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Henry Davey

Head of Energy

Henry Davey has more than 35 years of experience in the international energy sector. Prior to joining McCarthy Denning, Henry was at Herbert Smith Freehills for more than 30 years, 20 of which he was a Partner and more recently at Squire Patton Boggs as a consultant.

What we say about Henry

Throughout the course of his career, Henry has advised clients on acquisitions and disposals, project development and commercial contracts across upstream and downstream oil and gas, power generation, distribution and transmission as well as renewable energy assets. His clients include energy corporates, utilities, financial institutions, and infrastructure funds and private equity investors.

Highlights include advising:

• Afren on its African oil and gas businesses.
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of BG Group’s majority stake in the Central Area Transmission System gas pipeline in the UK North Sea.
• Berkshire Hathaway/CalEnergy Gas on their UK energy assets.
• CGN on its renewable energy assets in Wales.
• Chevron on its disposal programme for downstream assets in the Caribbean and Asia.
• EDF on the sale of their electricity network business in the UK.
• Esparity Holdings, a solar developer in Spain.
• Gazprom on its UK and European energy businesses.
• HG Capital on the acquisition of their UK wind farm Scout Moor.
• Iberdrola on the East Anglia offshore wind project with Vattenfall.
• Infracis/the Oteko Group on the acquisition of a gas business in Turkey from BP.
• Infrastructure funds in relation to their bids for the UK government’s pipeline and storage system.
• Macquarie on the acquisition of the Wales & West gas distribution network.
• MND Group (KKCG) advising on the potential acquisition of Net4Gas, the owner and operator of the Czech Republic’s gas transmission network.
• Petroplus on their acquisition of the Cressier oil refinery in Switzerland.
• Renewable Energy Holdings on their acquisitions and disposals and project development of wind projects in Europe.
• Sojitz on its North Sea assets.
• Sumitomo on its first UK offshore wind farm acquisition from Macquarie.
• TXU on the sale and restructuring of their UK gas and power supply and generation businesses.

Renewable credentials include:

• Dong Energy on its proposed acquisition of MGT Power Limited, a biomass power plant in the UK;
• EdF on the acquisition of a wind farm at Hinkley Point;
• Esparity Holdings on their Spanish solar projects
• HgCapital on their 50% interest in the Scout Moor wind farm;
• Iberdrola on restructuring the East Anglia offshore wind joint venture with Vattenfall;
• Infinis on CfD backed Power Purchase Agreements;
• Kings College London on energy efficiency gain agreement;
• Major US utility on the installation of rooftop solar in multiple jurisdictions;
• Macquarie on the Power Purchase Agreement for a CFD-backed biomass project, UK;
• OFGEM on their development of the regime for the provision of offshore transmission infrastructure for offshore wind farms and other offshore electricity generation projects;
• Renewable Energy Holdings on various transactions and projects including:
• acquisition and development of an 81 MW wind farm in Wales, Mynydd y Gwynt
• acquisition of, and subsequent development of, the Kesfeld and Kirf wind farms in Germany
• subsequent sale of the Kesfeld and Kirf wind farms to Allianz
• acquisition of Gamar DHL, a 30MW wind project in Kobylany, Southeast Poland
• joint ventures with EDF Energie Nouvelles for the commercialisation of CETO technology which comprises wave power and desalination
• in relation to a waste to energy project in the UK – acquisition, development and subsequent disposal
• Repsol on their interest in UK offshore wind;
• Solar Fluids on the development of new solar technology;
• a Specialist renewables fund manager on a potential IPO of renewable energy projects (principally wind) in the UK and continental Europe; and
• Triodos on its investment in Marine Current Turbines, a company set up to invest in wave power.
• Quantagen on a potential waste to energy project JV with EEW in the UK