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Energy

Corporate finance and expert advisory for ambitious energy companies

  • Our energy industry experts identify the opportunities and strategies that can deliver growth at all stages of the cycle
  • Authoritative research that covers both global factors and their effect on specific companies
  • Strong track record of raising capital and M&A advisory in public and private markets

Our specialists have extensive knowledge about the trends that dictate where the energy industry is headed, and wide-ranging capabilities when it comes to understanding the macroeconomic and localised factors that affect the sector. We are committed to helping energy companies, both public and private, access the growth capital and financial advisory they need to succeed.

We have a breadth of experience in providing strategic advice to a range of companies - from earlier stage growth businesses, to privately backed scale-ups, to established, profitable PLC enterprises. We work with entrepreneurs, business founders and owners, Private Equity owners, PLC boards, and management teams alike.

On the public markets, we are ranked as one of the top advisers to AIM Oil & Gas companies (Corporate Advisers Ranking Guide), with clients ranging from early-stage exploration to established full-cycle businesses with development and production assets, our knowledge and experience of the sector are second to none. Clients come to finnCap to access capital across the energy cycle, be it for exploration, R&D, acquisition or development.

While we recognise that fossil fuels will continue to be the backbone of energy production for the foreseeable future, finnCap remains committed to the wider and evolving energy field in the long term. We embrace the evolution of new technologies, we actively seek out potential - in both companies and markets - and we help to deliver it.

Growth in the energy sector has always been a main focus for finnCap. We are energy industry specialists in a generalist firm. The breadth of industry-specific knowledge and contacts that our research and corporate finance teams are privy to are allied with the reach of finnCap’s broader sales team. Ultimately, our clients get the best of all worlds, meaning we are best placed to advise ambitious companies, promote the best version of their investment stories to the right investors, and ultimately help them access finance.

Our services

  • IPO
  • M&A sale
  • Equity raise – private and public markets
  • Debt raise – private and public markets
  • Strategic options and exit review
  • NOMAD, Broker, Sponsor and PLC advisory

 

Latest Transactions

Ambition Delivered

Inflexion

Inflexion

Sector: Energy
Buy-side adviser in the acquisition of a minority stake in Wood Thilsted
January 2022

Inflexion
January 22

Sector: Energy
Buy-side adviser in the acquisition of a minority stake in Wood Thilsted
January 2022

finnCap Group is delighted to have acted as buy-side adviser in the acquisition of a minority stake in Wood Thilsted by private equity firm Inflexion, via an investment made from Enterprise Fund V, Inflexion’s dedicated lower mid-market fund.

Wood Thilsted was founded in 2015 and is a specialised offshore wind energy consultancy deploying highly technical consulting and software capabilities to wind farm developers across the project lifecycle. The firm has designed foundations for some of the world’s largest offshore wind farms.

With operations in all the major wind energy markets of the world, Wood Thilsted provides its services to leading developers in the sector, and this funding from Inflexion will support Wood Thilsted to scale, expand and grow globally.

The founders remain majority owners and committed to continuing to drive the business forward as energy consumption continues its transition towards renewable sources.

Stuart Robinson, Partner, Inflexion, comments: “The team at finnCap Cavendish were instrumental in helping us reach a successful conclusion with our investment in Wood Thilsted, providing invaluable advice and process management throughout the transaction.”

Chris Malcolm, Partner, finnCap Cavendish, comments: “We are delighted to have advised Inflexion on this transaction, that will provide Wood Thilsted with the ability to accelerate its international growth alongside expanding the range of services it can offer to its clients. The global shift towards sustainable energy consumption represents an attractive investment opportunity with strong underlying growth dynamics in excess of 20%.”

Atome Energy Plc

Atome Energy Plc

Sector: Energy
IPO and £9m Placing
December 2021

Atome Energy Plc
December 21

Sector: Energy
IPO and £9m Placing
December 2021

finnCap Capital Markets is delighted to have advised on the IPO and admission to AIM (with a market cap of £26m), alongside an equity raise of £9m, of Atome Energy Plc.

Spun out of our client President Energy, Atome is the first green hydrogen and ammonia production company listed on the UK market, with large-scale production planned in Iceland and Paraguay targeting the fast-growing global demand for green products.

Green hydrogen is fundamental in addressing the objective to de-carbonise and to reach net-zero emission targets by 2050, particularly in industries such as heavy goods vehicles, maritime shipping and certain industrial processes where batteries or other forms of alternative power to fossil fuels are not expected to fulfil the required needs.

Christopher Raggett, Co-Head of Corporate Finance, finnCap Capital Markets, comments: “We are very proud to help Atome with its admission to AIM. In doing so we have introduced an innovative and exciting company with impeccable green credentials to the London capital markets. We have also added significant value for the shareholders of longstanding client, President Energy. Increased hydrogen production will be critical to hitting reduced emission targets and we are sure Atome will be at the forefront of this burgeoning economy.”

 

Savannah Energy Plc

Savannah Energy Plc

Sector: Energy
US$65m Placing and US$700m Acquisitions
December 2021

Savannah Energy Plc
December 21

Sector: Energy
US$65m Placing and US$700m Acquisitions
December 2021

finnCap Capital Markets is delighted to have advised Savannah Energy Plc on its US$65m equity placing and subsequent acquisitions of both ExxonMobil and Petronas’s oil businesses in Chad and Cameroon for up to US$700m. Both acquisitions individually constitute reverse takeover transactions.

These transactions more than double Savannah’s upstream scale in Africa and will transform Savannah into a significant West and Central African regional oil, gas, and midstream player. 


Christopher Raggett, Co-Head of Corporate Finance, finnCap Capital Markets, comments: “These acquisitions will be transformational for Savannah and we are delighted to have assisted them with their very successful equity fundraise. 2021 was an exciting year for Energy companies and we have supported a number of our clients secure growth capital to execute on their plans for growth. We look forward to even more in the year to come.”
 

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