Philippa Bourke

Managing Associate

London

Philippa advises clients in corporate and M&A transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Philippa’s experience includes advising on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements and project agreements in the context of renewable energy investments and financings. She also represents clients in other commercial transactions and energy-related projects.

    • Advising Morrison on the English law aspects of its joint venture with EDF for the development of public charging solutions for electric vehicles in France.
    • Advising various UK offshore windfarm projects on the sale of their offshore transmission assets.
    • Advising JERA Co. Inc. on its acquisition from Virya Energy of wind energy platform Parkwind.
    • Advising Ørsted on its joint venture with ESB to develop an Irish offshore wind portfolio.
    • Advising the shareholders of a pharmaceuticals manufacturing business on the sale of that business by way of competitive auction process to a leading global private equity investor.
    • Advising a leading global private equity investor on its agreement to sell loan portfolios valued at approximately €2.2 billion to a credit servicing firm.
    • Advising a leading growth equity investor in respect of its minority stake investment in a leading Irish software solutions company.
    • Advising a leading global private equity investor on its acquisition of a significant minority stake in an independent fund administration provider.
    • Advising a leading middle-market private equity investor on its US$100 million acquisition of an online corporate banking solutions business.
    • Advising a NASDAQ-listed security software company on its US$360 million migration to NASDAQ by way of a deSPAC business combination, as well as various subsequent capital raises.
    • Advising a leading global contract development and manufacturing company on its acquisition of a leading European provider of pharmaceutical stability storage services.
    • Advising a leading global data storage company on its sale of US$1.5 billion exchangeable senior unsecured notes and privately negotiated capped call option transactions with certain initial purchasers of the notes.
    • Advising the shareholders of a leading Irish health-tech firm in respect of a minority investment in that business by a private equity investor.
    • Advising the shareholders of an Irish SaaS platform provider in respect of a minority investment by a private equity investor.
    • Advising the shareholders of a leading global regulatory and supervisory technology company on the sale of that company to a Nordic Capital company.
    • Advising a leading Irish private lending platform in respect of various capital raises.
    • Advising various international corporations in relation to complex large-scale and multi-jurisdictional corporate reorganisations.

    Please note, Philippa’s experience includes that prior to joining Orrick.