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Holly Gardiner

Associate

Email

holly.gardiner@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 1188

Offices

London

V-CARD
Holly advises on a range of corporate transactions, including private mergers and acquisitions, equity finance, joint ventures and general corporate advisory work.
Holly spent six months on secondment to a corporate client operating internationally in the consumer goods sector.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Corio Generation Limited and Macquarie Green Energy and Climate Opportunities Fund on matters relating to their joint investment into the 1.5GW Outer Dowsing offshore wind farm project in the UK.
  • A pension fund on the sale of its 50% equity interest in a European natural gas transmission system operator.
  • A leading infrastructure investor on its acquisition of a 25% equity interest in a British gas distribution company managing natural and green gas distribution networks in the UK.
  • Carlyle and a leading sovereign wealth fund on their investment in Eneus Energy, a project developer and technology integrator for green ammonia production projects.
  • Xlinks First on its series A and series B equity fundraising rounds in connection with the development, financing, construction, ownership, operation and decommissioning of a large-scale renewables power project in Morocco and the UK.
  • An Emirati state-owned renewable energy company on its acquisition of a UK battery storage company.
  • KCA Deutag on its acquisition of the Saipem onshore drilling business in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.
  • Alujain Corporation on a joint venture with LyondellBasell in NATPET, a petroleum products company.
  • A UK asset manager on its internal corporate reorganisation.
  • Dorilton Capital as lead investor in a Series C fundraising for Ursa Space, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure company.

Pro bono

  • Advising with University House Legal Advice Centre in their family law and domestic violence free legal advice clinic and coordinating A&O Shearman participation in this clinic.
  • Advising with Coram Children’s Legal Centre on British citizenship applications for children.
  • Volunteering in Athens with European Lawyers in Lesvos to prepare asylum seekers for asylum interviews in Greece.
  • Advising a medical condition charity on research and funding agreements with UK universities.
  • Advising a profit-for-purpose start-up on general corporate matters.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as a Solicitor (England and Wales), 2021

Academic

LLM Commercial Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2019

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University, 2018

BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford, 2017

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.