Mark Richards
Mark Richards
Mark Richards
Partner and Regional Practice Group Leader - Energy, Environment and Infrastructure
Biography
Mark is the EMEA Head of the Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Team with extensive experience in providing multi-disciplinary advice to public and private sector clients. Clients include Amber Infrastructure, 3i, Nord LB, Ingenious Renewable Energy and Barclays Bank.
He works on a wide range of high value, innovative and complex infrastructure projects and has been involved in some of the most high profile infrastructure deals, including the first PF2 transaction to close in the UK. Mark has particular experience in:
- equity (including secondary market trades);
- debt structures;
- infrastructure fund trades;
- leasing/structured finance; and
- concession based structures.
As a non-executive director and global council member of the International Project Finance Association, Mark regularly writes chairs and addresses audiences on Global PPP and infrastructure structures.
Areas of Focus
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Zero Emission Vehicles & Charging Infrastructure
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Mobile Source Emissions and Fleet Management
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Real Estate
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Finance
Client Story
Getting vertiport pioneer Skyports off the ground in Dubai
- Chambers UK, Projects: PFI/PPP, 2021
- The Legal 500 UK, Infrastructure, 2021
Admissions
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England and Wales
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New York
Related Practice Areas
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Environment
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Real Estate
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Data Center & Digital Infrastructure Team
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ESG & Energy Transition
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Nuclear
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Renewables
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Water & Utilities
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Financial Institutions
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Zero Emission Vehicles & Charging Infrastructure
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Infrastructure
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Energy Transition
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Finance
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Public Sector
Experience
- Renewable Energy - Advised a client on various renewable energy portfolios, leading on the financing and acquisition of US$150m of ground mounted solar and onshore wind assets.
- Oil - Advised a national oil company on various financings including their USD$750m corporate facility and their various trade financing and commodities receivable transactions.
- Schools - Advised Amber Infrastructure on their successful bid in the £2.4bn government-backed ‘Priority Schools Building Programme’ using a unique financing model of a bespoke pooled aggregator funding vehicle. The deal was awarded European Social Infrastructure Deal of the Year at the IJGlobal Awards.
- Mersey Gateway Bridge - Advised 3i infrastructure on its investment into the Mersey Gateway Bridge, a public-private partnership project which involves the design, build, finance and operation of a 1km tolled bridge across the river Mersey in Liverpool.
- Hamina-Vaalimaa motorway - Advised the Finnish Transport Agency on the construction of the €660m E18 Hamina-Vaalimaa motorway to carried out on a Public-Private Partnership project model. The Finnish Transport Agency is seeking competitive tenders for service contracts, which include financial planning, building design, road construction, and road maintenance.
- UK Military Flight Training System - Advised UK Military Flight Training System (UKMFTS) leading the finance, equity and concession agreement negotiations on behalf of UKMFTS project team acting for the Ascent Consortium (Lockheed Martin Corporation and VT Group plc) in relation to the wholesale outsourcing of military flight training.
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