,Boasting a client list featuring a host of leading infrastructure fund managers, lenders and sponsors, White & Case LLP provides financing, development and regulatory advice to large-scale international projects, with the ability to leverage the firm's wealth of resources across the globe. The group has been responsible for project financing a number of PPPs over the past year in countries such as Turkey and Indonesia, and advises on the full gamut of asset types - most notably water, satellites, hydrogen and fibre optic networks over the past year. Michael Watson fronts the department and is principally noted for his work in the Middle East, working with majors in the region like Saudi Aramco as they engage in partnerships and joint ventures with investment managers such as Blackrock and Hassana. Caroline Miller Smith offers a broad practice that includes both greenfield and brownfield financing, and is well-regarded for her energy transition expertise as well as her knowledge of ports, rail and water infrastructure. Kamran Ahmad covers a wide array of multi-sourced financings and project bonds, offering a pan-European and global service to a range of international clients.

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Testimonials

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'Very service minded, hands-on, and always gave solid and practical advice.'
‘Kamran Ahmad is responsive, attentive and adept at offering advice and combines this with an insightful knowledge of Greek environment and concession agreement economics’
'Caroline Miller Smith has great depth of knowledge and experience'
'Kamran Ahmad is an outstanding lawyer. He is always available, gives efficient and practical advice of excellent quality and is an adviser who goes the extra mile to protect your interests.'

Key clients

Global Infrastructure Partners
ASTM S.P.A. (Autostrada Torino-Milano)
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
DNB Bank ASA
ING Belgium
Deutsche Bank
Macquarie Group

Work highlights

Represented Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in connection with a €450 million investment in secured notes of Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta (Pedemontana), a 96 km greenfield toll road project in the final stages of construction in the Veneto Region of Italy.
Advised the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) on a long-term, US$15.5 billion infrastructure transaction with a consortium of investors led by affiliates of BlackRock Real Assets (BlackRock) and Hassana Investments Co. (Hassana), the investment management arm of the General Organisation for Social Insurance (GOSI) in Saudi Arabia, to optimise Saudi Aramco's gas pipeline network through a lease-and-lease-back arrangement.
Advised ASTM S.P.A. (Autostrada Torino-Milano), an industrial holding company engaged in the management of motorway networks under concession and in the engineering and construction of infrastructure projects, in connection with financing and construction of the Rv555 Sotrasambandet - 59 km road connection between Sotra and Bergen in Norway.