Linklaters has advised Amundi Energy Transition on its strategic investment in Youdera Group SA, a European platform that develops, finances, owns and operates distributed energy solutions for commercial and industrial customers across Europe. The transaction marks an important milestone for both parties and will support Youdera’s €150 million deployment plan in distributed energy infrastructure, with a current focus on its core markets in Switzerland, Portugal and Spain.
This investment comes at a time of sustained energy price volatility and increased pressure on European businesses to strengthen their resilience, autonomy and competitiveness. In this context, Youdera’s zero-CAPEX model, which combines financed on-site infrastructure with integrated energy management, helps clients reduce their dependence on the grid, lower and stabilise energy costs and accelerate electrification without committing capital to energy assets. Its offering extends beyond rooftop solar to include battery storage and other on-site efficiency and electrification measures, all managed through a digital platform across the full asset life cycle.
By supporting Youdera’s next phase of growth, Amundi Energy Transition is reinforcing its low-carbon infrastructure portfolio and gaining exposure to a fast-growing segment at the intersection of decentralised infrastructure, electrification and energy management, helping to scale distributed energy and solar self-consumption solutions in Europe and contributing to the broader energy transition.
The transaction was led and coordinated by Linklaters team in Paris by Nicolas Le Guillou, Partner, and Louise Allard, Associate, in Corporate/M&A. The Linklaters Lisbon team (including Marcos Sousa Monteiro, Diogo Barros Pereira and Bruno Vieira) and the Linklaters Madrid team (including Esteban Arza, Laura Regas and Nadia Zatic) advised on Portuguese and Spanish law aspects respectively. Linklaters Paris Partner, Thomas Elkins, and Associate Nicolas Chavonnand Valades advised on competition law.
