Watson Farley & Williams LLP advises across the full infrastructure asset lifecycle, with expertise in M&A, project finance, and disputes. The firm handles complex, multi-layered debt structures and acts across transport, social, digital, and energy infrastructure, supported by a deep international bench of sector specialists. Group lead Andy Savage maintains an extensive practice spanning domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, and private equity transactions across a range of infrastructure subsectors. Louise Mor is noted for her expertise in the transport sector and regularly advises on a wide array of infrastructure financings. Joe Levin acts for sponsors, multinationals, and lenders in the oil and gas space, while Chris Kilburn is active in the mining and minerals sector, currently engaged on major mandates across Africa.
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Key clients
- Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited
- Alpha Trains
- ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Kanadevia Inova
- UCED
- L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund
- Vattenfall
- RWE
- TotalEnergies
- Altamin Limited
- Salutem LD Topco Limited
- Salutem LD Topco II Limited
Work highlights
Advising global solar developer, Lightsource bp, on the sale of a portfolio of 58 operational assets to a consortium formed of Bluefield Solar Income Fund and GLIL Infrastructure for a total value of £220m.
Advising the Republic of Guinea on the $20bn Simandou project.
Advised Railways Pension Trustee Company Limited on its acquisition of a 25% interest in Verdis, the leading Nordic municipal waste collection operator, from Cube Infrastructure Managers.
Practice head
Andy Savage
Other key lawyers
Louise Mor; Joe Levin; Chris Kilburn