Andrew Deszcz is a partner in the Melbourne office where he specialises in project financing, leveraged and acquisition financing, resources and resources financing. He has spent two years at Freshfields in London and has been with Mallesons for over twelve years.
Andrew has advised Australian and international clients on complex and significant resources and infrastructure transactions, both in Australia and elsewhere. His experience in resources and infrastructure has been widely recognised. Andrew has also advised on private equity and leveraged acquisition finance transactions over the last few years, including several work-out and restructuring situations.
Andrew recently acted for financiers in an ECA supported participation in the senior financing of the Victorian desalination project (one of the only Australian Law ECA supported project financings successfully completed). The overall financing for the project won PPP Deal of the Year and Global Deal of the Year at the 2009 Infrastructure Journal awards; Winner for Financial Excellence at the 2010 Infrastructure Partnerships Australia National Infrastructure Awards; and PPP Deal of the Year at the 2009 Project Finance International Awards.
He is a lecturer on infrastructure and project finance in the resources sector at Melbourne University's masters level infrastructure course and has contributed significantly to the Resources and Energy Law Association (AMPLA), as both a speaker and a reference Committee member in the development of its model documentation.