Structured and Project Finance Lawyer

Structured and Project Finance Associate 4-6 years PQE

Location: Edinburgh

Brief

We are currently looking to recruit a talented lawyer to join the Structured and Project Finance Team in Edinburgh office ideally a candidate with at 4-6 years PQE specialisingin the area.

Background

The role is for a finance lawyer sitting within the market leading Structured and Project Finance Team which is part of the Projects Group. The team carries out a wide range of top tier and high value project and finance work including development and financing of new energy and infrastructure projects and refinancings operational support and M&A relating to those projects as well as other energy efficiency and low carbon advisory mandates. The clients consist of a number of UK and international banks renewable energy developers oil and gas/energy companies infrastructures funds private equity and work of the team has an increasingly international flavour given both inward investment and also clients looking to invest in international markets working with colleagues in other Pinsent Masons international offices. This is a transactional role with a large amount of client contact and the opportunity to specialise in a strategic and diverse industry sector.

Our Edinburgh Team

The team act for clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors. It handles the full life cycle of projects with work ranging from procurement and the advisory and delivery phase to post-completion disputes. The team in Edinburgh is led by Gillian Frew and is integrated with and frequently works as part of our teams in other offices.

Key Clients include

• NatWest
• NTR plc
• Gresham House
• Capricorn Energy PLC
• KfW
• Railpen
• Arcus Infrastructure
• Equitix Limited
• Dalmore Capital Limited
• DFIs active in Africa
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Ocean Winds
• Capital Dynamics
• Statkraft
• Greencoat Capital
• Zenobe Energy

Work highlights

• Advised Deutsche Bank AG and Coöperative Rabobank U.A. loan to Aukera UK 1 Limited to fund the construction of its UK 250 MW solar/battery portfolio.
• Advising Boralex on the c130m financing of the 106MW Limekiln wind farm project with National Westminster Bank and Export Development Canada
• Advising National Westminster Bank on the c190m financing of the c220MW North Kyle wind farm project.
• Advised Zenobe Energyon the 235m (and 400m accordion facility) financing of a 200MW / 400MWh transmission connection battery energy storage project at Blackhillock Keith Scotland. - the largest facility to be arranged in Europe for the development of battery energy storage projects.
• Acting for NTR on the 370m portfolio financing of 12 onshore wind projects.
• Acting for Dalmore Capital as lead legal adviser on operational PFI projects.
• Acting for NatWest AIB and Sabadell on the portfolio financing of five anaerobic digestion projects.
• Acting for the Port of Aberdeen on a loan from Scottish National Investment Bank
• Acting for a development financial institution and its co-lenders in relation to the debt financing of the Takoradi Port Project in Ghana.
• Acting for an international financial institution in relation to the financing of a telecommunications network in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Continuing to advise Flogas (part of DCC Group Plc a FTSE 100 company) in relation to its project to convert the National Grid liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Avonmouth into a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage terminal with room to store 34564 tonnes of LPG.
• Advised a consortium comprising Arcus European Infrastructure (Arcus) and GLIL Infrastructure on the acquisition (and co-investment and financing) of the entire issued share capital of Smart Meter Assets 1 Ltd (SMA) an energy infrastructure provider in the UK from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners.
• Advising a development finance institution on its green loan to a South African financial institution to help finance its climate finance business by funding green projects including distributed generation/renewable energy waste energy sustainable transport and green buildings across several other African countries.
• Working as TIIs counsel to advise on the procurement of the Dublin Metrolink project a large civil engineering project in the Republic of Ireland.

Our vacancy

We are now looking to appoint a talented lawyer with at 46 years PQE to join the Structured and Project Finance Team in Edinburgh office. The successful applicant will:

• ideally have gained experience in a large commercial firm with an established energy practice
• have a strong academic background and excellent communication and organisational skills
• be a team player with the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues in an agile environment
• be well-organised and have good project management skills

What will we offer you

• We are a market leading dynamic and growing global team who work together to produce outstanding results for our clients.
• We invest in our team and have a first-class training and career development programme monthly 121s career discussions and semi-annual appraisals. Our training reflects our position as a market leader in communications and sourcing. Our training will assist you to develop as a specialist with valuable sector knowledge and the ability to deliver best of breed services.
• Early responsibility and opportunities to develop client relationships.

About the Firm

Pinsent Masons is a global 100 law firm with over 3800 employees operating out of 28 locations across Europe Asia Pacific Africa and the Middle East. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality legal advice rooted in a deep understanding of the sectors and geographies in which our clients operate. Our global reach ensures that we are well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.

The firm has significant multinational credentials in the financial services energy infrastructure real estate and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. Services provided across these sectors include asset management and investment funds corporate and M&A commercial competition litigation and arbitration banking restructuring insurance regulatory construction projects pensions property planning and environmental procurement outsourcing employment share plans and incentives technology and tax advice.

We value diversity and inclusion. We are committed to creating a better workplace where all our people can succeed and feel like they belong. We want to attract retain and develop people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever their ethnicity religion age physical or mental disability/long term condition sexual orientation gender identity or expression or other characteristics. We have embedded a range of diversity and inclusion initiatives to create an environment in which our people can flourish.

We stand out for our innovative approach to service delivery. For example the firm has developed a number of in-house legal technology and project management solutions operates a hub of freelance lawyers called Vario and a global Diversity and Inclusion consultancy Brook Graham.

Put simply we offer a range of professional disciplines to our clients enabled by our people process and technology.

Awards

Were being recognised equally by commentators and other market movers through a plethora of awards spanning every region and culminating in being named law firm of the year by Legal Business the FTs most innovative law firm in Europe (for the third time in eight years) winning their sustainability award in Asia Pacific and being ranked as Thomson Reuters leading legal brand in their UK index.

We have been recognised as by Stonewall as aTop Global Employer. Recognising that we are a leading employer in advancing LGBTQ inclusion. Pinsent Masons is recognised as a Top Ten Employer for Working Families in 2023 for the seventh consecutive year. We are accredited as aDisability Confident Employerby theDepartment for Work & Pensionsand we were the first law firm to sign up the global Valuable 500.

Please click here to view full list of our global awards and nominations - an inclusive employer we are willing to consider any flexible working requests.

Should you require further details please contact our in-house Lateral Recruitment Advisor Johenn Choi who can discuss the role and requirements.

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