Ashurst

The London infrastructure market has seen significant movement of senior lawyers in recent years but Ashurst has managed to maintain a consistent team and indeed strengthened its practice further through the arrival of Katie Williams from Linklaters LLP. Trusted by many large international clients, the firm has an strong reputation for acting on complex energy and infrastructure projects, advising on both financing  and  buy and sell-side M&A transactions. Energy transition and net-zero matters also form a key plank of the firm's work, with team head  Jason Radford taking on an increasing number of ESG-compliant investment deals for leading industry names.  Radford, who advises on both brownfield and greenfield projects, leads the team alongside Michael Burns, a seasoned M&A specialist who advises on M&A and capital raisings, with a focus on energy transition as well as digital infrastructure. Gaby Jones is noted for the impressive scale of her practice, while acquisition finance lawyer Laura Ho is a first port-of-call for private equity sponsors, financial institutions, funds and corporates.  Naomi Nguyen has a focus on M&A in the renewable energy sphere, while Helen Jones is recommended for her corporate finance work.