Peter Golden

Member of the senior management team of a privately held, investor-backed infrastructure group with a capital programme exceeding €600m across Europe and Africa. Group lead for all corporate finance, M&A, structured debt and investor-facing activity, reporting to the CEO and board.

M&A

• • Leading a group HoldCo preference equity fundraising - preparing investment materials, managing investor engagement and negotiating terms.

• • Running a competitive sell-side process for a major ready-to-build development portfolio in Italy - managing advisers, data room and bidder negotiations end-to-end.

• • Supported the fundraising for one of Spain's largest privately owned energy storage development portfolios (group minority stake).

Project & Infrastructure Finance

• • Structured and arranged a €60m development borrowing-base facility with Kommunalkredit Austria to fund a multi asset development portfolio.

• • Co-leading a €70m refinancing of operational assets, and leading the project financing of the group's flagship development in Portugal.

• • Originating vendor and supply-chain financing solutions to fund a large-scale capital programme.

Commercial Finance

• • Own the group five-year business plan - forecasts, sensitivities, scenario analysis and strategic options - presented to board and shareholders.

• • Lead ongoing investor relations with the existing investor base, including commercial and valuation reviews; developing the long-term revenue-contracting (offtake) strategy for the group's flagship asset.

• • Group financial modelling and valuation lead: rolled out standardised modelling and valuation protocols across two continents and trained local finance teams, improving consistency and investor confidence.

• • Led screening and valuation of early-stage investment opportunities in new markets; deliver board-level sensitivity analysis quantifying impacts on returns, covenants and valuations to support capital allocation decisions.

Advised C-suite and boards on M&A, fundraising, capital structure and divestments across financial services, insurance, energy, technology, consumer and business services. (AIB Corporate Finance merged with Goodbody in November 2021.)

• • Led buy-side and sell-side mandates end-to-end: origination, screening and evaluation of opportunities, valuation, deal structuring and completion.

• • Led negotiations on price and terms to optimise client outcomes; directed legal and financial due diligence workstreams across multiple concurrent transactions.

• • Produced board-level business plans and strategic documents; advised on KPI frameworks and reporting processes benchmarked against industry peers.

• • Shaped clients' acquisition strategies, including market mapping, target screening and investment evaluation for corporate and private equity clients.

• • Presented findings and recommendations directly to client boards and investment committees; managed and developed teams of up to four professionals. Selected transactions (full deal sheet appended):

• • Adviser to Greencoat Capital on its €250m revolving credit facility and €135m acquisition of the Coillte wind portfolio.

• • Adviser to Bord na Móna on its €180m investment in the Oweninny infrastructure asset.

• • Lead buy-side adviser to Ardonagh Europe on its acquisitions of BJP Insurance and Hooper Dolan.

• • Lead buy-side adviser to PE-backed Mzuri Group on its >€100m European buy-and-build strategy (four acquisitions).

• • Lead sell-side adviser on the sale of Goodbody Fund Management to TMF Group and on AIB Equity Capital's €15m growth investment into Johnson Hana.

• • Lead sell-side adviser on the sales of EM3 to SHV Energy, Way2Pay to EVO Payments and Bunalun Organic to Bellingham Capital.

• • Performed due diligence on ~$4bn of debt capital markets issuances for leading investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Citi, Mizuho and Credit Suisse.

• • Designed and delivered transaction and investment models supporting client fundraising and investment decisions (Engine Lease Finance, ConvaTec, Magnetar).

• • Led model review engagements for institutional clients including Brookfield, InfraVia, AerCap, Redefine International and Bank of Ireland.