Philip Robb > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

Hogan Lovells International LLP has seen a huge uptick in digital infrastructure work, acting for a number of early player funds who are increasingly active in an ever-changing and developing infrastructure market. Leveraging its global bench, the firm has been active on EV, telecommunication network and battery storage mandates across Europe and Africa, advising on the financing, developing, structuring and regulatory issues of the projects. Beyond this work, the team are routinely engaged across a multitude of traditional and renewable energy matters, including financing a significant gas turbine power plant in Uzbekistan, as well as handling unique, ‘first of its kind’ mandates. Philip Robb has extensive experience in both primary and secondary market financings and sits at the head of the firm’s global infrastructure, energy, resources & projects (IERP) practice. Andrew Gallagher is a key player in some of the  firm’s most important client relations and mandates, and is highly regarded for his social infrastructure, transport, and energy transition expertise, possessing a wealth of experience in project financing. Scott Tindal continues to attract instructions from governments, sponsors and bidding consortia for his extensive industry knowledge, working on the financing and development of both greenfield and brownfield endeavours, while Jeremy Brittenden is recommended for his ability to counsel on next generation technology and emerging asset types. Arun Velusami also comes recommended for his work on a number of complex PPP projects that are regularly concentrated in Africa. Alex Harrison left the practice in July 2022 to join Akin.