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Jeremy Gewirtz 

Partner, London 

Profession

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

Experience

Jeremy is a partner with over 15 years of experience advising lenders and sponsors on a variety of deals across the energy value chain. He is a co-leader of the firm’s Energy & Utilities Group and heads up our power and energy trading teams.

Over the past 18 months his significant deals included advising:

  • on the GDF SUEZ/International Power merger;
  • on the disposals of BG’s power plants in England, Northern Ireland, Italy and the US;
  • on the acquisition and financing of Eggborough power station in the UK;
  • on the Egemer IPP – a greenfield project for a new-build 900MW CCGT plant in Turkey; and
  • a major international utility on the disposal of a substantial UK transmission asset.

On the trading side, Jeremy advised on the Calyon/EDF and Morgan Stanley/Ineos energy trading joint ventures and on a series of high profile commodities deals.

Jeremy is also recognised as a leading lawyer (Band 1) by Chambers Global in Projects in the UK.

Professional experience

1998 - Partner, Linklaters
1991 - 1998 Assistant Solicitor, Linklaters
1989 - 1991 Trainee Solicitor, Linklaters
1989 - Admitted as Attorney in US, New York

Education

1988 - 1989 University of Pennsylvania, LL.M
1987 - 1988 College of Law, Guildford
1984 - 1987 Lincoln College, University of Oxford, B.A. (Law)

Languages

English