M&A
Overview
Buyers, sellers, and lenders intending to transact in renewable energy projects, portfolios, or platforms require a robust and independent assessment to help identify and mitigate risks and unlock upside potential. Thorough commercial, legal, technical, and environmental due diligence—combined with a solid post-merger integration strategy—are the foundations of any successful transaction.
We bring unique experience and perspective to deal teams gained from decades of operating in the sector. We know projects inside and out and can help you to quickly identify those most value-accretive opportunities and the most significant risks that can either build or destroy value.
Sub-Services
Our M&A services include:
Technical Due Diligence
From energy resource and technology assessment to permitting risk, contracts, and cash flows we provide buy and sell-side technical due diligence solution covering all renewable energy technologies and every corner of the world.
Commercial Due Diligence
We support private equity and other investors with commercial due diligence and rigorous market and customer analysis across development platforms and businesses including contractors, manufacturing and supply chain, technology, and operational services companies.
Lenders Advisory
Our Lenders Technical Advisor (LTA) and Lenders Environmental & Social Advisor (LESA) services are led by a team with decades of experience on successful project financings covering wind, solar, BESS, and emerging energy technologies, including construction and operational monitoring.
Environmental & Social Due Diligence
Our M&A team works with clients to navigate complex Lender’s requirements (e.g., IFC performance standards, EBRD, etc.) through a complete environmental and social due diligence (ESDD) service.
Case Studies
Our Industry Experts
Chris Clement-Jones
Partner, EMEA
Chris Clement-Jones has over a decade of experience in M&A, finance, and development of major energy infrastructure projects worldwide. With a strong foundation in technical due diligence and project development, Chris has held leadership roles across the value chain—working with lenders, investors, and developers to advance both offshore and onshore wind capacity. His expertise spans offshore wind economics, planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Before joining CoralPoint, Chris served as Development Lead at Havfram, where he managed bid tenders and joint venture origination efforts across Europe. Prior to this he led the Offshore Wind team at UL, specialising in Owners Engineering and Technical Due Diligence. Chris holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde.
Deepak Chinnapa
Global Service Lead - Strategy & Commercial Advisory
Deepak is a Partner based in our Hamburg office and leads the firm’s global strategy and commercial consulting practice. He joined Brinckmann in 2021 having spent more than a decade in the renewable energy sector within research and consulting. Deepak brings strong industry know-how and advises companies across the renewable energy value chain. Within consulting, Deepak advises a string of companies such as Asset Owners, Developers, Institutional Investors, PE Funds and Supply Chain Players, present across the value chain on key topics across the energy transition landscape. He has extensive experience in supporting companies on commercial due diligence work covering component and service-related M&A opportunities and provides analysis on the market and technology-related forecasts, asset owner strategies, and policy and regulatory developments. Prior to joining Brinckmann, Deepak worked as a Managing Consultant in Wood Mackenzie’s power and renewable business where he provided advisory services covering the wind, solar PV, energy storage, and power markets. In the past, he also worked in the wealth management divisions of Citibank and JP Morgan Chase in India. Deepak holds a B.SC in Business from St. Josephs College of Commerce in India and an MBA from Aarhus University, Denmark.
Emily Kuhn-Keaveney
Co-Regional Lead, Americas
Emily Kuhn-Keaveny is a trusted advisor to investors, developers, and utilities navigating the U.S. energy transition—particularly when the stakes are high and the path forward is complex She brings over a decade of experience in renewable energy project development, technical due diligence, and market strategy. Emily has led diligence efforts on some of the most significant clean energy transactions in the U.S., and her work spans onshore and offshore wind, solar, transmission, and emerging markets. Before joining CoralPoint, Emily was a Consulting Director at ERM and previously worked with the New York Power Authority, where she helped shape the utility’s multi-year clean energy strategy. She is a recognized leader in the industry, having served as the NYC Chapter Lead for Women in Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy (WRISE). Emily’s passion for conservation, wildlife, and nature started on the beaches of Long Island, where she worked many summers as a Piping Plover Steward. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and her two cats.
Gareth Lewis
CSIO and Regional Lead, EMEA
Gareth Lewis is a Senior Advisor with CoralPoint based from the UK. Gareth is a technically skilled and highly successful renewable energy practitioner, with deep experience of large-scale offshore wind project development, M&A, and execution. Gareth has been involved from the very beginning of offshore wind globally and has spent over 20 years at the forefront of the industry. He led the development of the 4.2 GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm for the Forewind Consortium (SSE, RWE, Equinor, Statkraft) as well as serving as project director on numerous other projects. In 2015 he joined The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) where he was Managing Director for Asia Pacific and advised power and finance sector clients across many different jurisdictions. Following the acquisition of RCG by ERM, Gareth was a Partner in Renewables, and Global Lead for Development Services. Gareth holds degrees in Marine Biology and Underwater Engineering & Technology.