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Turning Crisis into Strategy: Contracts, projects and disputes at a global chokepoint
Emma Clarke
Partner Corporate & Finance
Languages
English, French, Russian
She advises clients across the spectrum of infrastructure market participants including senior lenders (commercial banks, multilateral lenders and other financial institutions), sponsors/ investors, borrowers and government agencies.
She brings over 25 years of experience to her clients across a range of market sectors including energy (renewables including wind, solar and waste), water, digital (fibre, telecoms), aerospace and defence, transport (roads, rail, ports) and accommodation (healthcare, education). She has acted on some of the largest and most complex deals in the international and domestic infrastructure markets helping clients solve a range of financing challenges in particular deals involving bank, bond and hybrid financing structures.
The UK Government (HM Treasury) on its £2.26bn Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) Loan to Ukraine, earmarked for military procurement to bolster Ukraine’s defences.
The National Wealth Fund on developing its guarantee programme and acting as guarantor on the £1bn refinancing of a UK fibre company, the first pathfinder use of its guarantee programme documentation.
A leading global infra structure fund on acquiring and financing regulated last‑mile utilities, including a £1bn+ common debt platform, hybrid structures, hedging and private placements.
The pathfinder €1.1bn project for a 1,600MW combined cycle gas-fired power project in Uzbekistan.
A Senior Creditor in relation to the financing of the US$225m Kacific Broadband Satellite project, bringing high-speed satellite broadband to 25+ Asia-Pacific countries and remote islands.
National Air Traffic Services on all aspects of its financing arrangements over the last decade since the grant of the Licence.
The refinancing of a major French telecoms business by a major infrastructure fund.
Affinity Water on the debt financing aspects of its whole business securitisation.
Major energy from waste projects, including £570m Riverside EfW project in London and £800m Essex waste project.
Lenders in the renewable energy space in respect of 10+ OFTO transactions as well as TDB Bank and other MLAs on their financing of the 40MW pathfinder wind farm project in the Republic of Mauritius.
Tubelines on the £2.1bn London Underground PPP project and well as other road, rail, light rail and transport projects.
The European Commission on its multi-year, multi-deal, EFSD and EFSD+ guarantee programmes.