Gitau Githinji is a banking and finance solicitor based in the City of London with over 25 years of international experience advising borrowers and lenders through the lending process in City financial institutions. His experience covers a variety of financings, including project finance, acquisition finance, general commercial lending, leasing, and securitisation.
In recent years Gitau’s focus has been on the project financing of renewable energy transactions in the UK and mainland Europe. He has advised on solar, wind, water, and bio-fuel projects and on the financing of electric vehicle charging facilities and battery energy storage sites.
Prior to working for many years as an in-house solicitor, of which fifteen years were spent with BayernLB and a couple with HSBC, Gitau practised privately with leading international law firms in the City of London.