INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
LAWYERS

We advise on large-scale and complex energy and utilities projects across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Our team is Tier 1 ranked for energy and utilities law in multiple jurisdictions and supports clients on cross-border project development, financing and regulatory matters.

We provide specialist legal advice across the full energy lifecycle, including hydrogen projects, nuclear energy generation and storage, and long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). Our lawyers regularly advise on construction contracts, grid connection arrangements, energy trading, regulatory compliance and operational risk.

Our expertise spans project finance, procurement and sourcing, emissions compliance, carbon reduction strategies and renewable energy procurement.

Whether you are developing new generation capacity, investing in infrastructure, or securing clean energy supply, we deliver coordinated, cross-border legal support designed to manage risk and enable delivery at scale.

Find out more about our work on the Energy and Utilities Sector page

We support healthcare and life sciences organisations as they expand and operate globally. The team advises across the complex intersection of public healthcare systems, private providers, and life sciences businesses, helping clients navigate different legal and regulatory environments worldwide.

They provide strategic legal guidance on matters such as regulatory approvals, market entry, cross-border M&A, partnerships, intellectual property, data privacy, digital health, cyber security, and supply chain issues.

From securing investment and developing international healthcare infrastructure to protecting innovation and ensuring compliance, the team helps clients manage legal risk while advancing research, products, and services in competitive global markets.

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We advise global transport operators, infrastructure owners and investors on complex regulatory, operational and cross-border legal matters. Our clients include Qatar Rail, DP World, Hitachi Rail and International Airlines Group.

Operating as one integrated international team, we provide coordinated legal support across jurisdictions to help transport businesses expand, invest and operate with confidence across borders.

We are also at the forefront of advising on sustainable transport projects, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and hydrogen infrastructure. Our team supports operators, developers and funders navigating regulation, financing and delivery in the transition to a zero-carbon transport sector.

Explore our Sustainable Transport Hub to see how we support the aviation, rail, ports and logistics sectors in achieving net-zero goals.

Find out more about our work on the Transport Sector page

We provide effective legal support on economic infrastructure at all project stages. Our involvement includes structuring contracts and procurements and advice on specialist areas (in relation to the planning, implementation and operational stages), including regulatory, competition, EU law, judicial review. Our dedicated and knowledgeable team can advise clients on a broad range of facilities that are vital to the economy, such as:

• Roads, tunnels and bridges
• Rail and light rail infrastructure and franchising
• Rolling stock and depot procurements
• Airports
• Ports
• Energy infrastructure, including generation, transmission and distribution
• Utilities infrastructure relating to waste management, including energy-from-waste plants
• High-profile developments and inward investment project
• Communications and broadband developments

From health and education to housing, regeneration and defence – we’re here to help get projects that make a real difference to society across the finish line. For over 40 years, we've navigated the complexities of delivering public infrastructure, building strong relationships with central and local government, investors, lenders and developers.

See us as another pair of hands for your business. Beyond guiding you through regulatory frameworks, procurement, implementation and contract compliance, we provide commercially sound advice tailored to your specific challenges. 

With a team of over 80 experienced lawyers, we support clients through the whole lifecycle of a project delivering practical and efficient solutions, advising them on a broad range of financial and project structures and regulatory matters. This includes work on public private partnerships and capital build schemes.

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We have a strong reputation for providing project finance advice across a variety of sectors including:

• Renewable energy generation and transmission
• Waste to energy facilities
• Refinancings and restructurings
• Acquisition facilities for secondary market assets
• Social housing finance
• Public-private partnerships including health, roads, education and MOD

We have advised banks and the private and public sectors on some of the most challenging projects in the market in recent years, including several pathfinder projects in the renewables sector.

Our team acts for a variety of participants in project finance, including the largest banks in the United Kingdom and more specialist funders of PPP and other projects. In recent times, we have been appointed to act on several innovative refinancings.

Secondary Market 
We have worked with some of the first entrants into the secondary market and continue to support them as their portfolios have grown.

We have also acted for numerous trade sponsors on their original primary deals and supported them on the sale of those project interests to secondary market investors. Our team combines projects and corporate expertise with an in-depth knowledge of the secondary market and extensive contact base of sellers and purchasers.

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Where we have been involved with the project from the outset and/or have worked with the project team as the project progresses we (and you) are able to manage any dispute with greater insight and efficiency, saving you time and money.

We advise a wide range of stakeholders across the infrastructure sector, including government bodies, lenders, sponsors, developers, project owners, contractors and consultants.

With deep understanding of the legal and commercial challenges that arise throughout the lifecycle of major projects, we provide strategic legal support from initial planning and procurement through to completion. Our approach focuses on helping clients manage and mitigate risk early through effective project and risk management.

Where disputes cannot be avoided, we act quickly and strategically, combining legal expertise with innovative thinking to resolve issues and secure the best possible outcomes for our clients.

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