Overview

Mayer Brown’s Projects & Infrastructure team brings together the collective resources of our transactional practice groups across our international firm to advise clients on all types of infrastructure transactions—from project development and finance through the purchase and sale of infrastructure assets and infrastructure companies. Our team is built on the historical strengths of our Banking & Finance; Government Transactions; and Corporate & Securities practices. With more than 80 lawyers across the globe and offices in key financial centers such as New York, London, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo, as well as the dynamic energy hubs of Houston, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro, our international presence uniquely positions us to bring new projects to fruition and to consummate infrastructure investment transactions of all types across the globe. Regularly setting precedent and driving market growth—our practice has been ranked Band 1 for US PPPs by Chambers USA for 13 years in a row, honored as Project Finance Group of the Year by Law360 every year since 2017 and named “Law Firm of the Year” by Infrastructure Investor—our experience and resources have proven to be the key to getting the deal done.

Our lawyers understand infrastructure across all asset classes. We advise sponsors, lenders and public bodies on the financing, development and management of greenfield assets and the buying, selling, leasing and financing of existing assets. Our experience ranges from conventional energy (oil, gas and coal) and renewable energy (wind, solar, hydro, bio and geothermal) through transportation (roads, bridges, public parking, rail, mass transit, airports and maritime ports) and communications (cell towers, data centers, broadband and fiber optics) to social and recreational infrastructure (hospitals, schools, public buildings and stadiums). We combine our industry knowledge and cross-border transactional experience in structuring the new generation of projects and closing transactions involving the world’s leading infrastructure investors. Our integrated team of qualified Projects & Infrastructure lawyers has deep transactional experience to manage your risks and address the challenges you face across the life cycle of your project and within all asset classes. Our projects and infrastructure asset experience covers:

The qualities that make Mayer Brown unique as a leading global law firm are also distinguishing features of our Projects & Infrastructure practice. Our collaborative culture is key to our Infrastructure Investment initiative. Through this initiative we offer leading global investors dedicated teams with the highest level of experience in each particular asset class to advise on the acquisition and disposition of infrastructure assets and infrastructure companies. The strength of our Projects & Infrastructure practice emanates from our status as one of the world’s top law firms for financial services clients and matters. Mayer Brown’s signature strength in the financial services industry and in-depth knowledge across all areas of infrastructure uniquely positions us to advise the world’s leading global investors who are filling the capital gap and fueling the growth of infrastructure as an asset class. Significant demand for infrastructure assets coupled with high investor demand make investing in today’s market as competitive as it has ever been. Mayer Brown’s Projects & Infrastructure team knows infrastructure and the nuances of each type of infrastructure asset. We are unique among other practices: we are a market-leading Projects & Infrastructure practice who knows infrastructure investment.

They are incredibly thorough, know the industry really well and do a terrific job for their clients. A banking ‘powerhouse’ for its sheer manpower and global coverage.

Chambers & Partners

LENDING FOR LIVABILITY

We represented the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) as lenders on a project to better manage waste in Vietnam’s Binh Duong province.