WFW excels in FY2023 energy and infrastructure league tables26 February 2024

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) is pleased to have once again excelled in the full year 2023 energy and infrastructure league tables by leading sector publications inspiratia, Inframation and IJGlobal, as well as in respected Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias.

The firm’s Inframation rankings were once again exceptional, building on many of last year’s results and obtaining 15 top tier rankings:

• 1^st by deal count, Europe;
• 1^st by deal count, Germany;
• 1^st by deal count, Spain;
• 1^st by deal count, project finance, Europe;
• 1^st by deal count, project finance, Spain;
• 1^st by deal count, M&A, Europe;
• 1^st by deal count, M&A, Germany;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, EMEA;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, Europe;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, Germany;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, Spain;
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, EMEA;
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, Europe;
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, Germany; and
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, Spain.

WFW also ranked first by both deal value and deal count for project finance in Spain by respected local data provider TTR as published in Cinco Dias. The firm did well in inspiratia’s rankings, placing third for deal count for energy transition globally.

In the IJGlobal tables the firm secured six rankings in the top twenty including two new rankings:

• 16^th by value, Project Finance – Sub-Saharan Africa; and
• 17^th by value, Infrastructure – Sub-Saharan Africa.

Global Energy Group Co-Head Henry Stewart commented: “We are pleased to have once again performed exceptionally well in these crucial league table rankings. It is particularly pleasing to see new Inframation rankings in Asia highlighting the growing strength of our practice across the key Asia Pacific region”.

Global Energy Group Co-Head Malte Jordan added: “Achieving so many top tier rankings is testament to the hard work and skill of our teams across our international network, notably our energy transition and renewables practice in Europe and our growing infrastructure practice, the latter exemplified by our role advising on the mega Simandou project in Guinea”.