Mizuho to acquire Augusta to build leading renewables financial advisory platform
Augusta is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the firm by Mizuho Financial Group, with the intention of growing Augusta into Mizuho’s financial advisory platform for renewable energy and the energy transition in Europe and beyond.
Over 23 years as an independent firm Augusta has built a leading position in Europe as financial advisors to the renewable energy industry. The firm has completed over 130 transactions and raised approximately €30 billion for its clients. Mizuho is one of the largest financial institutions in the world with over 900 offices, 60,000 employees and total assets of approximately US$2 trillion. Mizuho provides a full range of investment banking, capital markets and lending products and services to its clients across Asia, the Americas and EMEA.
Under the terms of the transaction, there will be no change to how Augusta is led, maintaining its brand identity and team under the leadership of its partners.
President & CEO of Mizuho International plc, Suneel Bakhshi, said: “We are delighted to welcome the team at Augusta & Co to Mizuho Financial Group, and by leveraging their deep M&A expertise in the renewables sector, we are enhancing our capabilities in this sector”.
Managing Partners of Augusta Mortimer Menzel and James Knight commented: “We are proud to have built Augusta over the last 23 years from small beginnings into a leading independent European financial advisor in renewables and the energy transition, with a reputation for rigorous client focus, and for closing complex, structured deals. Together with our partners Simon Clement-Davies, Charlie Hodges and Romane Guitard and the wider team, we are now taking Augusta to the next level. By combining Augusta’s leading sector expertise with Mizuho’s global reach, deep energy financing and capital markets strengths, along with a shared vision of a sustainable future, we are excited to embark on the next stage of our growth. As transactions in the renewables sector become more sophisticated and global, they also require more specialist, bespoke advice supported by a wider product base – which will be core to our business model”.
The transaction is expected to close by October 2025 subject to regulatory approval.