George Garthwaite
Associate London
George is an Associate in the London Projects group.
George specialises in banking and project finance transactions in the renewable energy sector, including solar, offshore and onshore wind. He also has M&A and construction experience.
Since joining the firm, George has spent time working in the firm’s London and Munich offices.
- Advising Infranity SAS, on behalf of its funds, on a circa €120m financing for the construction of a 178 MW portfolio of seven solar PV assets in Italy, owned by Peridot Solar Limited a portfolio company of FitzWalter Capital Limited.
- Advising Banco Santander on a €1bn green loan with a European Export Credit Agency (“ECA”) guarantee granted to Iberdrola for the financing of the acquisition of turbines for both onshore and offshore windfarm projects in Spain, Poland, Greece, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Advising Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Allied Irish Bank acting as lenders on an innovative £230m finance facility granted to Low Carbon to create 1 GW of solar PV capacity.
- Advising a group of lenders on the £350m refinancing of West Burton Energy’s UK Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (“CCGT”) and 49 MW battery storage facility located in Nottinghamshire, UK. This is the largest UK gas generation project in over a decade.
- Advised the lenders to DIF Capital Partners, via its DIF Infrastructure VII fund, on the financing of a 540 MW portfolio of co-located UK solar generation and battery storage assets comprising seven ready-to-build sites.
Education
2017-2018 LPC (Distinction), BPP Law School
2015-2016 GDL (Distinction), BPP Law School
2012-2015 Classics (BA, 1st), University College London
memberships & associations
Law Society of England and Wales
- PressWFW advises lenders on £350m UK gas generation project refinancing
- PressWFW advises lenders on 540 MW solar and battery storage portfolio financing
- PressWFW advises Infranity on €120m financing for 178 MW Italian solar PV portfolio
- PressWFW advises lenders on £230m financing facility for Low Carbon
- PressWFW advises Banco Santander on €1bn ECA-backed green loan to Iberdrola