Henry Stewart
Partner London
Henry is Global Energy Sector Head and Head of the London Projects Group.
Henry has extensive finance, commercial and corporate experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors and has advised on a large number of landmark transactions in the renewables sector.
He is recognised as a leading lawyer by legal directories Chambers UK, Legal 500 UK and IFLR 1000. In 2021, Chambers reported clients as saying they appreciate “how commercial he is, as he is able to quickly quantify the commercial impact of any discussion point and therefore determine its importance as a point of focus. He is also very good when it comes to explaining complex issues.”
Henry has practised in London and Singapore.
- Advising global solar developer Lightsource bp on the sale of a portfolio of 58 operational assets to a consortium comprising GLIL Infrastructure and Bluefield Solar Income Fund.
- Advising Lightsource bp ("LSbp") on a US$1.8bn revolving credit facility to be used for its global growth strategy of developing 25 GW of solar energy by 2025. The facility encompasses multiple currencies and trade financing features, providing LSbp with flexible corporate financing across its group to help deliver its strategy in the UK, continental Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
- Advising InfraRed Capital Partners Limited, investment manager to The Renewables Infrastructure Group (“TRIG”), on TRIG’s acquisition of a 17.5% equity interest in the Beatrice offshore wind farm from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
- Advising TotalEnergies on its sale of a 25.5% equity stake in the Seagreen offshore wind farm for £522m to PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand’s national oil and gas company PTT.
- Advising Nord/LB on financing the 307 MW Hästkullen wind farm and the 167 MW Björnlandhöjden wind farm, together one of Europe’s largest onshore wind clusters, which included one of Europe’s largest onshore wind corporate PPAs.
memberships & associations
- Law Society of England & Wales
- PressWFW advises AMPYR Distributed Energy on innovative £170m debt facility for solar and BESS projects
- PressWFW advises lenders on BESS project financing for Eku Energy
- PressEnergy-sector experts join WFW strategic expansion
- PressWFW secures positive results in Q1 2025 energy and infrastructure league tables
- PressWFW advises Invenergy on greenfield onshore wind project financing
