Simon Tysoe > Latham & Watkins > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Oil majors, investors from private equity houses and NCOs to banks turn to Latham & Watkins for its experience in handling matters concerning project finance, development, regulation and litigation. Simon Tysoe leads the team, offering clients assistance with cross-border mandates, including upstream, mid-stream, and downstream oil and gas M&A, joint ventures, restructuring, and project development. Sam Newhouse, chair of the firm’s M&A practice, regularly acts for clients on high-value public and private M&A and joint ventures, and Becky Wee is another key contact in the group.

Singled out for its transactional pedigree in the renewables market, Latham & Watkins‘ energy and infrastructure team provides comprehensive advice on various energy transition matters. Practice co-chair Conrad Andersen assists clients with a broad range of renewable and alternative energy transactions, while Beatrice Lo is recognised for her expertise in corporate transactions and regulatory advice related to renewable energy, and Simon Tysoe specialises in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and project development within the energy and natural resources sector.

Latham & Watkins advises on host of domestic and international M&A and financing transactions, representing premium financial institutions, institutional investors, and sponsors across all sub-sectors of the infrastructure market. The group’s expertise handling large debt raises and refinancings for multinational industry players ensures that it handles first-of-its-kind structures in the digital infrastructure and energy infrastructure space – two areas of particular focus for the group. Practice head Conrad Andersen is lauded as one of the ‘leading and most respected infra financing lawyers in the market’, often acting on multi-billion pound capital raises and acquisition finance transactions across multiple jurisdictions. Seonaid Todisco draws on a wealth of financing expertise as she works with an array of funds, investors and financial institutions engaging with core and hybrid infrastructure assets. Simon Tysoe is a highly skilled M&A practitioner who regularly advises on the purchase and disposal of conventional and renewable energy portfolios, as well as PE investments and joint ventures. Promoted to counsel in January 2024, Amanda Fortuna comes recommended for her growing debt finance practice that spans both conventional and renewable energy assets, as well as hard and soft infrastructure projects.