WFW secures top results in energy and infrastructure FY24 league tables13 February 2025

Watson Farley & Williams is pleased to have once again achieved excellent results in the full year 2024 energy and infrastructure league tables by leading sector publications inspiratia, Inframation and IJGlobal.

Many of the firm’s Inframation results built upon the success of 2023, achieving 13 new rankings and securing 17 top tier rankings:

• 1^st by deal count, France;
• 1^st by deal count, Spain;
• 1^st by deal count, project finance, France;
• 1^st by deal count, project finance, Spain;
• 1^st by deal value, project finance, Spain;
• 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, France;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, Germany;
• 1^st by deal count, energy transition and renewables, Spain;
• 1^st by deal value, 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, France;
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, Germany;
• 1^st by deal count, renewables, Spain; and
• 1^st by deal value, renewables, Spain.

In the inspiratia global energy transition rankings WFW ranked in the top 3 for deal count and value in both the European and Global rankings including:

• 2^nd by deal count, energy transition – Europe;
• 3^rd by deal value, energy transition – Europe;
• 3^rd by deal count, energy transition – Global; and
• 3^rd by deal value, energy transition – Global.

The firm secured ten rankings in the IJGlobal tables, including five top ten rankings including:

• 9^th by value, project finance – Global;
• 7^th by value, project finance – Europe;
• 5^th by value, infrastructure finance – Sub-Saharan Africa;
• 10^th by value, infrastructure finance – Renewables; and
• 10^th by value, project finance – Renewables.

Global Energy Sector Head Henry Stewart commented: “These are another set of fantastic rankings for WFW. Maintaining strong results each year is testament to the strength and depth of our energy and infrastructure practices across our international network. I am particularly pleased to see the impact of our infrastructure finance work in Sub-Saharan Africa, spearheaded by our role advising on the Simandou mega-project in Guinea. It is also wonderful to see so many first placed Inframation results achieved by our teams in France, Germany and Spain”.