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 Danielle Heath
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Danielle Heath

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Danielle Heath is a Corporate partner specialising in infrastructure and renewable energy transactions, acting for institutional investors and developers in the infrastructure and energy sectors. She advises on a broad range of corporate work, including acquisitions and disposals (including auction processes and portfolio transactions), joint ventures, corporate governance and the shareholder aspects of project based transactions. Danielle has a core focus on transactions involving renewable energy assets and projects in the UK and abroad, including advising on M&A transactions relating to in development, under construction and operational projects and infrastructure projects (including broadband, fibre, PPP, water and other core-infrastructure). 

Danielle is the co-head of the CMS Institutional Investors Sector group and she was ranked in the 2020 “A Word about Wind” Legal Power List, which sets out the top 100 lawyers globally (covering both private practice and in-house counsel) working in the wind sector. 

She is the firm’s relationship partner for InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, John Laing Limited and Low Carbon Limited.

Relevant experience

  • TRIG on investments in offshore and onshore wind farms in the UK and Europe, including most recently: (i) the indirect acquisition from Global lnfrastructure Partners of a 12.5% interest in the 1,218 MW Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm; (ii) the indirect acquisition of an interest in the 714 MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm from GIG and the related consortium arrangements; (iii) the indirect acquisition from Global Infrastructure Partners of a 25% indirect interest in the 330 MW Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea; and (iv) the acquisition of the Little Raith onshore windfarm.
  • EDF Renewables UK on the sale of a 49% interest in Blyth I offshore wind farm to Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Blyth I is a 41.5-MW operational windfarm and the joint venture has development rights for the Blyth floating offshore wind farm project with a planned capacity of up to 58.4 MW.
  • A bidder in the proposed acquisition of an interest in Burbo Bank offshore wind farm from PKA.
  • Aviva Infrastructure Fund on their onshore wind farm joint venture with Fred.Olsen and various renewable energy investments.
  • Aviva Infrastructure Fund on their broadband infrastructure investments in TrueSpeed, County and ITS in the UK and additional funding rounds.
  • InfraRed since 2008, including on their recent fibre broadband infrastructure opportunities (including the recent investment in CTG) and on acquisitions in numerous health, social and transport infrastructure assets, both in the UK and abroad.
  • John Laing since 2012, including most recently on recent fibre broadband opportunities and on: (i) numerous onshore wind farm disposals in the UK and in France; (ii) numerous infrastructure disposals to JLIF and; (iii) on the sale of the seed portfolio renewable energy assets to the then newly formed JLEF.
  • A developer on the sale of a number of battery storage projects in development in the UK.
  • A bidder on the proposed investment in Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
  • Low Carbon on general corporate matters including acquisitions, disposals, commercial framework agreements with developers and joint ventures to develop renewable energy projects in the UK (including with Vitol and Macquarie) and the recent acquisition of an interest in a large Eastern European onshore wind farm in development.
  • A Japanese investor in the proposed investment in a portfolio of assets from Cubico.
  • Repsol on the disposal of Beatrice and Inch Cape offshore wind farm to SDIC.
  • An investor in relation to the acquisition of a water company in the UK.
  • Equinor on the acquisition of Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK and an offshore wind farm investment opportunity in the UK.
  • A pension fund manager on a cornerstone investment in a new £550m infrastructure fund established and managed by InfraRed Capital Partners and on its investment (as sole investor) in a large UK solar portfolio managed by Octopus Investments.

Publications

  • PLC International Joint Ventures Manual - co-author

Memberships & Roles

  • Co-head of the CMS Institutional Investors Sector group.

Education

  • LLM (Kings College, London)