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Giacomo Bell

Senior Associate
Melbourne
About

Giacomo is a Corporate, M&A and Projects lawyer focused on the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors. He has a wide range of legal and commercial experience advising project developers, financial sponsors, vendors and purchasers throughout the various stages of energy and infrastructure projects and transactions.

Giacomo applies his knowledge and experience to provide clear and practical legal advice that complements commercial, finance and engineering workstreams to enhance project development and transaction outcomes across all stages of the project lifecycle.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsEnergy and Natural ResourcesRenewablesInfrastructure, Construction and TransportProjects and Project Finance
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria
Education
  • University of Melbourne, Juris Doctor, 2020
  • University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts (Economics), 2017

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising Intera Renewables, an Australian renewable energy platform backed by Palisade Investment Partners, on its acquisition of a development stage 600-800 MW wind farm and co-located BESS project in Queensland, Australia and associated co-development arrangements with an Australian developer.
  • Advising Energy Bay, a leading Australian developer and operator of distributed energy infrastructure and embedded networks, on all aspects of its commercial contracting, strategic transactions and corporate structuring.
  • Advising HMC Capital on its management buyout and capital raise for Stor-Energy, in connection with the establishment of the Iluma Energy platform between HMC Capital and KKR.
  • Advising Eku Energy, an Australian BESS developer backed by Macquarie Asset Management, on its acquisition of the development-stage 400 MW / 1600 MWh Belah BESS located in Queensland, Australia and associated co-development arrangements with LP Renewables Projects.
  • Advising The shareholders of ACE Power on the sale of 100% of the ACE Power Group (a 10GW development portfolio made up of utility scale wind, BESS and solar PV renewable energy projects) to TagEnergy
  • Advising IND Technology, a leading global manufacturer of early fault detection technology for electricity grids, on its first capital raise co-led by Angeleno Group and Energy Impact Partners, with participation from Virescent Ventures and Edison International.
  • Advising Altenso Australia (a subsidiary of SMA, a leading global manufacturer of invertor technology headquartered in Germany) German manufacturer on its entry into the Australian market, including its investment into a 1GW+ platform of utility scale solar PV and BESS projects across Australia.
  • Advising Hydrostor, an entity backed by Goldman Sachs, on the development and associated corporate structuring and capital raising for the Silver City Energy Storage Centre project in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, a novel compressed air energy storage technology project.
  • Advising Energy Locals, a leading Australian developer and operator of distributed energy infrastructure and embedded networks, on the divestment of electricity retailing business to Origin Energy.
  • Advising Vestas, a global wind turbine manufacturer headquartered in Denmark, on its participation as supplier of wind turbines to the Golden Plains Wind Farm Stage 2, Lotus Creek Wind Farm, Wambo Wind Farm Stage 2 and Warradarge Wind Farm Stage 2 across Australia.
  • Advising Grupo Cobra, a global leading infrastructure investor headquartered in Spain, on the acquisition of a series of two standalone utility scale solar PV development projects in Australia.
Languages
  • English

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Institute of Victoria

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21 September 2026 .2 minute read

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