Helen is a finance and projects lawyer specialising in transactions in the energy transition and infrastructure sectors.
Based in London, Helen has extensive experience of energy transition projects across renewable energy, infrastructure, and the battery value chain (battery metals, giga factories and battery storage). Her unique practice spans the financing and acquisitions of major infrastructure, power and mining projects across the UK, Europe, Africa and Australia.
Helen covers the spectrum of debt products and structures from the more traditional project finance and public private partnership structures to multi-source platform financings, and acquisition and holdco financings, as well as streaming and royalties. Her client base includes developers, financial sponsors, institutional investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and GP-managed funds, as well as traditional commercial banks.
Helen is a key member of our market-leading team in the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors for providing top quality service to clients. Our sector specialists deliver expert support on some of the most complex energy transition and decarbonisation projects (including CCUS), renewables and power projects, world-class mining projects, large-scale oil and gas projects and first-of-a-kind infrastructure projects. We continue to support our clients, and have done over many years, in navigating the systemic shift in interest on green and sustainable financing.
Helen is ranked in the Chambers UK 2026 legal directory as an Up-and-Coming Lawyer in Projects. Helen is also ranked in the Legal 200 UK 2026 directory as a Next Generation Partner for Infrastructure: Project Finance and Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining & Minerals.
Helen is described by clients in the Chambers UK 2025 legal directory as "very practical and commercial. She thinks outside of the box." She is also described by another client as having "an outstanding knowledge and the capability to break down complex matters to key legal questions" and a "nice personality to have in the room when tempers start flying. She diffuses tensions."
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- Easpring Finland New Materials Oy on the development and financing of a cathode active material manufacturing plant in Finland
- OX2 on the project financing of two onshore wind farms in Finland with a total capacity of 472 MW and investment of more than €700 million; the largest renewable energy investment in Finland to date (Europe Onshore Wind Deal of the Year 2025, Proximo Infra Awards)
- the lenders to Asante in respect to the financing of its Bibiani and Chirano gold mines in Ghana (African Mining Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2025)
- OX2 on the financing of its first energy storage facilities in Finland
- Renewable Power Capital on a c. €555 million financing for its 553MW onshore wind portfolio in Sweden
- Tulu Kapi Gold Mines Share Company on the development and financing of the Tulu Kapi gold mine in Ethiopia
- Keliber Oy in relation to the financing of the Keliber lithium project, which involves the development of a mine, mineral processing facilities and a lithium hydroxide plant
- the lenders on the financing of the NeuConnect interconnector project, the first direct power link between Great Britain and Germany (European Power Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2022)
- CERO Generation in connection with the development and financing of a BESS project which will be co-located with their Larks Green solar PV project in the UK
- PowerCo (Volkswagen Group) in relation to the proposed acquisition of nickel sulphate by a pre-paid offtake structure as part of the acquisition funding for ACG’s acquisition of the Santa Rita nickel sulphide and Serrote copper mines in Brazil
- Dynamic Mining on the financing and development of the Bon Ami Bauxite mine in the Republic of Guinea, including advice on the project's debt financing, offtake and equity arrangement
- Adriatic Metals plc (now Dundee Precious Metals Inc) on the financing for the development of its Vareš base metals project in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The financing involved an equity fundraise, senior secured debt facility and secured copper stream
- Allianz, Amber Infrastructure, Dalmore Capital and DIF on the platform financing for their successful consortium bid for the £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project in the UK
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