Mr. Baumgurtel is a partner in our Energy, Infrastructure and Resources group. He has 15 years of experience advising on energy and infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisitions transactions (both public and private), corporate advisory, and cross border transactions in Australia and throughout the Asia Pacific region, particularly in the energy sector.
He advises on energy and infrastructure development projects, particularly in the energy sector. He specialises in the provision of strategic and commercial legal advice throughout the energy / infrastructure asset lifecycle: from project acquisition, development (including offtake contracting and grid connection), financing, construction, operation, joint ventures and divestment, with a particular focus on asset M&A and corporate transactions.
Mr. Baumgurtel represents investors and companies developing and financing wind, solar, thermal, transmission, energy storage and other energy projects.
He has expertise in drafting and negotiating project agreements, EPC agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, offtake, connection and access agreements and power purchase agreements. He also has experience managing non-recourse project financing including parallel bank negotiations, due diligence and transaction documentation.