We have advised Partners Group and Greenlink on all Irish law aspects of the sale of the Greenlink undersea electricity interconnector cable in a transaction that values Greenlink at an Enterprise Value of over €1bn. The deal is a significant transaction for Ireland’s energy sector – with the interconnector having a nominal capacity that is equivalent to powering approximately 380,000 homes.  

The team was led by Niamh McGovern, Cian McCourt, James Downey, Gillian Carragher and Eoin McCague, with Deirdre Sheehan and Thelma Byrne providing real estate advice and Danielle Conaghan and Jacinta Conway providing planning advice. 

Our full team included Simon Breen (Competition and Regulated Markets), Daniel Goldblatt and Golda Hession (Corporate and M&A), Audrey Hughes (Debt Finance), Cian Beecher, Aedín McHugh, and Aisling Kerins (Employment), Enya Levy (Energy), Sarah Rogers (Environmental and Planning), and Olivia Mullooly and Rosemarie Blake (Technology and Innovation).

For more, read the press release on the transaction on the Partners Group website.