Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP
Client SatisfactionRoutinely sought out by some of the market’s foremost infrastructure investors, Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP‘s London team acts as a sub-group of its wider PE platform, handling transactions that span energy transition, digital infrastructure, transport, social infrastructure and conventional energy sources. Hailed as ’one of the preeminent infrastructure M&A lawyers globally’, practice head Brendan Moylan works with global funds on significant investments in Europe, as well as overseeing major combinations, acquisitions and disposals in the UK-fibre market. Murray Cox is a highly skilled in telecoms and fibre deals, and possesses considerable knowledge of emerging markets. David McKendrick, previously in-house at A.P. Moller-Maersk, joined the firm in October 2023. Paul Hibbert and Emma Serginson left the practice to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in April 2024.
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‘Brendan Moylan is one of the preeminent infrastructure M&A lawyers globally. We trust him with our most complex infrastructure matters. His wealth of knowledge and no-nonsense approach is invaluable in navigating difficult negotiations.'
Key clients
- 3i Group Plc
- Ancala Partners
- Antin Infrastructure
- APG Asset Management
- Basalt Infrastructure Partners
- EQT
- Fitzwalter Capital
- Global Infrastructure Partners
- InfraBridge
- OMERS Infrastructure
- Patrizia
- Peel Investments
- West Street Infrastructure Partners
Work highlights
- Advised InfraBridge on the combination of its UK fibre business, operating as VX Fibre and LilaConnect, with Freedom Fibre Limited.
- Advised Global Infrastructure Partners on the sale by its global infrastructure fund GIP III of a 50% stake in Italo Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori SpA.
- Advised Newlight Partners LP on the sale of Lit Fibre to CityFibre, the U.K.’s largest independent full-fibre platform.
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Practice head
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Brendan Moylan