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Michael Carroll

Senior Associate

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Michael Carroll

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Michael Carroll is an Australian qualified Senior Associate in our London Corporate department. Michael specialises in M&A transactions, joint ventures and major project acquisitions and disposals, with a focus on transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector where he advises developers, utilities, infrastructure funds, pension funds and other financial investors on a broad range of transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, equity investments and joint ventures.

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Relevant experience

  • Brookfield Asset Management on its 50/50 joint venture with KKR in respect of X-Elio, one of the world’s largest independent solar platforms with operations in the USA, the Middle East, Japan, South Africa, South America, Australia, Italy and Spain, by way of the indirect acquisition of Acek Renewable’s 20% stake in X-Elio and 30% of KKR’s stake in X-Elio.
  • GLIL Infrastructure on its consortium with Arcus Infrastructure Partners in respect of the leveraged buyout of Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd, one of the largest meter asset providers in the UK, from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
  • RWE on the disposal of a 49% stake in the 219 MW Humber Gateway offshore windfarm to Greencoat and the resulting 51/49 joint venture.
  • Electricity Supply Board on the acquisition of a 50% stake in the 450 MW Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind from EDF and the resulting 50/50 joint venture with EDF.
  • GLIL Infrastructure on the acquisition of a 49% stake in Cubico Sustainable Investment’s 250 MW wind and solar portfolio in the UK and the resulting joint venture with Cubico Sustainable Investment.
  • The Renewables Infrastructure Group (a fund managed by InfraRed Capital Partners) on the indirect acquisition from Global Infrastructure Partners of a 25% interest in the 330 MW Gode Wind 1 offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea and the entry into a shareholders’ agreement with Glennmont Partners in respect of their combined 50% stake in the underlying Gode Wind 1 joint venture with Ørsted.
  • SSE plc on the disposal of a 50% stake in SSE Enterprise Telecoms (one of the UK’s largest connectivity suppliers) to Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Prudential, and the resulting 50/50 joint venture.
  • EDP Renováveis on the disposal of stakes in the 1.1 GW Moray Firth East offshore wind farm to: (i) ENGIE (23.3%, pre-CfD award); (ii) Diamond Generating Europe (in two tranches, with a 20% stake being sold following CfD award and a further 13.4% stake being sold at FID); and (iii) China Three Gorges (10%, immediately after financial close), and the resulting joint venture arrangements.
  • EDF Renewables UK on the acquisition (by way of subscription) of a 51% interest in Longfield Solar Energy Farm Limited, the project company which is developing the proposed 500MW Longfield solar farm with co-located battery storage in Chelmsford and the resulting joint venture with developer Padero Solar.
  • Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited on the sale of the offshore transmission assets relating to the 402MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm to TCP.
  • Saeta Yield (a subsidiary of TerraForm Power) on the acquisition from X-Elio Energy of a 40 MW portfolio of operational solar PV projects in Spain.
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Education

  • 2011 – LLB, University of Queensland
  • 2011 – BCom, University of Queensland
  • 2012 – GDLP, College of Law (Queensland)
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Expertise

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15/08/2023
CMS advises Legal & General on the UK’s biggest investment in ground source...
CMS has advised Legal & General Capital (Legal & General) on its further investment in The Kensa Group (Kensa), together with Octopus Energy (Oc­topus). Kensa is the UK’s leading manufacturer and installer...
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24/03/2023
CMS advises Brookfield on acquisition of stake in X-ELIO
International law firm CMS advised Brookfield Renewable (Brookfield), one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms, on its acquisition of a further 50% stake in global...
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10/11/2022
CMS advises Hydro Rein on its 50/50 joint venture with Commerz Real to...
International law firm CMS has advised Hydro Rein on its agreement with Commerz Real to establish a 50/50 solar joint venture which will acquire a Danish solar portfolio. Completion of the joint venture...
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09/08/2022
CMS advises consortium on acquisition of further investment in Ørsted's...
International law firm CMS has advised a consortium comprised of Equitix and The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) on its agreement to acquire from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) a further...
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28/07/2022
CMS helps the NeuConnect project reach Financial Close
With ongoing support from CMS, NeuConnect Britain Limited and NeuConnect Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG (together NeuConnect) have achieved financial close on their £2.4bn (EUR 2.8bn) electricity in­ter­con­nect­or...
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31/03/2022
CMS advises Kansai on its participation in a consortium acquiring a 50%...
International law firm CMS has advised The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (“Kansai”) on its participation in a consortium led by Glennmont Partners and comprising other institutional investors from...
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22/03/2022
CMS advises consortium on acquisition of interest in Ørsted’s 1.2-GW Hornsea...
International law firm CMS has advised a consortium comprised of The Renewables Infrastructure Group and Equitix on its agreement to acquire a 12.5% interest in the Hornsea One Offshore Wind Farm from...
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09/12/2021
Climate-friendly future strategy: International CMS team advises SWM and...
Spirit Energy, the gas production company in which Stadtwerke München GmbH (SWM) and Bayerngas GmbH jointly hold 31 percent and the UK-based Centrica holds 69 percent, has signed an agreement to sell...
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21/10/2021
CMS advises EDF Renewables UK on new partnership with VANTAGE RE
International law firm CMS has advised EDF Renewables UK, a subsidiary of the French utility company, Électricité de France (EDF), on its strategic partnership with Vantage RE Ltd (Vantage RE), a wholly-owned...
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18/12/2019
CMS advises GLIL Infrastructure on acquisition of 49% stake in operational...
International law firm CMS has advised GLIL Infrastructure LLP (GLIL), the £1.8bn infrastructure fund backed by Northern LGPS and Local Pensions Partnership, on its 49:51 equity partnership with global...
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13/12/2019
CMS advises ESB on acquisition of 50% stake in £2bn offshore wind farm
International law firm CMS has advised leading Irish energy company Electricity Supply Board (ESB) on its 50:50 equity partnership with EDF Renewables to jointly develop the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG)...
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25/09/2019
CMS advises The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited on key offshore...
International law firm CMS has advised The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (“TRIG”), a fund managed by InfraRed Capital Partners, on the acquisition of a 25% indirect equity interest in Gode...
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