Beatrice Lo

Beatrice’s representative experience include advising:

Energy Transition, Renewables, and Power

• Blackstone Infrastructure on an agreement to invest up to €2 billion in Eurowind Energy, a leading pan-European renewables developer and independent power producer
• TotalEnergies on its €2.2 billion joint venture with Masdar, pursuant to which TotalEnergies and Masdar will combine their respective onshore renewables businesses in Asia
• An acquisition by an entity owned 50/50 by ECP and Centrica of Grain LNG, a UK-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Isle of Grain
• Apollo on its:
  • £4.5 billion debt financing for Électricité de France
  • US$600 million investment to acquire a 50% interest in a joint venture entity related to the Vale Oman Distribution Center from Vale S.A.
• PTTEP, Thailand’s national oil and gas company, on its £522 million acquisition of a 25.5% stake in the Seagreen offshore wind farm from TotalEnergies
• Lime Rock Management on the strategic partnership between Ardyne, a Lime Rock portfolio company and supplier of specialized technology and services catering to the energy industry, and Weatherford International
• Energy Capital Partners, an energy-transition infrastructure investor, on the £341 million sale of Triton Power to Equinor and SSE Thermal
• Iberdrola on its £1.63 billion sale of a 40% stake of East Anglia, a UK-based provider of energy services, to Green Investment Group
• Helios Investment Partners, an Africa-focused private investment firm, on selling a 25% interest in Axxela, Nigeria’s largest private-sector gas distributor, to Sojitz
• An investment firm on acquiring a controlling stake in a solar power development project in Nigeria

Asset Management and Financial Services

• Macquarie Asset Management on its proposed acquisition of Spire Management Limited
• Ares Management Corporation on the US$3.7 billion acquisition of GLP International
• Grupo Financiero Galicia, Argentina’s largest private financial group, on acquiring HSBC’s Argentina business
• Credit Suisse on selling its global trust business to The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited
• La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) on its partnership with Generation Investment Management and investment in FNZ, a global fintech company
• The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society on acquiring Scottish Equitable’s UK-based business, consisting of life insurance, critical illness, and income protection policies
• Integro Group, an Odyssey Investment Partners portfolio company, on acquiring Hawkes Bay Holdings, a London-based provider of insurance broker and underwriting agency services
• A number of clients on investing in and acquiring insurance brokerage businesses

Other Complex Transactions

• Nissan Motor Co. on a new framework agreement relating to its strategic alliance with Renault Group
• Whirlpool Corporation on the joint venture between Whirlpool and Arcelik, a Turkey-based company that manufactures household appliances, to combine their European domestic appliance businesses into a newly formed entity
• Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation on selling the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane to Qatar Investment Authority
• ViaSat on its joint venture with Eutelsat Communications, combining Eutelsat’s current European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technologies and consumer internet service provider (ISP) business expertise
• William Demant Invest on acquiring Vision RT, a UK-based 3D surface imaging technology company developing products and solutions for surface guided radiation therapy