David Hartley > Addleshaw Goddard > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Addleshaw Goddard
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England

Work Department

Infrastructure, projects and energy.

Position

Partner advising sponsors, owners and funders in relation to PPP projects across many sectors from education and highways to health and energy. Also advises infrastructure asset funds on sales, acquisitions and operational matters.

Career

Trained Beachcroft Stanleys; qualified 1991; solicitor associate, then partner Beachcroft Wansbroughs 1991-99; partner Buchanan Ingersoll 1999-2001; partner Addleshaw Booth & Co (now Addleshaw Goddard) 2001 to date.

Education

St Aloysius College, Highgate; Southampton University (LLB); University College, London (LLM); King’s College London (MSc).

Leisure

Music.

Lawyer Rankings

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

Trusted by a plethora of national NHS trusts for advice regarding large-scale healthcare projects and extensions,  Addleshaw Goddard has a strong understanding of complex financing structures and possesses the ability to navigate novel funding models. The firm has been particularly active in wide-spanning water infrastructure developments, leveraging its deep bench of advisers across the UK to oversee the financial, regulatory and contractual issues encompassing drinking water delivery apparatus construction across Hampshire, Cumbria and Greater Manchester, with group head and Leeds-based Richard Goodfellow spearheading projects as part of a substantial portfolio of renewable and utility mandates. Matthew Newing has been a leading figure in the firm’s PFI and PPP sector work, working with consortiums on successful financing bids and funding partnership endeavours, whilst also guiding NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust companies on the repayment of debt financing and procedures to secure new funding packages. David Hartley is active in the secondary PFI/PPP market, advising asset owners and managers on transactions and refinancings. Rachel Scott joined from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP in 2022.