White & Case advises A.P. Møller on acquisition of solar, wind and battery energy projects in South Africa

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised A.P. Møller Capital (APMC), a fund management company focused on value-add infrastructure investments, on the acquisition of a platform of solar, wind and battery energy projects in South Africa from Mainstream Renewable Power (Mainstream).

Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa is a developer, constructor and operator of utility-scale renewable energy projects and also operates as an independent power producer. Established in 2009, the platform comprises 148 MW of operating and under-construction assets, 351 MW of shovel-ready projects and an 11.6 GW development pipeline across wind, solar and energy storage technologies.

The proposed transaction, which is currently subject to regulatory approvals and other third-party consents, will complement A.P. Møller Capital's existing investments across Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partner Ken Barry (London) and included partners Gary Felthun, Lulama Selele, Sandile Mathebula (all Johannesburg), Will Lund (Abu Dhabi) and Dan Reavill (London), local partners Claire Tuch (Abu Dhabi) and Lloyd Christie (Johannesburg) and associates Oji Adoh, Norah Arafeh, George Croft, Rachel Thompson, Edward Beard (all London), Praveer Shyam (Johannesburg) and Alec Buchanan (Abu Dhabi).

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