Nick Pawson > Ashurst LLP > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Ashurst LLP’s energy transition and projects team brings ‘real proactivity, availability, knowledge, and problem-solving skills’ to energy companies, project operators, and investors. Practice head Andrés Alfonso is a key adviser to project developers and operators on M&A, joint ventures, and investments across the energy and infrastructure spaces. Within the solar power sector, banking and finance specialists Nick Pawson and José Christian Bertram lead the team in assisting major domestic sponsors and lenders in acquisition and project finance mandates.

Ashurst LLP‘s banking and finance department in Spain possesses a ‘very high level of technical understanding of complex legal and structuring matters’, offering expertise to both lenders and borrowers in leveraged and structured finance, asset-backed deals, export and trade finance, and securitisations. The team is particularly active in the financing of infrastructure and energy projects and has a strong track record in real estate finance. José Christian Bertram leads the department and is a reference for structured finance mandates. English-qualified partner Nick Pawson is experienced in managing cross-border transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, corporate lending, and refinancings. Irian Saleta Martínez is active in financing deals in the energy and real estate sectors.