Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has been recognised as the leading law firm for renewables both globally and for Europe by deal value in Infradeals’ 2016 Project Finance & Advisory Report.WFW highlights include:
- First by deal count in the Global Renewables legal advisers table;
- First by deal count in the European Renewables legal advisers table;
- Fifth by deal value in the European Renewables legal advisers table;
- Fifth by deal count in the European Power legal advisers table;
- Sixth by deal count in the overall Global legal advisers table;
- Third by deal count in the overall European legal advisers table;
- Third by deal count in the Italian legal advisers table;
- Fourth by deal count in the Nordics legal advisers table;
- Fourth by deal count in the German legal advisers table;
- First by deal count in the French legal advisers table; and
- Third by deal count in the Spanish UK legal advisers table.
The report covers various areas including project financing of greenfield and brownfield projects, the expansion of existing assets, the refinancing of existing project finance debt and the financing of acquisitions globally across several sectors. These sectors include environment, power, renewables, social infrastructure, telecommunications and transport. London Partner and Global Head of the Energy & Infrastructure sector Evan Stergoulis commented: “Yet another fantastic result for WFW, and proof that the firm is unquestionably the ‘go to’ law firm for renewables legal expertise worldwide”.
