Focuses on energy, energy transition & infrastructure projects globally.
Advises funders, development finance institutions, export credit agencies, investors, governments and developers on the design, construction, financing, operation and restructuring of international projects.
Has extensive experience in structuring EPC and EPCM arrangements, as well as other multi-contract construction delivery solutions in the energy transition, mining and commodities and industrial and process plant sectors.

Matt advises on complex, high-value and often first-of-their-kind energy, energy transition & infrastructure projects globally. This includes concession, construction, operation, financing, supply and offtake arrangements across the full range of energy & infrastructure asset classes.

Matt advises on all international forms of construction contracts, including FIDIC and NEC. He was also part of the drafting committee at the Institute of Chemical Engineers that developed the IChemE suite of construction contracts for use in the industrial and process plant sectors.

Matt’s clients include governments and development finance institutions, project developers and equity investors, as well as banks, institutional investors and monoline insurers. Matt has also advised regulators, offtakers and suppliers.

Representative Work

Energy/Energy transition

Advising agency of the Moroccan Government on the design, construction and operation of a 1600 MW solar and battery storage installation over three projects in North Africa.
Advising a government on the structuring, delivery and financing of a 1GW solar project.
Advising Cory and Sheen Parkside in connection with their thermal battery joint venture seeking to decarbonise heating by supplying district heat networks and industrials with low-carbon heat.
Advising a government on the structuring and delivery of an integrated lithium value chain, including mine, process facility, lithium hydroxide refinery, CAM and battery manufacturing facilities.
Advising World Energy on the offtake, design, construction and financing of a green ammonia production facility in Canada.

Advising an investor group on the financing and delivery of a standalone battery storage project.
Advising the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the financing and development of Europe’s largest gas to grid biogas facility in Denmark.
Advising INA Industrija Nafte on the licensing, FEED, design, construction, delivery and operation of an oil refinery upgrade project in Croatia.
Advising Deutsche Bank on the design, construction, operation, restructuring and refinancing of a biomass to power project in Wales, U.K.
Advising INA Industrija Nafte on the licensing, FEED, design, construction, delivery and operation of a second generation bioethanol facility in Sisak, Croatia.
Advising Greensky on the design, construction and financing of a sustainable municipal waste-to-aviation fuel project in London, U.K.
Advising funders on the design, construction and financing of an oil refinery.
Advising Fusion for Energy (F4E) (an agency of the European Union) on the design and construction of a $24-billion first-in-class scale-up Tokamak fusion reactor in Caderache, Southern France.
Advising the developers and funders on a range of waste-to-energy, biomass and waste processing projects across Europe using various technologies, including gasification, pyrolysis and incineration.

Infrastructure

Advising a developer on the design, construction, operation and restructuring of a $4-billion “super hospital” P3 project in Montreal, Canada.
Advising the EIB, Allianz Global Investors and MUFG on the design, construction, operation and restructuring of a £1-billion highways project in Scotland.
Advising institutional funders and monoline insurers on the financing of a number of 50-year concession agreements for the design, construction and operation of student housing.
Advising a developer on the design, construction and subsequent restructuring of a $3-billion airport project.
Advising on the financing and development of numerous schools, prisons, street lighting, primary care, fire and rescue projects in the PPP/P3 sector.

Mining and commodities

Advising DFIs and commercial banks on the design, construction and commissioning of mine, process plant, power, road and port infrastructure for a Bauxite project, in Guinea.
Advising Mineral Deposits Limited on the design and construction of road, rail, port, power and process plant infrastructure for a Zircon and Ilmenite mineral sands project, in Senegal.
Advising Petropavlovsk on the financing, design, construction and commissioning of an iron ore mine and processing facilities by China National Electric Engineering Company in Birobidzhan, Russia.
Advising China General Nuclear Power Group on the design, construction and commissioning of a uranium mine, process facility and supporting infrastructure, in Namibia.

*List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Advising an investor group on the financing and delivery of a standalone battery storage project.
Advising the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the financing and development of Europe’s largest gas to grid biogas facility in Denmark.
Advising INA Industrija Nafte on the licensing, FEED, design, construction, delivery and operation of an oil refinery upgrade project in Croatia.
Advising Deutsche Bank on the design, construction, operation, restructuring and refinancing of a biomass to power project in Wales, U.K.
Advising INA Industrija Nafte on the licensing, FEED, design, construction, delivery and operation of a second generation bioethanol facility in Sisak, Croatia.
Advising Greensky on the design, construction and financing of a sustainable municipal waste-to-aviation fuel project in London, U.K.
Advising funders on the design, construction and financing of an oil refinery.
Advising Fusion for Energy (F4E) (an agency of the European Union) on the design and construction of a $24-billion first-in-class scale-up Tokamak fusion reactor in Caderache, Southern France.
Advising the developers and funders on a range of waste-to-energy, biomass and waste processing projects across Europe using various technologies, including gasification, pyrolysis and incineration.

Infrastructure

Advising a developer on the design, construction, operation and restructuring of a $4-billion “super hospital” P3 project in Montreal, Canada.
Advising the EIB, Allianz Global Investors and MUFG on the design, construction, operation and restructuring of a £1-billion highways project in Scotland.
Advising institutional funders and monoline insurers on the financing of a number of 50-year concession agreements for the design, construction and operation of student housing.
Advising a developer on the design, construction and subsequent restructuring of a $3-billion airport project.
Advising on the financing and development of numerous schools, prisons, street lighting, primary care, fire and rescue projects in the PPP/P3 sector.

Mining and commodities

Advising DFIs and commercial banks on the design, construction and commissioning of mine, process plant, power, road and port infrastructure for a Bauxite project, in Guinea.
Advising Mineral Deposits Limited on the design and construction of road, rail, port, power and process plant infrastructure for a Zircon and Ilmenite mineral sands project, in Senegal.
Advising Petropavlovsk on the financing, design, construction and commissioning of an iron ore mine and processing facilities by China National Electric Engineering Company in Birobidzhan, Russia.
Advising China General Nuclear Power Group on the design, construction and commissioning of a uranium mine, process facility and supporting infrastructure, in Namibia.

*List includes matters worked on prior to joining Akin.

Education
L.P.C., University of Westminster, 2003
Master of Arts in Law, University of Sheffield, 2002

Bar Admissions
Solicitor, England and Wales

Recognitions

The Legal 500 UK, Next Generation Partner: Infrastructure: Project Finance and Development, 2022-2024, Power (Including Electricity, Nuclear and Renewables), 2024.