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Infrastructure: Project finance and development

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Addleshaw Goddard

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Addleshaw Goddard maintains a strong infrastructure and PFI/PPP practice, acting for government bodies, sponsors, investors, and lenders on complex and long-term projects. With a deep national bench and growing international reach, the team offers integrated expertise across project finance, regulatory, and construction matters. Richard Goodfellow heads the team, with Michael O’Connor offering seasoned advice to public sector clients. Matthew Newing draws on his PFI/PPP expertise to advise on major social infrastructure projects, while Oliver Carruthers acts for sponsors and funders across digital, social, and energy transition infrastructure mandates. David Hartley is prominent in the secondary PFI/PPP market. Phil Dupres leads the firm’s national utilities offering.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Team has good experience in the sector and works well together to deliver advice. Take firm position on negotiation, but also pragmatic in order to get deal done.’

  • ‘Responsive and helpful. Enjoyable to work with.'

  • ‘Excellent market understanding.’

  • ‘Matthew Newing and Oliver Carruthers both have a very strong grasp of the infrastructure market.'

  • ‘The team is a key part of the overall success of the project, advising on development, construction, property and energy - collaborating and problem solving with us and our partners to allow us to focus on project delivery. The communication and client experience is excellent.’

  • 'The team I have worked closely with is extremely responsive and engaging and understand the needs of my organisation. They are keen to offer advice that creates value and strengthens our negotiations.'

  • 'Engaging, on time, breadth of knowledge and able to draw upon wider teams. Not simply legal advice, but supportive commercial discussions and ability to solve complex issues.'

  • 'Excellent market understanding and willingness to offer new ways of measuring legal services (dashboard for financials including total spend, repository for advice notes issued to client).'

  • 'The communication and customer experience is excellent.'

Key clients

  • Southern Water Services Limited
  • Step Springfield Village Limited
  • United Utilities Water Limited
  • West Midland Combined Authority
  • LSHP Development Company Limited
  • The Borough Council of Worthing and West Sussex Estates Partnerships
  • Fulcrum Infrastructure Group Limited
  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Stockport Metropolitan Council
  • Scotia Gas Networks
  • Mua Group
  • County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
  • Hull Citycare Limited
  • Department for Transport
  • St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Agility Trains
  • Assured Guaranty UK Limited
  • Renfrewshire Council
  • Aviva Life & Pensions UK Limited

Work highlights

Advising the National Wealth Fund on Sizewell C, a proposed two-unit 3.2 GW nuclear power station.
Advised a consortium of lenders on the financing of the Velindre Cancer Hospital Project in Wales.
Advising United Utilities on its £2.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Project.

Practice head

Richard Goodfellow

Other key lawyers

Michael O'Connor; Matthew Newing; Oliver Carruthers; David Hartley; Phil Dupres; William Smith; Raj Clair