Experience

Sustainable Energy Advisors Ltd
• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Partner

  • Aug 2020 - Present


Kisawa Sanctuary

• Mozambique
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Director

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2020

  Undertake and coordinate all legal and commercial activities of the project, ensuring full adherence to all legal and regulatory obligations. Contributed to structuring the multinational corporate setup of the project. Reporting directly to the investors in order to support strategic decision-making. Leading a small team under the guidance of the investors, managed different aspects of the project, including HR, procurement and logistics. Focused on achieving completion of construction and supporting the GM in building sound operational team and protocols. Show less



Capture Power Limited

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas

• Senior Legal Counsel

  • Sep 2015 - Apr 2016

  Reporting to CPL General Counsel, support project development efforts on legal and contractual aspects with focus on the project agreements and consents required to deliver the project and gain shareholders, lenders and Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) support for Final Investment Decision (FID). Key elements of role include: - Project structuring; - Preparation, review and negotiation of all relevant project documentation, including EPC contract, O&M contract, PPA, grid connection agreement, fuel supply agreement, lease agreement, land arrangements, project management services agreement, consultant agreements, etc.; - Preparation of the bid update to be submitted to DECC in respect of the project implementation phase; - Manage the complexities of the project on legal and contractual aspects with a view of minimising interface risks for CPL, ensuring that all CPL operations are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and CPL ethical standards and policies; - Manage and supervise CPL’s legal advisors together with the General Counsel. Show less



Falck Renewables SpA

• Italy
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Group International Legal Affairs

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2015

  Reporting to the group CFO. A member of the board of directors for numerous UK subsidiaries and special purpose companies. Responsible for all legal work (ex. Italy), direct or through managing external lawyers. Since December 2011 have been based in London. Key elements of role included: - Providing legal support on various M&A, corporate finance transactions and joint ventures - drafting and negotiating relevant transaction agreements (e.g. value sharing Joint Venture agreements, Sale and Purchase agreements, Asset Purchase agreements); - Drafting and negotiating a numerous commercial contracts (including EPC and O&M) in connection with the development, construction, operation of group assets; - Assisting the group in structuring and negotiating the legal aspects of project finance transactions (c. €0.5bn total); - Providing legal support in the assessment and development of new business opportunities with a view to generally minimise business legal risks; - Managing and supervising the company secretarial requirements for the UK subsidiaries; While at Falck, worked at many different transactions in connection with different renewables energy technologies, such as: Wind Energy: successfully negotiated several agreements for the construction and operations of 16 wind farms in UK, Italy and France; closed five project finance transactions for the financing of one wind farm in UK, three wind farms in Italy, including the largest project finance in Italy in 2010, and one wind farm in France. Solar Energy: successfully negotiated EPC and O&M agreements for the construction and operations of three solar projects in Italy and closed a project finance transaction for the financing thereof. Waste to Energy: in 2014 successfully closed the SPA for the acquisition of a SPV holding permits to build and operate a 16.5MW Waste to Energy project in England and negotiated the EPC contract for the construction of the plant and several feedstock supply agreements. Show less



Passavant Impianti Spa

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Counsel

  • May 2002 - Dec 2004

  Exposed to, and managed, a broad array of legal issues arising at the different stages of the company’s business model and project evolution, from the participating in public tenders, through to construction and operation of projects. Reporting to the Head of Legal, role entailed: - Drafting and negotiating engineering and construction contracts, operation and maintenance contracts, supply agreements, JV agreements and non-disclosure agreements; - Providing internal contract management legal advice to project and asset managers; - Managing commercial and administrative litigation, liaising with and coordinating external lawyers representing the company within judicial or arbitration procedure. Show less



Archon Group

• United States
• Real Estate
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Asset Manager

  • Jun 2000 - Apr 2002

  Responsible for managing a credit portfolio within a mortgage backed loan securitisation transaction. Role strongly orientated towards recovery of outstanding debts (sized between €100k and €2m) through negotiation with borrowers and management of repossession judicial procedures, coordinating the activities carried out by external lawyers. Responsible for managing a credit portfolio within a mortgage backed loan securitisation transaction. Role strongly orientated towards recovery of outstanding debts (sized between €100k and €2m) through negotiation with borrowers and management of repossession judicial procedures, coordinating the activities carried out by external lawyers.