Infrastructure Sector Specialists
Renewable Power( onshore and offshore)
Our market leading energy practice regularly advises across the full spectrum of renewable power transactions including offshore wind, onshore wind, solar PV, hydro, biomass and energy from waste. We advise the growing number of infrastructure investors deploying and recycling capital in the asset class as well as leveraging our deep ties in the oil and gas sector to assist with their entry into the market.
Conventional Power
With the power generation sector going through rapid transformation, we have continued to advise private equity investors and their debt funders on decarbonisation and greenfield development of new thermal generation with increasing amounts of merchant offtake and a focus on opportunities presented by sparkspread volatility and balancing revenues for national grids.
Energy Transition and Related
Infrastructure( battery, CCUS and hydrogen)
At the forefront of the technological shift being driven by the Energy Transition, we have advised on a number of market first transactions using new technologies and innovative financing structures. We have advised on battery storage projects giving us a market leading insight on Tesla technology, as well as capital raising and project structuring for CCUS using Direct Air Capture technology and blending hydrogen as a feedstock.
Transmission and Energy Infrastructure
( interconnectors, OFTOs, pipelines and LNG terminals)
As renewable energy provides increasing amounts of base load, there has been an increased demand for transmission infrastructure. Our team has advised on project development, financing and of cross-border interconnectors, offshore wind OFTOs and grid network operators. In addition to electricity transmission, our dedicated LNG team has experience of regasification and pipeline transmission infrastructure.
Transportation Infrastructure
( roads, rail and ports)
Consistently recognized as top tier project finance and development practice in the Americas, United Kingdom and Middle East, we have acted on a number of large greenfield and brownfield transactions in the transportation sector including roads, rolling stock rail transactions as well as container and bulk product ports around the United Kingdom and Europe. Our expertise with multi-sourced project finance has seen us act on a number of first of kind platform debt financings and refinancings.
Social Infrastructure
We have worked on a wide range of PPP and PFI projects across the social infrastructure space including schools, hospitals and defense. In addition to social infrastructure PPP projects, we have a number of market firsts in the utility sectors including water and waste, including market firsts for investment grade structured financing of a multi jurisdiction waste to energy portfolio
Digital and Telecommunications Infrastructure
Our ECA financing practice has acted on a number of telecoms and digital infrastructure transactions including satellites, mobile masts businesses and smart meter financing structures.
ESG
With ESG considerations becoming an increasingly important part of the transactional landscape, we have a cross-practice ESG group that is able to advise on ESG considerations pertinent to transactions. bracewell. com