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Mark Cheney

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 Dentons ‘has 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-driven‘ James Francis is also active in export and asset finance matters. The firm is a trusted adviser to leading international banks, ECAs, and corporate borrowers.
Lawyer Rankings
- Trade finance London > Finance
- Infrastructure: Project finance and development London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport