Thomas is a senior associate in the energy transition and infrastructure finance team based in London.
Thomas advises sponsors, lenders (including sovereign and multilateral banks and export credit agencies) and other key stakeholders on the financing of energy, infrastructure and natural resources projects, primarily in the UK and Europe. He has experience advising on a broad range of debt products and structures, including traditional project finance and PPP, multi-source platform finance, holdco finance, acquisition finance and commodity and trade finance.
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- the lenders, including NWF, commercial banks and institutional investors, on the financing of United Utilities' Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) project in Northwest England, the first water project in the UK to be procured under Ofwat's Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) model (European Infrastructure Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2025; European Water Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2025)
- the lenders, including EIB, commercial banks and institutional investors, on the financing of the Porto (Campanhã)-Oiã section of the Porto-Lisbon High-Speed Rail Line PPP project in Portugal (European PPP Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2025; European PPP Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2025)
- Easpring Finland (a joint venture of Beijing Easpring Material Technology and Finnish Minerals Group) on the development and financing of a battery materials plant in Kotka, Finland
- Aegean Motorway (a joint venture of Hochtief, Vinci, Aktor and Avax) on the refinancing of the Maliakos–Kleidi road PPP project in Greece
- the lenders, including JBIC, EIB, UKIB, commercial banks and institutional investors, on the financing of the NeuConnect interconnector project, the first direct power link between Great Britain and Germany (European Power Deal of the Year: Transmission, IJGlobal Awards 2022; European Power Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2022)
- the lenders on the financing of Cory's Riverside 2 energy-from-waste facility in southeast London (European Power Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2022; European Environmental Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2022)
- the lenders, including commercial banks and institutional investors, on the financing of the A465 road PPP project in South Wales in the UK (European Transport Deal of the Year, IJGlobal Awards 2020; European PPP Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2020)
- Dynamic Mining in relation to the bridge, equity and project financing of the Bon Ami bauxite project in the Republic of Guinea
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