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Andrew Newbery

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Work Department

Energy; Projects; Infrastructure; Natural Resources

Position

Partner, Head of Sectors

Career

Gowling WLG is going to be a great platform and I believe that my recent client-side experiences will benefit the firm and its clients.

Andrew’s diverse legal and commercial experience (including running his own businesses and co-developing his own project) uniquely position Andrew as an innovative legal adviser with a broad set of project development and financing skills.

A partner in the firm’s global projects team and a member of the energy, infrastructure and natural resources sector groups, Andrew specialises in advising on significant EMEA infrastructure, energy, mining and project finance transactions. He has also developed an enviable reputation in the field of project development and project finance.

Andrew has practised as a partner at two major firms – latterly based in the Middle East where he earned a reputation advising on significant EMEA infrastructure, energy, mining and project finance transactions. Andrew returned to the UK in 2013, studied for arbitration exams and set up his own consultancy. Some examples of Andrew’s extensive experience include:

  • Utilities: £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel project – various roles for Thames Water (including head of commercial) on this major UK procurement which reached financial close in late summer 2015.
  • Projects: Developing a major HVDC subsea interconnector – part of the in-house team developing a major HVDC subsea interconnector between the UK and continental Europe.
  • Power: US$1.5 billion Shuweihat S3 power project – led team for Sumitomo-KEPCO consortium’s successful bid for US$1.5 billion Shuweihat S3 power project: negotiating commercial, shareholder and finance contracts (including interest rate and currency hedging arrangements) and leading face-to-face negotiations with Abu Dhabi government and others in London, Tokyo and Korea.
  • PPP: Consulting to Local Partnerships on the renegotiation of various police and local authority deals PFI deals on behalf of the public sector.
  • Metals and mining: Advised a global steel giant on restructuring of its steel project in Saudi Arabia and advised the hedge fund financiers of the first project financing to reach financial close in Yemen.
  • Africa: Advised on power generation and telecom projects in South Africa and on a proposed multi-sourced financing of a mining project in Congo-Brazzaville.
  • Project Financing: Advised on many project financings including some of the earliest multi-sourced petrochemical financings in the Middle East and the earliest power and desalination projects in the Gulf
  • Solar: Advised a Japanese developer on the structuring and drafting of power purchase arrangements for an integrated combined cycle gas and thermal solar project in Kuwait and advised the project companies on the financing of a major solar financing in Spain.

Languages

English

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London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Water

(Leading partners)

Andrew Newbery – Gowling WLG

Gowling WLG is the firm of choice for Ofwat, advising the regulator on the development of critical water infrastructure, ranging from new reservoirs to wastewater treatment facilities and more. The team is also adept at handling cross-border transactions with water at their centre, with practice co-head Andrew Newbery taking the lead. Alongside him is Alexandra Poynter, whose focus is primarily on the procurement for and delivery of infrastructure projects. Mike Stewart is a specialist in water disputes, with a particular focus on the Middle East. Ravi Randhawa advises across the spectrum of regulatory, public and administrative law as it relates to the water sector.

London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development

Gowling WLG advises a range of public and private clients – both domestic and foreign – on the financing, operation and handback of key PPP/PFIs, including projects relating to transport, social infrastructure, and the energy transition. Co-chairing the practice from Birmingham is Dominic Richardson, a highly proficient PPP/PFI adviser who acts across a wealth of hard and soft infrastructure assets. Elizabeth Williams is regularly sought out by clients operating in the defence and security space for procurement and commercial expertise, while Stephen Kenny acts as another PPP/PFI adviser, handling financing, operational, and handback issues. Co-chair Nath Curtis and Andrew Newbery both focus on energy financing; Curtis has recently advised on renewables and energy transition assets, while Newbery handles utilities and digital infrastructure work. Other key figures include Alexandra Poynter, a major contact for government bodies seeking procurement, tech and commercial advice.

London > Industry focus > Emerging markets

The projects and infrastructure practice at Gowling WLG ‘has an impeccable understanding and experience of challenges faced when doing banking deals in emerging markets‘, and clients praise the team for providing ‘solution-oriented and pragmatic advice‘. The bench of partners includes head of international projects Jonathan Brufal; corporate energy specialist Gareth Baker; project finance experts Andrew Newbery and Imran Mufti; head of natural resources Charles Bond; impact finance lawyer Alasdair McKenzie; and standout international arbitration partner Gordon Bell. McKenzie helped to set up the world’s first climate-focused guarantee company to provide $1bn in climate finance for developing countries.

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