Düssel­dorf — ARQIS advi­sed Omnes Capi­tal on the closing of a solar energy joint venture with German solar power deve­lo­per ILOS New Energy. The French private equity firm invests through its Capen­er­gie 4 fund.

The fund is dedi­ca­ted to rene­wa­ble energy and now has three invest­ments in its port­fo­lio. He part­ne­red with Spain’s Proso­lia Energy and became invol­ved with Danish solar energy provi­der Better Energy. Further tran­sac­tions are curr­ently being exami­ned and are alre­ady at an advan­ced stage.

The goal of the Capen­er­gie funds is to provide growth capi­tal to support Euro­pean rene­wa­ble energy deve­lo­pers on their way to beco­ming inde­pen­dent energy produ­cers. The current tran­sac­tion illus­tra­tes this strategy.

ILOS New Energy is an inter­na­tio­nal solar power deve­lo­per based in Germany and was foun­ded by Michael Winter and Niko­laus Krane, two experts in utility systems and the solar indus­try. The aim of the part­ner­ship is to create a plat­form for pan-Euro­­pean solar power projects with a total capa­city of more than 1.5 GW. The company alre­ady has a project pipe­line that includes a total capa­city of more than 500 MW in the Nether­lands, Ireland, the United King­dom, Spain and Italy. The part­ner­ship with Omnes comes with the inten­tion of beco­ming an inde­pen­dent power produ­cer across multi­ple markets.

Advi­sors to Omnes Capi­tal: ARQIS Rechts­an­wälte (Düssel­dorf)
Dr. Mirjam Boche (Lead; M&A); Coun­sel: Dr. Gerhard Schwartz (Energy; Munich); Asso­cia­tes: Thomas Chwa­lek, Dr. Maxi­mi­lian Back­haus (both M&A)

About ARQIS
ARQIS is an inde­pen­dent law firm opera­ting in Germany and Japan. The firm was foun­ded in 2006 at its current offices in Düssel­dorf, Munich and Tokyo. Around 55 employees advise dome­stic and foreign compa­nies at the highest level on the core issues of German and Japa­nese busi­ness law. The focus is on M&A, corpo­rate law, private equity, venture capi­tal, employ­ment law, private clients, intellec­tual property, liti­ga­tion as well as real estate law and tax law.