Lara Ilic

Lara Ilic has experience advising clients in the energy transition, renewable energy, and major infrastructure sectors.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2025, Lara's recent significant experience included advising: Osaka Gas on its joint venture with ACE Power to develop a portfolio of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects; Atmos Renewables on its joint venture with Nomad Energy to develop a 1GW portfolio of wind, solar, and BESS projects; a leading sustainable energy infrastructure investor on its acquisition and development of 10 BESS projects, with an acquisition pipeline of an additional 23 BESS projects; a major renewable energy developer on its joint venture to develop 800MW of BESS projects; and a global corporate group on capital raises of collectively A$711 million.

Lara was also a member of the team that advised WIRCON on the A$950 million sale of its renewable energy business in Australia to Gentari, a subsidiary of PETRONAS; Maoneng Australia on its joint venture with Gaw Capital Partners to develop a 1.9GW portfolio of solar and BESS projects; a global renewable energy supplier on its A$156 million acquisition of a portfolio of solar projects; BayWa r.e. on the sale of a solar farm in Victoria, Australia to Atmos Renewables, owned by Igneo Infrastructure Partners; and a SGX-listed company on its acquisition of a 111MW utility-scale solar project.

Lara also assisted with the US$16 billion sale of AirTrunk by Macquarie Asset Management and PSP Investments to a consortium led by Blackstone, which was the largest global data center deal in 2024.