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Senior Associate

Maximilian Weaver

London, United Kingdom
Languages
  • English
  • French

Max is a Senior Associate in the CMS Corporate team in London with broad corporate experience advising on joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, energy, infrastructure and PFI projects, rolling stock assets and traditional M&A.

Relevant experience

  • Columbia Threadneedle on its asset portfolio disposal to 3i Infrastructure, including two operational Italian hydro projects, a Swedish offshore wind business and a Norwegian data mine.
  • AXA IM on the equity arrangements relating to its acquisition of a 50% stake in Coalburn 1, a 500MW battery energy storage system from CIP.
  • Macquarie Asset Management and BCI on the acquisition of a 60% stake in National Grid’s UK gas transmission and metering business, with an implied enterprise value of GBP 9.6bn.
  • A consortium of infrastructure investors on its acquisition of a majority stake in National Grid’s gas distribution network, creating Cadent, and subsequent arrangements to acquire the remaining stake.
  • NBIM on the acquisition of a 37.5% stake in the 573MW operational Race Bank Wind Farm.
    Octopus Investments on the acquisition of a 29.7MW wind farm.
  • A UK renewables fund on the acquisition of a 12.5% stake in a 600+MW operational UK offshore wind farm.
  • Octopus Energy on its acquisition of Bulb’s customer business by way of the UK’s first Energy Transfer Scheme.
  • Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm on the divestment of the transmission assets for the NNG offshore wind farm (TR10).
  • Transmission Investment on its sale to TAQA, covering transaction structuring, regulatory aspects and transaction negotiation.
  • A confidential client ​on the sale of offshore transmission assets relating to a UK offshore wind farm.
  • An infrastructure fund ​on shareholder arrangements for its partnership with a listed fund to acquire a portfolio of solar energy projects.
  • A financial investor ​on the disposal of a portfolio of anaerobic digestion businesses.
  • The founders of a UK energy supply business ​on the disposal of a majority stake to a state-owned energy company and the subsequent merger of the companies’ trading operations.​
  • AMP Capital on its disposal of a majority stake in Angel Trains, a rolling stock business, and the subsequent collapse of the investment platform.
  • The funders to Rock Rail on a GBP 900m+ debt facility for 750 new Aventra carriages for First MTR South Western Trains, and a debt facility for 29 battery-electric bi-mode trains for TransPennine Express, including review of rolling stock arrangements.
  • An international pension fund investor on its investment in a UK rolling stock platform, including review of lease, train supply and maintenance arrangements.

Education

  • 2011 – LLB, The College of Law, London
  • 2006 – BA (Hons), University of Bristol, Bristol
Practice Areas
Corporate

Further reading

Insights by Maximilian

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News United Kingdom

CMS advises on the disposal of assets of a portfolio managed by Columbia Threadneedle Investments to 3i Infrastructure plc

16 Mar 2026 2 min read
News United Kingdom

CMS advises on sale of Transmission Investment to TAQA

06 May 2025 2 min read
Deals United Kingdom

CMS advises SEFE on all aspects of acquiring WIGA Group

26 Mar 2024 5 min read
News United Kingdom

CMS advises Anzo Group on the sale of Roxor Gaming

26 Sep 2022 2 min read
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