Jamie Guthrie

Partner
Sydney

Biography

Jamie is a partner in our Energy, Resources and Infrastructure group.

He is a market-leading project finance lawyer, having advised on many of Australia’s most high-profile and first-to-market energy and critical infrastructure developments.

Jamie is a renewable energy expert. He assists clients with the structuring and financing of investments in utility-scale renewables projects including solar, wind, battery storage, pumped hydro, waste-to-energy and hydrogen.

Jamie has over 15 years’ experience and has represented sponsors, financial institutions and government organisations across the Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Africa and Europe. His extensive expertise spans a diverse range of financing structures, including commercial debt (syndicated and bilateral), grant funding, multi-sourced platforms, export credit arrangements, multilateral agency financing and acquisition finance.

He is widely recognised for his commercial acumen, technical excellence and deep sector insight.

Experience

Jamie’s experience includes advising:

  • A syndicate of banks in connection with the $2.3 billion portfolio financing of Global Power Generation Australia (jointly owned by Naturgy and an arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority) renewables portfolio.

  • A syndicate of banks in connection with the portfolio refinancing of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures’ (FRV) $1.2 billion renewables portfolio.

  • A syndicate of banks in connection with the stapled portfolio financing and disposal of Partners Group's $4 billion CWP Renewables portfolio.

  • ACEN Power with respect to the $750 million platform financing of its renewable assets (comprising New England Solar Farm (400MWs), Stubbo Solar Farm (400MWs) and 3GW development pipeline).

  • Akaysha Energy on the project financing of the 1,660MWh Orana (Wellington) BESS Project in NSW (one of the largest four hour batteries in the world).

  • Natixis on the project financing of Zen Energy's 111MW battery storage project in SA.

  • A syndicate of banks on the project financing of Genex Power's $100 million development of a 50MW battery storage project in Queensland.

  • Genex Power on the structuring, financing and procurement components of its proposed hybrid 150MW wind and 120MW BESS project at its Kidston Eco Hub in Queensland.

  • NAIF in respect of the project financing of Genex Power's $777 million development of a 250MW pumped hydro project in Queensland.

  • Alinta Energy on the structuring, financing and procurement components of its proposed $5 billion development of the Oven Mountain pumped hydro project.

  • ARENA on the funding of Engie and Mitsui's development of Australia's first large-scale hydrogen plant (ammonia to fertilizer).

  • Vast Solar and Mabanaft in connection with their development of a thermal solar to hydrogen methanol facility in Port Augusta.

  • Société Générale and MUFG on the project financing of First Solar Australia's 42.5 MW Manildra solar farm in New South Wales.

  • A syndicate of financiers in connection with Macquarie Capital and DIF's $700 million project financing of Australia first large-scale waste-to-energy plant (45MW) in Kwinana, Western Australia.

  • ARENA and CEFC in respect of the Acciona, John Laing, Tribe and HZI consortium's $511 million project financing of Australia's second large-scale waste-to-energy project (36MW) in East Rockingham, Western Australia.

  • A syndicate of banks in connection with the Pulse Consortium's (Pacific Partnerships, Ghella, BAM and DIF) successful bid for $5.4 billion Tunnel, Stations and Development PPP in Queensland.

  • A syndicate of banks in connection with the Moving Melbourne Together Consortium's (Pacific Partnerships, Salini Impregilo, Ghella and DIF) bid for the State of Victoria’s $6 billion Tunnel and Stations PPP.

  • The New South Wales Government in connection with its restructure and $9.6 billion disposal of a 51% interest in the Westconnex M4 and M5 toll roads.

  • A syndicate of banks on the project financing of the Tetris Capital Consortium's successful bid for the State of Victoria's social housing ground lease model 2 PPP.

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