Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Aaron Simpson

Partner

Andrew Thomas

Practice focuses on all forms of finance including project finance, aviation, syndicated debt, acquisition and real estate finance and Sharia compliant financings. Extensive experience spans globally across Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North and South America. Speaks regularly at conferences on finance matters and is the author of numerous articles on financing issues involving a variety of countries. Has been acknowledged by various publications as one of the world’s leading project finance lawyers.

Bridget Treacy

Managing partner of Hunton & Williams’ London office. Leads the UK privacy and cybersecurity practice. Practice focuses on all aspects of privacy, cybersecurity, information governance and e-commerce for multinational companies, including privacy impact assessments, analytics and big data, BCRs and model clauses, cloud computing, behavioural targeting, data breach and regulatory investigations. The proposed EU Data Protection Regulation and EU Cybersecurity Directive are currently a significant focus for her practice. Bridget’s background in complex technology transactions also enables her to advise on the specific data protection and information governance issues that occur in outsourcing transactions. Bridget is a frequent speaker on privacy-related issues, is editor of the specialist privacy journal privacy and data protection, and has contributed to a number of published texts.

Charles EG Ashton

Senior Counsel in the London office whose practice focuses on international and UK mergers and acquisitions and equity and debt capital markets; experience includes representation of international financial institutions and UK and international public and private companies in transactions in the UK, Europe, Central Asia, Africa, the United States and South America; practice spans corporate and capital markets transactions in the financial services, energy, chemical, defence, retail and leisure, property, telecommunications, insurance, construction, petroleum, information technology and engineering sectors.

Dimitri Papaefstratiou

Partner

Ferdinand Calice

Partner whose practice focuses on advising developers, investors and financial institutions in connection with the development and financing of energy and infrastructure assets. Practice includes representation of financial institutions in connection with the financing of big ticket assets for the international infrastructure and transportation sectors.

James Henderson

Counsel

Kirk Lovric

Partner in the London office whose practice focuses on infrastructure energy and resources projects in emerging markets. More than 20 years of experience in infrastructure, energy and resources, initially as a policy adviser in the public sector and then as a lawyer. Recent focus on matters in Central and Eastern Europe, including advising the Government of the Republic of Croatia in connection with the design, construction, financing, operation and of the Zagreb airport project and advising Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP), the national electricity company of the Republic of Croatia, on an international tender for the design, engineering, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of a new €800m, 500 MW coal-fired power plant at Plomin in Istria, Croatia, among other matters.

Maurice Kenton

Robert Blackett

Counsel

Roger Dyer

Partner specialising in a wide range of banking and finance transactions for both lenders and borrowers, including investment and non-investment grade facilities; leveraged finance; real estate finance; trade finance and restructurings.

Ryan Ketchum

Partner in the London office whose practice focuses on the development, construction, financing, purchase and sale of energy, telecommunications, and infrastructure projects in emerging markets, with a particular emphasis in Africa and Eastern Europe. Practice includes representation of the World Bank, governments, sponsors, and lenders on project development and finance matters. Currently advising various clients on the development or purchase and sale of over a dozen independent power projects in Africa and Eastern Europe with a combined value of several billion dollars.

Ryan Pedraza

Counsel

Stuart Hills

Focuses practice on banking and finance law. Regularly represents corporate clients, financial institutions and private equity sponsors. Experience includes syndicated loans, leveraged finance, restructurings, project and infrastructure finance and acquisition finance. Extensive experience in cross-border and domestic transactions.

Syed Ahmad

Partner and head of the firm’s insurance coverage practice

Thelma Marshall

Partner whose practice focuses on all types of real estate transactions, with an emphasis on real estate investment and development. Specialising in acting for institutional investors, property companies and developers in the acquisition, development management and disposal of investment properties, as well as acting for banks and other financial institutions in property finance transactions. Also experienced in the property aspects of acquisitions, divestitures, and projects and infrastructure development, as well as public and private sector initiatives involving commercial property.