner
Ian is an energy project specialist and has extensive experience of acting for developers, utilities, stakeholders, senior lenders and international investors in the renewables and clean energy sectors across the United Kingdom and Ireland advising on joint ventures, project acquisitions and development, fund raising and project construction, procurement and financing (onshore and offshore wind, solar, EfW, biomass, storage AD, wave and tidal technologies).
Ian's experience
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Leading all property advice to Blue Energy on its disposal of its 149MW UK-wide onshore wind farm portfolio to funds managed by Octopus Investments.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising a European renewables energy company on a deal to purchase two operational wind farms and one operational solar park in Wales from the Swedish energy giant, Vattenfall. The deal was part of a wider “portfolio” transaction, which involved purchasing operational assets in the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Buccleuch on the sale of the Glenmuckloch pumped storage hydro and windfarm project in Dumfries and Galloway to Foresight.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised TNB’s European focussed renewables platform, Vantage RE, on the acquisition of a 49% stake in Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Limited, which holds the operational 41.5 MW Blyth 1 Wind Farm and further development rights for a floating offshore wind project of up to 58.4 MW.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised LDV on the refinancing of Harburnhead wind farm, a 51.7MW wind farm located in West Lothian, Scotland. We had previously acted on the original financing in 2016. We were instructed to prepare a due diligence report on the project, to be shared with the incoming lender. In addition, we were instructed to assist on the drafting and negotiation of the new finance documents and the release of the existing securities.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Capital Dynamics Limited on its acquisition of Sorbie Wind Farm in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The 13 MW development phase, subsidy-free onshore wind project was acquired from German developer Energiekontor who will continue to support management of the asset alongside Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy Infrastructure subsidiary platform CD Arevon.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advising Tesco Stores Limited on the lease arrangements with various suppliers for the roll out of roof top solar on Tesco's portfolio of stores in the UK as part of Tesco's pathway to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2035.
- Cross-border
- Government and public sector
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Advised Gresham House Renewable Energy LP on its acquisition of Inverclyde Windfarm Limited, which owns the 24MW Inverclyde wind farm, from BayWa r.e. This included advice on the acquisition plus the setting up of the new fund.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Red Rock Power Limited, a subsidiary of SDIC Power Holdings, a Chinese state-owned energy company headquartered in Edinburgh, on the tax aspects of a strategic sell-down and 50:50 joint venture (with the Electricity Supply Board an Irish semi-state-owned utility) in respect of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm development.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Railpen Direct Infrastructure Limited on the purchase of the entire issued share capital of Tralorg Wind Farm Limited in South Ayrshire, from global renewable
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
Credentials
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2007Joined Pinsent Masons
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2001DLA Piper, Senior Associate
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1999Qualified - Scotland
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1996CEPMLP, LLM Energy Law and Policy
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1994Dundee University – Dip LP
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1993Dundee University – LLB
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