Alexandra DeSouza

Alex is General Counsel, EMEA and Global Head of Transactions for Lightsource bp joining the executive team in early 2020.  Her career within the renewables industry stretches back 17 years advising on projects in Europe, Africa and Asia.

Alex has a first-class degree in European Law splitting her studies between Nottingham and Valencia University. She started her career at Linklaters advising on international project finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure space.  On leaving private practice Alex joined SunRay Renewable Energy a start-up IPP based in London which was subsequently sold to SunPower Corporation in 2010.  Since then she has followed the growth of the solar sector around the world managing legal teams in the UK and abroad for large multinational companies including Sunpower, SunEdison and now Lightsource bp.