At Burges Salmon LLP, the focus is on multinational listed companies and pension funds on the buy-side, though the firm also acts for trustees and banks on derivatives transactions and structured products. Head of banking and finance Andrew Eaton oversees the work of a specialist team led by Graham Soar, who works closely with directors Alistair Rattray and James Barrett to handle work related to energy and infrastructure financing, real estate finance, and pensions.
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Key clients
- FirstGroup plc
- National Westminster Bank plc and Export Development Canada
- Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A
- Santander UK plc
- Triple Point Leasing Limited
Work highlights
- Advised longstanding listed client FirstGroup plc on the derivatives aspects of two connected projects relating to up to 1,000 electric buses involving a joint venture between FirstGroup and Hitachi called NextGen and debt funding from MUFG, SMBC and NatWest.
- Acting for the funders in relation to hedging on an ongoing project financing of the development and construction of a 108 MW greenfield windfarm sited near Caithness in Scotland.
- Acted for Rabobank, Santander and Triple Point as lenders' counsel on their hedging products in connection with a financing of up to £70,000,000 to support the development and construction of a 100MW battery energy storage plant in North Yorkshire, owned by global clean energy enterprise TagEnergy.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andrew Eaton, Graham Soar