Infrastructure & Transport

We recognise and understand the impact of globalisation, evolving demographics and technology disruption, driving investment to meet this unprecedented demand for the industry, and have experience navigating the social and political complexities that underpin these issues.

We continue to be a partner of choice for sponsors, governments, contractors and financiers globally, who we support across the project lifecycle. We create value for each of them by using the lessons we’ve learned, deal-on-deal and across roles, to shape an understanding of the investor, operator and user preferences that ensure both the immediate and future success of projects.

End-to-end solutions

We are proud of the role we are playing in shaping the future of our cities and regions. We’ve tackled the most complex infrastructure and transport projects in the market and understand the need the end-to-end solutions that get your projects planned, approved, structured, financed, built and operated – on time and within budget.

From start to finish we give you the comfort of dealing with a team of infrastructure and transport specialists that has been built around the imperative of providing clients with excellent service, unparalleled expertise and outcomes. We bring a true sector-focused capability, with experience spanning both core and non-core infrastructure and covering all aspect of major projects..

Drawing on our understanding of international, regional and local funds regimes, we also advise on all aspects of the infrastructure funds industry, including listed and unlisted funds, retail and wholesale funds and co-investment structures.

In full, our infrastructure coverage includes:

• Project development and joint venture agreements
• Planning advice and environmental issues 
• Construction and engineering procurement
• Anti-trust and regulatory compliance
• Mergers, acquisitions and disposals 
• Fund formation and fundraisings
• Group reorganisations 
• Project, corporate and structured financing 
• Commercial and information technology contracts
• International arbitration and dispute resolution.

Our recent experience includes

• Advising Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited on the sale of its 19.99% stake in TransGrid Australia to Canadian pension fund OMERS. TransGrid Australia is the manager and operator of the high voltage electricity transmission network in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. 
• Advising Transport for NSW on the delivery of Stages 1 and 2 of the A$3.5 billion Parramatta Light Rail project. 
• Advising ARTC on the negotiations with the Commonwealth Department of Finance and the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities on the Project Development Agreement, Equity Funding Agreement and structuring agreements for the A$12 billion Inland Rail project.