Adrian Walker

Adrian Walker

Partner
London

Email [email protected]​hoganlovells.com

Phone +44 20 7296 5566

Fax +44 20 7296 2001

LanguagesEnglish

Practice groupCorporate & Finance

Recommended

Chambers - PFI/PPP

Adrian Walker wants to make a difference and help his clients do the same. He works with clients to make peoples' lives better. With a focus on global game-changing projects that have the greatest impact, he combines his love of developing physical infrastructure and improving public services, driving social enterprise, and combining both with good, profitable business.

Adrian is the global head of our ESG practice, co-leads our Social Impact and Business Integrity Groups and is a former member of the World Economic Forum's Social Innovation Council. He is a founder of the firm's Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects practice, which he led for 10 years. He is also a member of the firm's board. He has considerable experience advising both the private and public sectors in the most complex projects across a broad range of sectors.

Adrian is recognised as a 'Listed Individual' for infrastructure, projects, emerging markets, mining and minerals, power, and rail in the Legal 500 and is described as 'excellent', and is also recommended in Chambers for PFI /PPP work. His work includes advising on risk structuring, bid submission, and negotiation, together with risk management on on-going projects and dispute resolution. Adrian has substantial experience in Africa and in the mining, road, rail, and ports sectors.

Awards and recognitions

2010

Adrian Walker is excellent
UK Legal 500

2021

Leading individual
Legal 500 UK - Emerging markets

Education and admissions

Education

LL.B., University of Southampton

The College of Law, Guildford

Memberships

Law Society of England and Wales

Society of Construction Law

Representative experience

Advising European Investment Bank on Phase 1 financing and development of a 500MW solar power project and acting for investors on renewable energy projects worldwide.

Advising on rail and metro projects, including Manchester Metrolink, Croydon, and South Hampshire; Channel Tunnel Rail Link; and Thameslink £1bn+ privately financed rolling stock concession.

Advising on the Cyclamen nuclear screening project, Chernobyl Sarcophagus, and proposed €1bn investment/joint venture between the Turkish Sinop and Hinkley Point nuclear power plant build.

Advising Rio Tinto on game-changing Infrastructure and Mining Simandou projects in Guinea and EPCM arrangements and other project documents.

Advising on public accommodation, healthcare, justice, and education projects, including Norfolk and Norwich hospital deals; Kent and Birmingham BSF; and PFI prison projects.

Advising on bankability and deal structuring issues associated with the mining agreement with Government and multiple EPC contracts.

Advising a major mining EPCM contractor on a variety of EPCM and related contracts in a variety of jurisdictions around the world.

Advising on the Ministry of Defence's landmark £120m PFI Joint Services Command and Staff College project; project Armada; and a Flight Simulation PPP refinance.

Advising on a range of deals in the defence accommodation, services, training and equipment sectors including the Ministry of Defence's landmark £120 million PFI project for the design, construction, finance and operation of the new Joint Services Command and Staff College, project Armada and the refinancing of a UK Flight Simulation PPP project.

Advising on light rail, metro and heavy rail projects including the Manchester Metrolink, Croydon and South Hampshire PFI projects, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the Thameslink £multi billion privately financed rolling stock concession.

Advising on many Public Accommodation, Healthcare, Justice and Education projects: advising on many projects including; Norfolk and Norwich, Hereford, Nuffield, Doncaster, St Helens, Kings and Newham PFI Hospital deals, Kent and Birmingham BSF education projects and an entire portfolio of PFI prison projects including Serco's successful bids for Belmarsh and Maghull Prisons and the BBC's PFI style Property Outsourcing and Project North.

Advising on nuclear industry projects including the UK's nuclear screening project Cyclamen, the Chernobyl Sarcophagus project and the proposed Euros 1 billion investment and joint venture arrangements between 2 world class Nuclear players, the new Turkish nuclear project Sinop and the new build nuclear power plant at Hinkley point.

Advising Rio Tinto on the Game changing Infrastructure and Mining Simandou projects in Guinea and advising on bankability and deal structuring issues associated with the mining agreement with Government and on the multiple EPC contracts, EPCM arrangements and other project documents. Separately, advising a major mining EPCM contractor on a variety of EPCM and related contracts in the mining sector in a variety of jurisdictions around the world including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and South America

Advising The European Investment Bank on financing and development of Phase 1 (160MW) of a 500MW concentrated solar power project in Ouarzazate, Morocco and acting for investors on a range of other renewables worldwide.

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