Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing

Hall of fame: Corporate M&A
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Conrad Andersen
Hall of fameLatham & Watkins
Conrad Andersen is an infrastructure partner in the London office of Latham & Watkins and serves as Global Vice Chair of the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group. Conrad advises a diverse range of infrastructure funds, investors, and financial institutions on all aspects of core and hybrid infrastructure on complex infrastructure financing and acquisition transactions. Mr. Andersen has significant experience advising infrastructure funds, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds. He has significant experience advising clients across all infrastructure sectors, including, among others, airports, energy infrastructure, digital infrastructure, and utilities.
Hywel Davies
Hall of fameSlaughter and May
Partner; Hywel has advised on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions. He has particular experience in public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity financings as well as infrastructure, energy and natural resources matters.
Sara Pickersgill
Hall of fameKirkland & Ellis International LLP
Sara Pickersgill is a corporate partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She has over 20 years’ experience advising private equity sponsors and infrastructure funds on complex domestic and cross-border M&A transactions with a particular focus in the infrastructure, digital, energy and renewable sectors.
Spencer Summerfield
Hall of fameTravers Smith LLP
Partner, Head of CorporateSpencer has a broad corporate practice but his principle area of work is M&A, IPOs, corporate joint ventures and general corporate advice. His clients include a number of large quoted and private companies, based in the Uk and overseas and infrastructure funds.
Leading individuals: Corporate and M&A
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
James Boswell
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
James Boswell is a debt finance partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises financial sponsors and borrowers on a wide range of complex financing transactions across the energy and infrastructure sector.
Michael Corbett
Slaughter and May
Partner; Michael is the Co-Head of our Infrastructure & Energy Group (I&E). He has a broad corporate and corporate finance practice, which includes public and private M&A transactions, complex corporate and commercial transactions (including business transformation projects), joint ventures, equity offerings, corporate governance and company advisory matters. Michael has previously been seconded to JP Morgan Chase and to GE Real Estate.
Federico Fruhbeck
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Federico Fruhbeck is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Federico is co-chair of the Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group, co-head of Private Equity in Europe, and a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets Practice Groups. Federico’s practice focuses on cross-border M&A transactions across Europe and Latin America for private equity clients and large family-owned conglomerates, with a particular focus in the infrastructure, ESG and real assets sector. He also advises both issuers and underwriters on capital markets transactions, particularly in high-yield issuances (including green bond issuances) and initial public offerings. He has extensive experience across multiple jurisdictions, with a particular focus on Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the Nordic region.
Paul Hibbert
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Paul Hibbert is a partner in Simpson Thacher's Energy and Infrastructure Practice, based in London. Paul advises infrastructure sponsors, corporates and financial institutions on complex domestic and cross border leveraged finance transactions across a range of debt products and structures (including syndicated loans, multi-creditor platform transactions, private placements, public-to-private transactions, capex roll-outs and holdco/midco financing arrangements). Paul has extensive experience advising clients on financing arrangements in the energy and energy transition, regulated utilities, transport, digital and healthcare infrastructure sectors.
Michael Honan
Linklaters LLP
Michael is a corporate partner who focuses on public and private M&A, joint ventures, reorganisations and corporate governance. Michael is a central member of Linklaters’ infrastructure M&A team and is also a key adviser to a number of Linklaters’ most important multinational corporate clients, in particular in the consumer sector. He has advised on a number of high profile M&A deals in the market, for example the multi-billion pound disposal of High Speed 1 by OMERS Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the disposal by Nestlé of its global ice cream business.
Toby Parkinson
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Toby Parkinson is as a corporate partner in the London office Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. He advises financial investors on domestic and cross-border M&A, with a particular focus on energy and infrastructure transactions.
Derwin Jenkinson
DLA Piper
Derwin Jenkinson is a partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Finance practice, based in the London office. He advises on a broad range of financing structures within loan and capital markets, including infrastructure M&A, project finance, and structured debt. Mr. Jenkinson’s extensive practice encompasses all forms of debt financing across the capital structure, including loans, private placement notes, project bonds, bond/bank combination financings including whole business securitizations, and project financings, as well as restructurings.
Next Generation Partners: Corporate and M&A
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Alice Brogi
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Alice Brogi is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Alice is a member of the Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice groups. Alice practices private equity M&A, representing sponsors in cross-border transactions across a number of sectors with a focus on infrastructure and hard assets. She has advised clients on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, disposals, preferred equity and debt investments, joint ventures, loan-to-own restructurings, and portfolio acquisitions in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and the Nordics. Alice has also advised private equity firms on investments across a number of sectors, including telecom, construction, financial services and technology sectors. She has previously completed secondments both at Hudson Advisors UK and also to the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs.
Seonaid Todisco
Latham & Watkins
Seonaid Todisco is a partner in the Finance Department of the London office of Latham & Watkins. Ms. Todisco specializes in all aspects of core and hybrid infrastructure, acting for a wide range of infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds.
Rising stars: Corporate and M&A
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Rebecca Crowley
Latham & Watkins
Rebecca C. Crowley is a member of the Finance Department who focuses on the infrastructure and core-plus infrastructure sector, with particular experience in cross-border acquisition financing. She acts for sponsors, corporate borrowers, and lenders (infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and pension funds) on a broad range of capital structures, including loans and notes structures. She has significant experience handling fiber and energy transactions.

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