Emma Clarke > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Hogan Lovells International LLP
ATLANTIC HOUSE
HOLBORN VIADUCT
LONDON
EC1A 2FG
England

Work Department

Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects

Position

Partner

Career

As a partner in our Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects practice, Emma Clarke focuses on infrastructure finance, public-private partnerships (PPP) and project finance, infrastructure mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and fund financing transactions, advising primarily on the financing aspects. She brings over 20 years of extensive experience to her clients across sectors as diverse as energy (renewables including wind and waste, as well as gas and electricity), water, transport (roads, rail, ports), and accommodation (health care). She has acted on some of the largest and most complex deals in the international and domestic infrastructure market.

Her clients are drawn from across the spectrum of infrastructure market participants including sponsors and borrowers, commercial banks, multilateral lenders and other financial institutions, and government agencies. She has helped clients solve a range of financing challenges in particular deals involving bank, bond, and hybrid financing structures. As well as advising clients on a wide range of financing solutions across the infrastructure, PPP and project finance, and infrastructure M&A space, Emma also has experience of advising parties on on-going finance contract management issues and restructuring/refinancing under-performing and distressed infrastructure debt.

Languages

English, French, Russian

Education

M.A. (Hons), University of Edinburgh

M.Sc., University of Edinburgh

Lawyer Rankings

London > Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance

Highly integrated with its fund formation team, the fund finance group at Hogan Lovells International LLP acts for fund clients, borrowers and lenders on all facility and fund types, assisting with fund set-up to end of fund life financing and ESG financings. Active across the UK, Luxembourg, the US, the Asia Pacific region and offshore jurisdictions, the team offers ‘depth of experience’ and ‘commercial understanding.’ Bolstering the practice with her arrival from DLA Piper in November 2022, practice head and fintech and finance lawyer Bryony Widdup is highly skilled in fund financing, structuring transactions, lending platform and digital assets related work. Another key name to note is fellow new arrival senior associate Mariel Luna, who acts for fund clients on capital call, hybrid and NAV facilities and GP support lines. Other key lawyers include Emma Clarke and Philip Robb.