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Dentons
ONE FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7WS
England
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Work Department

Energy regulation, project finance.

Position

Mark is a partner in the Energy and Finance team of the Firm’s London office.

He specializes in the acquisition, development and financing of energy and infrastructure assets, with a particular focus on thermal and renewable power generation assets, and in structured commodity trading arrangements.

Career

Associate Pinsent Curtis (now Pinsent Masons) 1998-2000; managing associate Linklaters 2000-04, counsel 2004-10, partner 2010-11; partner Dentons UKMEA LLP (formerly SNR Denton UK LLP).

Education

University of Nottingham (LLB, LLM Hons).

Lawyer Rankings

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

Dentons leverages its nationwide multidisciplinary team to competently advise on projects in the UK and overseas. The firm is well-placed to handle complex PFI/PPP ventures from both the inception through to the handback stage, and has wider engagement with conventional and renewable energy mandates. The London team is led by Mark Cheney and Esther McDermott; the former is noted for his work with traditional energy assets and the latter for her contentious construction practice. The arrival of John Inglis from legacy firm Shearman & Sterling in May 2023 has brought further project finance capabilities to the team, while Matthew Hanslip Ward is a go-to figure for development and regulatory work, particularly in the rail sector. Outside of London, the Edinburgh-based Gareth Tenner provides expert PFI/PPP knowledge to clients while Mark Macaulay, also based in Edinburgh, is rated for his construction procurement work.

London > Finance > Trade finance

The commodities, trade and upstream finance practice at Dentonshas obvious expertise and engages collaboratively throughout deals‘. The team brings together expertise in project finance, OTC securities, export credit finance and Islamic banking to complement its core skills in trade finance instruments, for which Ian Clements is the main practitioner. He handles syndicated and bilateral borrowing base, pre-export and structured prepayment financings. Mark Cheney is a key adviser to investment banks, commodity trading houses and utilities on complex trading transactions in the energy sector. Asset-based lending specialist Simon Prendergast is highly regarded for receivables financing transactions, and the ‘solution-drivenJames Francis is also active in export and asset finance matters. The firm is a trusted adviser to leading international banks, ECAs, and corporate borrowers.