John specialises in advising both public and private companies on acquisitions, disposals, equity investments, joint ventures and demergers within the infrastructure, energy and industrials sectors.

John's experience

  • Advised Drax Power on its agreement with Apatura Limited to acquire three battery energy storage system projects (totalling 260MW) under which Apatura will construct and deliver the projects and Drax has options over a further eight sites (289MW) being developed by Apatura.

  • Advised Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm on the Ofgem regulated disposal of the transmission assets attaching to the Triton Knoll offshore wind project to Ofgem selected preferred bidder, ETEPCO, with transfer value in excess of £500m.

  • Advised Rampion Offshore Wind on the £279 million divestment of offshore transmission assets to TC Rampion OFTO (a subsidiary of Transmission Capital Partners).

  • Advised the shareholders of the 576 MW Awel Y Môr Offshore Wind Farm project (RWE/SWM/Siemens/GIG). This included agreements with Gwynt Y Môr on compensation for production losses, the terms of the grid connection and the lease agreements for the project.

  • Advised Saint Gobain on virtually all UK acquisitions and disposal over the last 10 years including the acquisition of Gibbs & Dandy; Ceramic Tile; Benchmark Building Supplies, Scottframe Limited and SIG Roofspace Limited, as well as the disposal of the installation business and a large number of sites in accordance with undertakings given to the CMA following the acquisition of Build Center.

  • Advised AMC Entertainment Holdings on their $929m purchase of Nordic Cinema Group AB from Bridgepoint Advisers Limited and Bonnier AB.

  • Advised AMC on the acquisition of Nordic Cinema Group from Bridgepoint Capital, following the acquisition of Odeon/UCI cinema group from Terra Firma.

  • Advised E.ON on the on the disposal of two separate equity stakes in Rampion Offshore Wind. The first disposal, pre-final investment decision (FID), was to the Green Investment Bank. The second disposal, post-FID), was to Enbridge.

  • Acted for E.ON on the £163m disposal of the Humber Gateway transmission assets as part of the OFTO process.

  • Advised Carlton Power on its joint venture with ESB for the development of the combined cycle gas turbine plant at Carrington, Manchester and Carlton's subsequent exit.

Credentials

  • 2026
    Thomson Reuters Stand Out Lawyer
  • 1996
    Qualified - England and Wales
  • 1994
    Joined Pinsent Masons
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Out-Law / Insight by John Tyerman

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