Infrastructure: Project finance and development

Head of London Energy and Infrastructure Group Clare Burgess is experienced in capital markets issuances, private placements and loans, with particular focus on the infrastructure and renewables sectors. Clare has advised on a wide range of infrastructure transactions including project bonds, private placements, corporate bonds and multi-source financings including secured corporate debt transactions (whole business securitisations). She acts for a broad range of market participants, including banks, institutional investors, multi-laterals, sponsors and corporates. She has particular experience advising on complex, credit-enhanced transactions, aggregator/portfolio financings, and restructurings/terminations. Clare advises on the issuance of green bonds, both corporate issuance, and renewables project and portfolio financings.

Juliet specialises in major projects and public private partnerships focusing particularly on the transport / logistics, facilities management, utilities and defence sectors. She also has experience across a wide range of commercial transactions including outsourcings, contractorisations, privatisations, partnering, distribution, supply and other procurement arrangements across a range of industry sectors.

Jonathan is the head of our firmwide decarbonisation area of focus.  He also leads our projects, energy and infrastructure team in London. Jonathan leads the delivery of our strategy to provide a full range of decarbonisation services across the energy, transportation and trade, and the built and natural environment sectors to support our clients achieve their decarbonisation, net zero and sustainability goals. He leads an international team of decarbonisation lawyers from across all the jurisdictions we operate in. He has over 30 years of advising on major energy and infrastructure projects, including within the renewables sector in both the UK and internationally. In renewables and energy transition, Jonathan acts for sponsors, lenders, operators and construction and engineering contractors across the full range of technologies from solar, wind, energy from waste, electric vehicles, geothermal, direct air capture, through to hydrogen and nuclear. Within the broader infrastructure market, Jonathan has advised on every UK government infrastructure programme since the 1990s, including PFI and all its derivative forms. Internationally, Jonathan is active on major projects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Partner, Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance

Andrew is a partner in the firm's Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects team. He focuses on infrastructure finance, project finance, PPP and related M&A transactions. Andrew advises senior lenders, sponsors and borrowers on a variety of international infrastructure and project finance deals across a range of market sectors including transport (rail, roads, airports and ports), social infrastructure (hospitals, schools), power (IPPs/IWPs) and renewable energy (offshore wind, solar and waste to energy).

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Partner Michael Pearson advises public bodies, investors, developers and financiers on major infrastructure projects internationally. Michael is recognised as a leading lawyer in the infrastructure sector by international directories, including IFLR1000, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

Rachel Speight represents banks and sponsors in international structured and project financings. She particularly focuses on the mining finance sector and has experience in infrastructure finance in areas including the road, rail and healthcare sectors, including work on PPP projects.

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Special Counsel, Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance

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