Alexander Bouwman

Senior Associate

Alex is an experienced corporate lawyer in our mergers and acquisitions team, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and shareholder arrangements, management incentivisation, and corporate governance matters. With a particular focus on Private Equity, Infrastructure and Energy and Renewables transactions. Alex has advised a range of corporates, private equity houses, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, and other financial sponsors.

Known for his calm, commercial and collaborative approach, Alex helps clients navigate complex matters in a pragmatic and solutions-focused way. He provides clear, actionable advice, keeps momentum without compromising quality, and quickly identifies what matters most to clients’ wider objectives. Alex has a responsive, reliable and service-oriented style.

Prior to joining MinterEllisonRuddWatts Alex was a Senior Associate in ‘Magic Circle’ law firm, Clifford Chance’s band 1 Private Equity / Private Capital team in London where he advised a range of private equity houses and financial sponsors, particularly in connection with Private Equity, Infrastructure and Energy and Renewables transactions. Alex began his career at a leading New Zealand law firm in Auckland.

Career highlights

Advised Brookfield on governance, structuring and shareholder arrangements in connection with its take-private of Neoen, a France-headquartered developer and producer of renewable energy.

Advised Partners Group on the sale of Greenlink, an electricity interconnector between the United Kingdom and Ireland, the first project-financed interconnector to be completed in Europe.

Advised Partners Group and its portfolio company, Gren, a Baltic and Scandinavian district heating and cooling renewable energy platform, on the acquisition of heat and power generation assets (energy-from-waste (EfW) and biomass) from Equitix, and the subsequent establishment of Gren's United Kingdom business.

Advised Blackstone on the merger of its portfolio company, The Office Group, with Fora. providers of co-working spaces.

Advised Actis on the establishment of Rezolv Energy, a Central and Eastern European renewable energy platform, and the acquisition of majority stakes in two Romanian onshore wind developments.

Advised Pacific Equity Partners and its portfolio company, Manuka Health New Zealand, on the acquisition of the business and assets of Neuseelandhaus GmbH.

Advised Pencarrow Private Equity on its investment in New Zealand Frost Fans.

Achievements and recognition
  • Band 1, Chambers Asia-Pacific
  • The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific