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Partner and Head of London Antitrust Practice
Clare Burgess
Head of London Energy and Infrastructure Group Clare Burgess is experienced in capital markets issuances, private placements and loans, with particular focus on the infrastructure and renewables sectors. Clare has advised on a wide range of infrastructure transactions including project bonds, private placements, corporate bonds and multi-source financings including secured corporate debt transactions (whole business securitisations). She acts for a broad range of market participants, including banks, institutional investors, multi-laterals, sponsors and corporates. She has particular experience advising on complex, credit-enhanced transactions, aggregator/portfolio financings, and restructurings/terminations. Clare advises on the issuance of green bonds, both corporate issuance, and renewables project and portfolio financings.
Craig Nethercott
Partner Craig Nethercott is a partner in the Global Energy & Infrastructure Group at Clifford Chance. He has experience in project finance, banking, capital markets, and Islamic finance. Craig has advised on transactions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He is ranked Band 1 for Projects by Chambers UK 2023.
Donald Carden regularly advises multinational corporations, financial institutions, insurance companies and funds on issues of Federal and New York State income taxation, with a particular emphasis on corporate and partnership taxation and the tax aspects of structured finance transactions. Donald is a regular speaker on tax issues at industry events and is the author of numerous articles on tax issues. Since 2008, Donald has been recognized as a "Leading Lawyer" in Legal 500 and has been acknowledged as a leading practitioner in Chambers and the Tax Directors Handbook, and is a New York "Super Lawyer" for 2011.
Partner and Head of London Antitrust Practice
Global Practice Area Leader for Corporate
James Pay
Partner James Pay specialises in power, renewables, mining and metals, energy infrastructure transactions, including project and minority stake financings, commercial contracts and M&A and joint venture work. James is head of Clifford Chance's Global Renewables Group and co-head of our Mining and Metals Group.
Johannes Juette
Johannes Juette is a Partner with over 20 years' experience. He is a US qualified lawyer and has extensive experience in international debt and equity capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, high yield debt issues and tender offers. Johannes has executed transactions across a broad range of sectors throughout South East Asia, including transportation and logistics, shipping, natural resources and energy, with a particular focus on Indonesia and Malaysia. He is ranked as a leading lawyer for international capital markets and is recognised as a foreign expert based in Singapore for Indonesian capital markets work.
John Wilkins
Partner John Wilkins has a particular focus on the Power and Oil & Gas sectors and is the joint head of the Global Nuclear Group. John has extensive projects development & M&A experience in the energy sector with a focus on power and oil & gas. He has acted on high profile, complex world-scale projects in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia and has a particular focus on nuclear power and the shift into new energies by the oil & gas majors.
Michael Pearson
Partner Michael Pearson advises public bodies, investors, developers and financiers on major infrastructure projects internationally. Michael is recognised as a leading lawyer in the infrastructure sector by international directories, including IFLR1000, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.
Olamide Oladosu
Partner Olamide Oladosu is based in London and specialises in energy and infrastructure project across Africa. He acts for sponsors and lenders on all aspects of international project financings (including upstream and midstream oil and gas projects, petrochemicals and power). He is admitted in England & Wales as well as in Nigeria with close to two decades' experience advising clients on transactions relating to across the energy, infrastructure and financial services. Previous experience includes Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria where he was General Counsel and one of the leading Nigerian law firms where he was an energy and projects partner. Olamide is the Africa Practice Leader for Banks and DFIs.
Praveen Jagadish
Partner Praveen Jagadish specialises in infrastructure and low-carbon energy, advising developers, financial investors and lenders on the commercial and financing elements of major greenfield projects, and the refinancing and sale / acquisition of brownfield assets. He has extensive experience in infrastructure transactions in the transport, maritime and telecommunications sectors, and low-carbon energy and energy infrastructure transactions in sectors including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, nuclear, energy-from-waste, smart metering and EV charging.
Ross Howard
Ross Howard is a partner in Clifford Chance's Global Financial Markets Team and a member of the firm's Worldwide Projects Group and Energy and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure Sector Groups. Ross specialises in advising sponsors and lenders in connection with the development and financing of complex and large-scale projects in the renewable energy, power, oil and gas, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience advising on the structuring, negotiation and financing of large-scale international projects across Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe. Ross is currently based in Singapore.
Russell Wells
Partner Russell Wells is a Partner in Clifford Chance's London office and is the Global Head of the firm's Energy and Resources Sector, co-head of the Energy Transition Group and co-head of the Worldwide Projects Group. He has almost 35 years of commercial, corporate and finance experience in the energy sector – including a large number of landmark transactions throughout the World. Russell has worked in our Hong Kong, London and Singapore offices. Russell is ranked as Band 1 for his expertise in projects by Chambers UK, and is ranked as a Leading Individual by Chambers Global for his work across Africa. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Project Finance Lawyers and the International Who’s Who of Energy Lawyers.