Our principles
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We always treat our business partners fairly, honestly and competently.
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We develop long-term and sustainable relationships with our business partners.
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We take pride in the work we do and in the projects we develop.
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We want to leave this world a better and more sustainable place for our children.
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We mean what we say and we uphold our promises.
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We ensure that all we do is fair and builds value for everyone involved.
What we do
We work with our clients and business partners to successfully initiate and develop battery energy storage projects in Germany.
We have the experience and the know-how to provide advice that adds value.
We have invested our own money in large-scale projects and therefore have a clear perspective on what is needed.
We know what risk is and means in the context of project development.
We speak the language both of the developer and the investor.
United Nations SDG
Our work and what we do supports seven of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
We are proud to do so.
How we add value
Managing projects – We will work with investors and developers to provide project management services to varying levels of detail, as required by the client. If you are new to the German market – we can help. If you are short-staffed – we can help. If you need resources on specific work streams – we can help.
‘Unsticking’ projects – We are able to move forward and advise projects which have slowed down or come to a stop due to planning issues, grid-connection issues or funding-related challenges. Our own experience and know-how with grid-scale, transmission system operator-connected battery energy storage projects gives us insights, ideas and inputs to get projects moving again.
Selling projects – We will structure and advise on the sale of projects at any development stage, focusing on utilities and infrastructure-focused financial investors as potential acquirers. We have proprietary knowledge of investors, deal structures and the necessary processes to conclude project sales without undue delay and under market-standard terms. We understand the pinch points, the key deal terms and the risk profiles of both sellers and buyers. We have adviser networks in place which will allow us to act cost-effectively and swiftly. Additionally, we have decades of deal-making experiences.
Structuring projects – We advise on structuring projects and the underlying contracts to ensure that the projects are bankable & investable in order to be acceptable to the widest possible universe of off-takers and investors.
Co-developing projects – Having developed proprietary projects in the UK and Germany, we are open to co-development and funding proposals to bring interesting projects to ready-to-build status and to market.
Where we work
The principals of Cherax have worked on renewable energy projects in the UK, the Middle East and Germany.
Our focus and main area of activity in advising clients is now in Germany.
Who we are
Sven Moos established Cherax Management Services to provide advisory services to the battery energy storage system (BESS) sector in the UK and Germany. Sven is a founder-partner of a project finance in the renewables sector, established in 2017, and founder-partner of a renewable energy projects developer in the UK.
Sven is an investment banker by trade with nearly three decades of experience in corporate & project finance, M&A and equity capital markets. He has transaction experience in Europe and the US and has advised on projects in the Middle East.
He speaks German, French, English and conversational Italian. He has worked at Apax Partners Corporate Finance (now GCA Altium/Houlihan Lokey), HSBC Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley and was a founder-partner of a London-based boutique advisory firm, Herax Partners and FMN (project finance) and is founder-partner of a BESS development business in Germany with a 1.5 GW development pipeline, Isenau Projects.
Sven has worked as a corporate adviser for the past 20 years, has developed and invested in early-stage BESS projects in Germany and the UK since 2020.
