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Energy and Real Assets

Our specialist global Energy and Real Assets group leads with unwavering client focus and combines market insight, a commercial mindset and sector expertise in energy, infrastructure and real assets to deliver clear, creative solutions to your most complex challenges.

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Trusted by sophisticated investors to structure complex deals and drive investment outcomes across every region and asset class

Clients turn to us to structure complex transactions with precision and pragmatism. We operate as a seamlessly integrated global team, working collaboratively across all asset types and regions to help you unlock value, manage risk and deliver on your long-term strategic and commercial goals.

Our dedicated Energy and Real Assets group advises across the full transaction life cycle – from  strategic M&A, joint ventures, debt financing and equity fund-raising to exits via trade sales, carve outs, capital markets/IPO solutions or secondaries/continuation vehicle structures. We provide integrated full-service support throughout, covering antitrust and FDI, governance, regulatory compliance, disputes, investigations, tax and funds structuring, as well as public relations for deals under heightened scrutiny or facing reputational or political risks.    

We are counsel of choice for a broad range of investors, including private capital investors, such as infrastructure, pension and sovereign wealth funds, along with strategics/corporates, alternative capital providers, lenders and developers. Our broad client bench means we see the issues from every angle and can deliver tailored, strategic advice with your priorities at the centre of our approach. 

Whether innovating in the newest energy transition technologies, structuring complex M&A, crafting creative financing solutions, scaling renewables, delivering major infrastructure projects, or navigating cross-border regulation, our clients trust us to deliver. They know we have the insight and experience to develop cutting-edge deal structures – and the commitment to achieve the right outcomes.

Infrastructure
Energy
Leveraged finance
Private credit and capital solutions
Private funds and secondaries
Private capital
Real estate
Restructuring

Contacts

Contacts

London
Jessamy GallagherPartner, Global Co-Head of Energy and Real Assets
London
Richard ThextonPartner, Global Co-Head of Energy and Real Assets
London
Stuart RowsonPartner
London
Alex WattPartner, Global Co-head of Real Assets, Head of London Private Equity Real Estate Group
Hamburg, London
Natascha DollPartner
London
Alon GordonPartner
Paris
Pascal CuchePublic Law

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Awards & recognition
Mergermarket and Bloomberg 2024
#1 Global cross-border and European M&A
The Lawyer Awards 2024
Shortlisted for Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year
The Lawyer Awards 2023
Commended, Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year (EDF / Sizewell C Nuclear Project)
Band 1 globally for M&A, Antitrust, Tax, Private Equity, Litigation, International Arbitration, Public International Law, Crisis management
JUVE Handbook 2024/25
Chambers Global 2025Real Estate - five stars
JUVE Awards 2024/25
Law Firm of the Year for Germany, Corporate Law, Private Equity
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