Alistair Fraser

Alistair is a Partner in the corporate department who has experience in cross-border public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations with a focus on the energy and infrastructure and healthcare sectors.

Alistair has particular experience advising on the acquisition and disposal of renewable assets.

Work highlights

Alistair has advised on many high-profile corporate transactions. Recent highlights include advising:

• Ørsted on the sale of a minority interest in the FlagshipONE e-methanol project to Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
• Equitix on the acquisition of a stake in Viridor Energy, one of the UK's largest recycling, renewable energy and waste management companies
• Equitix on the acquisition of a 50 per cent. interest in a portfolio of eight offshore wind farms from Macquarie Asset Management

• CPPIB on the sale of its entire stake in Arqiva to Digital 9 Infrastructure 
• CPPIB on a long-term strategic partnership with Octopus Energy Group with an initial $300 million equity investment
• Ørsted on the sale of a 50 per cent. interest in the 1.3GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm to AXA IM Alts and Crédit Agricole Assurances
• McKesson Corporation on the sale of its UK pharmacy distribution and retail business (Lloyds Pharmacy) to Aurelius
• The Gavi Alliance on the conception, design and implementation of the COVAX Facility 
• G4S on its recommended £3.8bn cash offer from Allied Universal and its takeover defence against a hostile offer from GardaWorld

Alistair has spent time in our Singapore office as well as on secondment to Lloyds Banking Group. 

Alistair has also advised:

• Equitix on its acquisition of Aurora Infrastructure, an operator of electricity distribution networks in Finland, from InfraVia Capital Partners
• Norfund on its investment into a 420MW solar power plant in India developed by Enel
• G4S on the sale of the majority of its conventional cash handling businesses to The Brink’s Company for an enterprise value of £727 million
• Innogy on the sale of a 41 per cent. interest in the 860 MW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm project to J-Power and Development Bank of Japan (acquiring a 25 per cent. stake) and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (acquiring a 16 per cent. stake)    
• A consortium of Dalmore Capital and PiP on the acquisition of a 49 per cent. interest in EDF Energy Renewable Limited’s UK wind generation portfolio comprising 24 wind farms with a total capacity of approximately 550 MW
• Macquarie Capital in relation to two simultaneous disposals of its entire 12.5 per cent. indirect interest in the 580 MW Race Bank offshore wind farm
• Macquarie Capital on the sale of their entire 12.5 per cent. indirect interest in the 353 MW Galloper offshore wind farm
• Reliance Industries on the disposal of its 76 per cent. stake in its East African petroleum retail and distribution business, Gulf Africa Petroleum Corporation