Zurich\/ Berlin \u2014 Baker McKen\u00adzie advi\u00adsed infra\u00adstruc\u00adture funds mana\u00adged by B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners AG, Zurich, on the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of BCP Battery Holding as a plat\u00adform to acquire a pipe\u00adline of battery storage faci\u00adli\u00adties in Germany with a total capa\u00adcity of over 300 MW. As its first invest\u00adment in the pipe\u00adline, the plat\u00adform has acqui\u00adred a 60 MW battery storage project in Eisen\u00adach, Thurin\u00adgia, which is curr\u00adently under cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and will be the largest indus\u00adtrial battery in the German battery storage market when completed.<\/p>\n
The infra\u00adstruc\u00adture funds mana\u00adged by B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners imple\u00admen\u00adted the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion as part of a newly formed joint venture toge\u00adther with other invest\u00adment funds as co-inves\u00adtors mana\u00adged by another Zurich-based asset manager.<\/p>\n
Baker McKen\u00adzie\u2019s work included, in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar, advi\u00adsing on a frame\u00adwork agree\u00adment to secure the pipe\u00adline, project-rela\u00adted agree\u00adments (such as lease, EPC, O&M and marke\u00adting agree\u00adments), joint venture struc\u00adture, finan\u00adcing and tax struc\u00adtu\u00adring, and tran\u00adsac\u00adtion agree\u00adments rela\u00adted to the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of each project.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Baker McKen\u00adzie team, led by Claire Dietz-Polte and Holger Engel\u00adkamp, was able to assist us with all rele\u00advant aspects of the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion and the project agree\u00adments due to their in-depth indus\u00adtry know\u00adledge and outstan\u00adding M&A as well as project expe\u00adri\u00adence,\u201d commen\u00adted Dr. Barbara Weber (photo), foun\u00adder of B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cI am plea\u00adsed to see that such inno\u00adva\u00adtive and future-orien\u00adted invest\u00adments are growing and thus contri\u00adbu\u00adting to the energy tran\u00adsi\u00adtion in Germany,\u201d commen\u00adted Claire Dietz-Polte. Holger Engel\u00adkamp added: \u201cA parti\u00adcu\u00adlar chall\u00adenge in this tran\u00adsac\u00adtion was the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of various ESG requi\u00adre\u00adments based on an ESG tool deve\u00adlo\u00adped by our client to ensure that it was truly a sustainable investment.\u201d<\/p>\n Follo\u00adwing its first invest\u00adment in battery storage in Germany in 2020, B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners, a Zurich-based asset manage\u00adment firm specia\u00adli\u00adzing in sustainable infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, has assem\u00adbled an exclu\u00adsive pipe\u00adline of battery storage assets in Germany from seve\u00adral leading battery storage deve\u00adlo\u00adpers. The pipe\u00adline consists of more than 300 MW of battery storage that the newly formed BCP Battery Holding will acquire and build over the next twelve months. Once the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion of the pipe\u00adline projects is comple\u00adted, BCP Battery Holding will be the largest company of its kind in Germany.<\/p>\n Legal advice of B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners AG: Baker McKenzie<\/strong><\/p>\n Lead: Corporate\/Projects: Dr. Claire Dietz-Polte LL.M. (Part\u00adner, Berlin), Holger Engel\u00adkamp LL.M. (Coun\u00adsel, Berlin) About B Capi\u00adtal Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners AG is a part\u00adner-owned invest\u00adment house, estab\u00adlished in 2003 and Zurich-based. We exclu\u00adsi\u00advely focus on core sustainable infra\u00adstruc\u00adture. Since 2010, we have inves\u00adted and advi\u00adsed capi\u00adtal in excess of EUR 2.6bn across Europe. Our goal is to select supe\u00adrior infra\u00adstruc\u00adture assets for our clients, while adhe\u00adring to the highest corpo\u00adrate ethic as well as to state-of-the-art ESG stan\u00addards. We are a signa\u00adtory to UN PRI as well as to WEPs (Women Empower\u00adment Prin\u00adci\u00adples) and a member of GRESB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Zurich\/ Berlin \u2014 Baker McKen\u00adzie advi\u00adsed infra\u00adstruc\u00adture funds mana\u00adged by B Capi\u00adtal Part\u00adners AG, Zurich, on the estab\u00adlish\u00adment of BCP Battery Holding as a plat\u00adform to acquire a pipe\u00adline of battery storage faci\u00adli\u00adties in Germany with a total capa\u00adcity of over 300 MW. As its first invest\u00adment in the pipe\u00adline, the plat\u00adform has acqui\u00adred a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1367,1369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nTeam: Corporate\/Projects: Jasmin Mayerl (Asso\u00adciate, Berlin)
\nPublic Law: Dr. Janet Butler (Coun\u00adsel, Berlin), Dr. Maxi\u00admi\u00adlian Voll LL.M. (Asso\u00adciate, Berlin)
\nAnti\u00adtrust: Prof. Dr. Chris\u00adtian Burholt LL.M. (Part\u00adner, Berlin), Dr. Katrin Kurz (Asso\u00adciate, Berlin)
\nReal Estate: Dr. Daniel Bork (Coun\u00adsel, Dusseldorf)
\nInsu\u00adrance: Dr. Peter Stan\u00adke\u00adwitsch (Senior Coun\u00adsel, Frankfurt)
\nTax: Dr. Stephan Behnes (Part\u00adner, Frank\u00adfurt), Florian Gimm\u00adler (Part\u00adner, Frank\u00adfurt), Dr. Astrid Ruppelt (Coun\u00adsel, Frank\u00adfurt), Corne\u00adlia Hoene (Asso\u00adciate, Frankfurt)
\nBanking & Finance: Kath\u00adrin Marchant (Part\u00adner, Frankfurt)<\/p>\n