Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised RGREEN INVEST SAS (“RGREEN INVEST”) on its investment of up to €42m, via its INFRAGREEN IV fund, in a joint venture with UMBRELLA SOLAR INVESTMENT, S.A. (“UMBRELLA SOLAR INVESTMENT”) for the construction and operation of fourteen (14) solar PV projects in Spain with 212 MWp aggregate capacity.
With over €1.4bn under management, RGREEN INVEST is an independent French investment management company with a proven track record in investing and financing the energy transition and adaptation to climate change.
Valencia-headquartered UMBRELLA SOLAR INVESTMENT is a vertically integrated global company in the photovoltaic solar energy value chain. The companies belonging to UMBRELLA SOLAR INVESTMENT cover a wide spectrum of activities strongly linked to the production and accumulation of electricity from solar photovoltaic sources.
The WFW Madrid Corporate team that advised RGREEN INVEST was led by Partner Ana Lorenzo, working closely with Senior Associate Fernando Santos, and Associate Cecilia Osorio.
Ana commented: “We are delighted to have advised RGREEN INVEST on this major strategic investment that helps support the growth of European developers and operators in the energy value chain. Our role in this transaction underpins WFW’s standing as one of the leading legal advisors for investment work in the renewable energy space both in Europe generally and Spain specifically”.
