Jennifer Charles (Née Etherington)
Senior Associate London
Jennifer is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure group in London.
Jennifer specialises in domestic and international project financings and renewables projects.
Jennifer has experience of a range of international and domestic projects, focussed on the financing aspects of deals though also encompassing some commercial projects and regulatory matters.
Her sector experience has spanned projects in the energy, power, water and infrastructure sectors across a range of jurisdictions.
Jennifer recently completed a secondment to the project finance team of a major international bank.
- Advising Green Investment Group as sponsor on the construction financing of an onshore wind farm portfolio in Sweden and Norway with a total installed capacity of 170 MW.
- Advising a consortium of lenders comprising SMBC, Helaba and NatWest, on the £243m refinancing of a 351 MW portfolio of 28 operating solar PV assets in England and Wales, owned by Foresight Group.
- Advising the institutional investors on an award winning £1.3bn bond to finance the acquisition by PKA and PFA of a 50% stake in the 659 MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm.
- A BlackRock owned project company on the EKF backed construction financing for the 160MW Tellenes wind farm in Norway, including the power purchase arrangements with Google. This deal was listed as one of Inspiratia’s top ten most significant renewables deals of 2016.
- The ECAs, IFIs, hedging banks and commercial lenders in relation to the US$5.5bn Star refinery project in Turkey.
- PressWFW advises GIG on the construction financing for a 170 MW Nordic onshore wind portfolio
- PressWFW advises lenders on refinancing of £243m Foresight UK solar portfolio
- PressWFW advises Investec on construction financing of subsidy-free 34.7MW tracker solar photovoltaic project
- PressWFW advises Cubico on £272m UK renewables portfolio refinancing
- PressWFW advises Vattenfall on entry into UK energy retail market with acquisition of ISupplyEnergy