We are a leading source of financial advisory services to project developers and financial investors in the renewable energy sector both in the most developed markets and in certain emerging markets in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Africa. Our team is made of renewable energy specialists that have been active in all segments of the renewable energy markets (Wind, Solar, Biomass) in Project Finance and M&A advisory over the past 8 years.
Having worked on several transactions and having completed some very firsts in the sector, the Astris team has developed unparalleled financial structuring capacities for renewable energy project financings:
- Project Finance: we have advised on many firsts in the sector, including greenfield financings of single-assets, refinancings of projects or portfolios in operation
- M&A: we have acted as sale- and buy-side advisors at various stages of development (outright sale of permits, acquisition upon completion, acquisition of assets in operation)
- Technical insight: we maintain close ties with key technology firms, academics and laboratories
- In-depth experience in devising new financing structures better suited to the characteristics of wind and solar power
- Experience in carrying out closing processes in the wind and solar sector, with a good knowledge of the main legal, technical and insurance experts active in the field
- Experience in structuring bankable contractual arrangements often involving several counterparties (contractors/operators/panel manufacturers or turbine suppliers, etc.)