Turned to by a host of global investment firms, energy and infrastructure developers and operators, and sovereign wealth and super funds, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP continues to handle a range of marquee transactions in both the domestic and international markets. The firm’s wide-ranging practice covers the full gamut of core and core+ assets, and its strong focus on digital infrastructure assets that has seen the group oversee multi-billion dollar satellite and communication merger and telecom acquisition deals. The London team is run by Gavin Williams, who acts for a growing roll-call of funds, corporates and investment banks on acquisitions, disposals and PE transactions. Silke Goldberg is chiefly recognised for her clean energy-driven regulatory practice, while Sarah Pollock, also focused on clean energy matters, is noted for her M&A and joint venture work. Malcolm Lombers is a key contact for super and sovereign wealth funds, while Veronica Roberts lends crucial TMT sector expertise on the group’s most consequential energy transition and digital infrastructure deals. Emma Stones brings further M&A, strategic investments and joint ventures capabilities to the fore.
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‘The team are bright, flexible and unflappable. They spend time understanding the matter in hand and as a result they turn around a product which reflects the client's needs and shows an understanding of their business saving time and frustration.’
Key clients
- AIP Management
- Altice
- Allianz Capital Partners
- AMP Capital
- Ancala Partners
- Antin Infrastructure Partners
- Aquind
- Asterion Industrial Partners
- Australian Super
- Avax
- Banco Santander
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Birmingham Highways Limited
- BNPP
- bp
- CBRE Investment Management
- CGN EE
- CNIC
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Corsair
- CPP Investments
- Dalmore Capital
- Deutsche Bank
- DIF Capital Partners
- Drax
- DWS Infrastructure
- EDF
- EDF Invest
- Engie
- Federated Hermes
- Ferrovial Airports
- GIC Infrastructure
- GIG
- GLIL Infrastructure
- Goldman Sachs
- Gresham House
- Hartree Partners
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- Hochtief
- iCON Infrastructure
- IHS Towers
- IFM Investors
- IMCO Investments (Investment Management Corporation of Ontario)
- InfraRed
- InfraVia
- InterGen
- Interpath Advisory
- Iron Acton Green Limited (a subsidiary of Cero Generation Holdings UK Limited)
- Japan Bank for International Cooperation
- JERA
- Jiangsu Shagang
- John Laing
- J.P.Morgan IIF
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co
- Lloyds Bank
- London Luton Airport Operations Limited
- Macquarie
- Marubeni Corporation
- MIDIS
- Meridiam
- National Grid
- NNB (UK New Nuclear Build JV between EDF and CGN)
- NEOM
- Northern Powergrid Metering Limited
- OneWeb
- Orange
- Partners Group
- Pearl Infrastructure
- Proventus Capital Partners
- PSP Investments
- QSuper
- Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC)
- Reliance Communications
- Renewable Power Capital Limited
- Severn Trent
- SingTel
- Sky
- Stagecoach plc
- State Grid China
- Stonepeak
- Sumitomo
- Tata Communications
- Telefónica UK and Telefónica S.A. / O2
- TenneT
- The Go-Ahead Group
- Total
- Transmission Capital Partners (TCP)
- Transport for London
- Vattenfall
- Vinci
- Vodafone
Work highlights
- Advised AustralianSuper on its investment of €1.5bn in Vantage Data Centers Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Advised Stonepeak on its transaction with Cellnex to acquire a 49% interest in Cellnex Sweden and Cellnex Denmark (Cellnex Nordics) for €730m.
- Advised Interpath Advisory, joint administrators of Toucan Energy Holdings 1 Limited, on the £700m sale of Toucan Energy’s solar portfolio to Schroders Greencoat.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Gavin Williams