Jessamy is the Global Co-Head of the Energy and Real Assets Group and is a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure practice, based in the London office.
She focuses her practice on international public and private M&A in the infrastructure, energy, and real assets markets. She also has extensive experience counseling on business-critical corporate governance matters. Jessamy’s clients include a range of private capital investors, including global pension, infrastructure, and fund managers, as well as FTSE listed companies.
Jessamy’s experience includes advising:
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VINCI Airports on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Edinburgh Airport from Global Infrastructure Partners for c. £1.27bn and its ongoing strategic partnership arrangements with GIP;
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PSP Investments andAviAlliance on the acquisition of AGS Airports, the owner of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton Airports from Ferrovial and Macquarie for an enterprise value of c. £1.53bn;
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CPPIB on its acquisition of a strategic stake in and numerous subsequent investment rounds into Octopus Energy and establishing a funds platform for investment in developing renewable sources of energy globally;
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Arqiva (owned by a consortium of investors, including Macquarie Asset Management, CPPIB, IFM Investors, and Whitehelm Capital) in the sale of its telecoms division (towers business) to Cellnex Telecom S.A. for £2bn;
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Arqiva (owned by a consortium of investors, including Macquarie Asset Management, CPPIB, IFM Investors, and Whitehelm Capital) on its disposal of its TV broadcast and smart metering business, first as a 100 per cent disposal and then subsequently an exit by CPPIB only to Digital9;
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National Grid on the carve out and subsequent divestment of its £14bn UK gas distribution business, Cadent, to a Macquarie-led consortium, the largest ever energy and infrastructure deal in the UK;
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Brookfield and OTPP on their acquisition of a combined total stake of 50% in Scotia Gas Networks from SSE plc and ADIA;
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IFM Investors in the disposal of its 40 per cent stake in 50 Hertz Transmission, the German electricity transmission business;
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IFM Investors in its acquisition of a strategic stake in Manchester Airport Group (‘MAG’) and the subsequent successful bid by MAG for London Stansted Airport;
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AIMCo in its acquisition of a majority stake in Eolia Renovables, a Spanish renewable energy company, from Oaktree Capital;
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Sunsuper (now part of ART) and NSW Treasury Corporation in their joint acquisition of a strategic stake in both Bristol and Birmingham International Airports from OTPP and subsequently another pension fund investor in its acquisition of a further strategic stake in the same airports, also from OTPP;
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USS in its acquisition of a strategic stake in Thames Water (Kemble Water Holdings Limited);
Macquarie Asset Management, IFM Investors, CPPIB, and AMP Capital (now InfraBridge) in the disposal of Wales & West Gas Networks to CKI;
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Allianz, AIMCo and EdF Invest (among others) in their successful consortium bid for Porterbrook Trains, a UK rolling stock leasing company;
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AustralianSuper in two separate transactions to acquire a combined 67 per cent interest in the Kings Cross Central development project, alongside developer Argent;
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PSP Investments in the dissolution of its infrastructure joint venture with GIC, Isolux, involving the disposal of toll road and energy assets in North America, Brazil, India, Mexico, and Spain;
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Rio Tinto in its defence of the hostile takeover made by BHP Billiton and its US$15bn rights issue, the first rights issues by a dual listed company; and
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Anglian Water in a recommended cash offer by Osprey Acquisitions (IFM Investors, CPPIB, Colonial First State and AMP Capital).
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