The London office of Mayer Brown International LLP has broad exposure to emerging markets through its work on anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, arbitration, litigation, financing, IP and corporate matters. The firm’s energy group is advising the largest infrastructure group in Bangladesh on a long-term LNG supply deal. Head of the Africa and mining practices Ian Coles, natural resources and infrastructure partner Rachel Speight and finance partner Ashley McDermott are the key practitioners. Speight recently assisted an FDI on the $100m financing of an equity investment in an integrated logistics project in Uganda. Massimo Amoruso joined from Clifford Chance LLP in March 2024, and handles investments in energy, petrochemicals, infrastructure, and telecoms projects across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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Key clients
- Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP
- Summit Group
- Africa Finance Corporation
- Coris Bank
- Petronas Petróleo Brasil Ltda. (Petronas) (Brazil)
- J.P. Morgan Securities plc
Work highlights
- Acting for insolvency practitioners from Alvarez & Marsal Europe in their capacity as the joint liquidators of a multinational construction and engineering company placed into liquidation in 2018, with approximately $2 billion in debt.
- Acting for JP Morgan Securities as lender and calculation agent on a COP 250 billion index loan disbursed and settled in USD under a term loan facility agreement with Banco Pichincha S.A., a Colombian financial institution.
- Advising Africa Finance Corporation and Equity Bank Uganda on their US$100 million financing of an equity investment in Mahathi Infra (Uganda) Limited’s Uganda – Kenya Lake Victoria integrated logistics project.
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Ashley McDermott, Ian Coles, Rachel Speight