Brian specialises in corporate law and advises clients on all matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity fundraisings, joint ventures, investments, takeovers and corporate governance.

Brian's experience

  • Advised EDF power solutions and ESB on the sale of a one-third interest in the Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm to Sumitomo Corporation, marking an important milestone in the development of one of the UK's most significant floating offshore wind projects.

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  • Advised ERG S.p.A., a major renewable energy company, on the potential acquisition of a 73MW operational onshore wind portfolio comprising seven assets across England.

  • Advised ERG S.p.A., a leading renewable energy company, on its acquisition of a 100% stake in a portfolio of seven operational onshore wind farms in Northern England from OnPath Energy Midco Limited, a subsidiary of OnPath Energy.

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  • Advised NEO Energy on the acquisition of an independent oil and gas company, Zennor Petroleum Limited, for a total consideration of up to US$625m.

  • 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.

  • Advised Buccleuch on the sale of the Glenmuckloch pumped storage hydro and windfarm project in Dumfries and Galloway to Foresight.

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  • Advising on a strategic commercial arrangement between our client, a significant fuel card operator, and a digital platform provider for the use of a payment platform enabling business customers to offer a unified “at home”, workplace and in transit payment solution for their electric vehicle fleet.

  • 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.

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  • Advised Fleetcor Technologies Inc., an NYSE listed provider of fuel cards and payment solutions, on its investment into Mina Digital Limited, a start-up business focussed on payment solutions for EV charging. Fleetcor and Mina entered into a commercial partnering agreement, under which the parties will work together to develop a payment platform which will work across traditional fuel sources and new EV charging hubs.

  • Advised Ithaca Energy on the US$2 billion acquisition of North Sea assets from Chevron North Sea Limited

Out-Law / Insight by Brian Thumath

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