Trilegal, CAM act on Brookfield's sale of 1.6 GW Renewable Asset Portfolio to Gentari

Trilegal and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acted on Brookfield Asset Management's sale of 1.6 GW renewable energy portfolio in India to Gentari Renewables India.

Trilegal acted as the transaction counsel for Brookfield and advised on all legal aspects of the sale process until closing of the transaction with Gentari.

The Trilegal Corporate Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner Ankush Goyal and included Partner: Deep Choudhuri; Counsel: Namrata Bhagwatula; Senior Associate: Purvi Kaya, Nikhil Issar, Arunima Singal and Jatin Sharma; Associates: Natansh Jain, Pallav Gupta, Aditya Shah, Akhil Kumar, Ananya Mohapatra, Sakshi Sharma, Ipshita Dey, Mayank Jain, Gauri Jindal and Shubh Arora.

The Trilegal Projects Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner Nayantara Nag and included Partner: Riyaz Bhagat; Counsels: Astha Srivastava and Ipshita Ahuja; Senior Associates: Shouri Bhat, Charulatha Jagadish, and Samykya Mukku; and Associates: Rishabh Garodia, Ankita Agarwala, Kaveri Yadav, Shivansh Shukla, Sirisha Prasad and Divya Sharma.

The Trilegal Banking & Finance Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner Kannan S Rahul and included Partner: Siddharth Dang; Counsel: Vidhi Sarin; Senior Associate: Shreya Menon; and Associates: Saksham Sharma, Soham Chakraborty and Sanchit Thapliyal.

The Trilegal Antitrust and Competition Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Gautam Chawla; and supported by Counsel: Ankush Walia; and Associates: Madhav Kapoor and Akanshha Agrawal.

The Trilegal Compliance and Corporate Governance Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Sampath Kumar; Principal Consultant: Denzil Rodrigues; Senior Consultants: Tanya Agarwal and Charu Tiwari; and Consultant: Jitesh Goyal.

The Trilegal Labour & Employment Team advising on the mandate was led by Partners: Atul Gupta and Kanishka Maggon; and supported by Associate: Sandhya Varadharajan.

The Trilegal Real Estate Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Rahul Arora; and supported by Counsel: Abhinav Mishra; Senior Associate: Shiv Kumar Badhwar; and Associates: Tushiq Garg, Nandhinee E and Saraswati Rawandale.

The Trilegal White-Collar Team advising on the mandate was led by Partners: Kunal Gupta and Siddharth Gupta; and supported by Senior Manager: Chandan Dhand.

The Trilegal Asset Management and Funds Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Aditya Jha; and supported by Senior Associates: Aditi Sharma and Dibya Behera; and Associates: Arjun Singal and Vishal Lodhi.

The Trilegal Disputes Resolution Team advising on the mandate was led by Partners: Tine Abraham, Deep Rao Palepu and Pallav Shukla; and supported by Counsel: Aayush Chandra; Senior Associates: Arjun Agarwal, Aayush Marwah, Shourya Bari, and Pundrikaksh Mitruka; and Associates: Parth Parikh, Meghana Kumar, Rohan Sachdev, Mohit N Agarwal and Abhi Udai Singh Gautam.

The Trilegal Tax Team advising on the mandate was led by Partner: Samsuddha Majumder; and supported by Counsel: Kartikey Kulshrestha; Senior Associate: Yash Varmani; and Associate: Utkarsh Mittal.

CAM acted as counsel to Gentari on all legal aspects in relation to the due diligence and the investment.

The team was led by Ajay Sawhney, Partner (Head - Northern Region); Aditi Misra, Partner; with support from Aditya Prakash, Principal Associate.

Diligence team -

Corporate – Sreetama Sen, Partner; with the support from Nooreen Haider, Principal Associate; Bhadra Nair, Senior Associate; Poorva Bhatia, Associate; Aakash Rao, Associate; and Soumya Gupta, Associate.

Employment – Ankita Ray, Partner; with the support from Faiza Khan, Senior Associate; Rachita Shah, Associate; and Sonam Ambastha, Associate.

Projects, Finance and Permits –Ajay Sawhney, Partner (Head - Northern Region); Aditi Misra, Partner; with support from Aditya Prakash, Principal Associate; Bonny Singh, PA – Designate; Pulkit Zamindar, Associate; Aishik Majumder, Associate; Tushmi Udyalak, Associate; Anoushka Chauhan, Associate; and Bhavya Kansara, Associate.

Regulatory – Vishal Binod, Partner; assisted diligence team from regulatory due diligence aspect.

Competition law – Vijay Pratap Singh Chauhan, Partner; with the support from Aaditya Ranbir Sahgal, Associate; assisted on the competition law aspects of the transaction.

Real Estate – Ashish Jain, Partner; with the support from Siddhant Sharma, Senior Associate; Bhawani Rajpurohit, Associate; assisted on the real estate aspects of the transaction.

The transaction is structured in two phases, with the first phase, involving the sale of 1 GW of operating assets, already completed. This marks Brookfield's first full-cycle portfolio monetisation in India's renewable power and transition sector.

Brookfield's global renewable portfolio comprises approximately 46 GW of installed capacity and a development pipeline of about 200 GW, spanning various regions, including North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific

Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in real estate, infrastructure, renewable power, private equity, and credit. With over $900 billion in assets under management, the firm operates across more than 30 countries, leveraging its expertise in long-term value creation.

Gentari is a global clean energy solutions company, wholly owned by PETRONAS, dedicated to delivering integrated sustainable energy solutions. Established in 2022 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Gentari focuses on three core pillars: renewable energy, hydrogen, and green mobility. The company offers renewable energy solutions, including solar, wind, and battery storage, for utility-scale and commercial and industrial needs.

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