The water industry continues to evolve along the backdrop of increasing urbanisation and globalisation, climate change and other environmental concerns.
This requires a forward thinking approach in providing clients with strategic advice and insight into a complex and ever-changing area of law.
Clients trust us to work on their most complex and market-defining greenfield and brownfield projects and transactions, given our extensive experience and understanding of the intricacies of water and waste-water projects and transactions.
For each transaction we provide a customised multi-disciplinary team of leading water specialists and regional experts to ensure our clients’ projects are successful. We advise our clients on all water infrastructure matters including policy development, price control and regulatory matters (including challenges against regulators and pricing reviews/ challenges), mergers and acquisitions, project development, related technology projects, public private partnerships (PPPs), water resources and supply, outsourcing, operating and maintenance contracts, water pollution, the treatment of sewage and trade effluent and the licensing of water and sewerage undertakers and suppliers and dispute resolution.
Our team has worked together over many years and have an unparalleled record in advising water operators, infrastructure owners and developers, infrastructure funds and other investors in the water sector, governmental bodies and regulators, public and private sector funders, sponsors, financiers and contractors, on the complexities and nuances of water projects and related disputes.
Recent Experience
Sumitomo Corporation's acquisition of Sutton and East Surrey Water
Advising Sumitomo Corporation on its acquisition of Sutton and East Surrey Water, and subsequent syndication of equity to Osaka Gas
Camellia Recycled Water Scheme PPP, New South Wales
Advising the successful bidder for the Camellia Recycled Water Scheme Project. This PPP-style project involves the construction and operation of a recycled water plant to further treat effluent to a very high quality for industrial and irrigation uses, and construction and operation of associated pipeline infrastructure to distribute the recycled water
Southern Seawater Desalination Plant, Western Australia
Advising the Water Corporation in respect of the construction and operation of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant
Severn Trent Plc's joint venture with United Utilities Plc
Advising on the JV to combine their non-household water and wastewater retail businesses in preparation for the non-household retail market in England opening for competition in 2017
Water desalination project in Accra, Ghana
Advising Abengoa Water and Sojitz Corporation on the development and MIGA backed financing of a 60,000 m3/d reverse osmosis water desalination project in Accra, Ghana, including the drafting and negotiation of the project agreements and the coordination and negotiation of the financing of the project
London Tideway Super Sewer - a £4.2 billion project
Advising the Bazalgette Consortium (Allianz Capital Partners, Amber Infrastructure, Dalmore, and DIF) on its successful bid to undertake the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the £4.2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel, a project with a novel regulatory framework, and ongoing advice to the project vehicle including the construction programme and the establishment of the Project Bond Issuance Programme
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