Gerard Pike

Practice Areas

Gerard is a project finance specialist with more than 20 years’ experience in project finance, infrastructure and energy acquisition financing, power projects, power purchase agreements, syndicated lending and loan derivatives.

Gerard is widely regarded as a market-leading lawyer in Australia for large scale renewable energy projects, as demonstrated by his track record and the volume and quality of matters he advises on.

On project finance matters, he acts for bank syndicates, project borrowers and sponsors. Gerard’s key clients include Acciona Energy, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, BP Energy, Tilt Renewables, ACEN Energy, Equis, ANZ, CBA, NAB, MUFG, Westpac, Windlab.

Work Highlights

Some of Gerard’s recent highlight matters include advising:

• Tilt Renewables on its underwritten $500 million Asian Term Loan

• The bank syndicate on the project financing of Recurrent Energy’s 150MW Carwarp Solar Project.

• Metlen on the project financing of the 151MW Muuna Creek Solar Farm in Queensland

• SEC on the offtake arrangements and project financing of the Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub Battery Energy Storage System in Victoria

• ACEN Australia on its A$750 million green loan financing facilities with CEFC, DBS, MUFG and Bank of China, Standard Chartered, CTBC, ANZ and Westpac

• BP Energy on its offtake arrangements for the Woologa Solar Farm and Woolooga Battery Energy Storage System in Queensland

• The bank syndicate on the $191 million refinancing for International Parking Group

• Acciona Energy on the power and LGC offtake arrangements for the 400MW Aldoga Solar Project in Queensland

• Windlab on the 25 year PPA with Rio Tinto for the 1400MW Bungaban Wind Farm in Queensland (the largest renewable energy offtake deal in Australia to date)

• Windlab on the offtake and project financing of the 500MW Gawara Baya Wind Farm in Queensland

• Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on its Capricornia Pumped Hydro Energy Storage project in Queensland