United Kingdom: Project Finance/PPP & PFI

Surging AI demand is creating unprecedented demand for capital, driving a major need for new data center capacity. This analysis explores how data center financing structures are evolving to address different stages of infrastructure development, from land acquisition and construction through to long-term capital markets takeout, examining the unique challenges of AI-focused facilities and the sophisticated blend of real estate, infrastructure, and structured credit approaches required.

The UK faces a pivotal moment as legacy Private Finance Initiative contracts near expiration and government seeks innovative ways to channel private investment into public infrastructure. This analysis examines emerging financing models, the complexities of transitioning from established PFI arrangements, and the particular challenges facing healthcare infrastructure development.

Modern stadium and arena projects are being financed as long-life infrastructure assets with sophisticated capital structures that blend construction-stage bank funding, institutional debt, and revenue stream monetization.

PFI deals have recently been in the news, with headlines about disputes between public sector customers and private sector owners and operators as contracts near their expiry date.

Project Finance Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of UK, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The UK government has awarded £690,000 to Astroscale, Clearspace, and D-Orbit for a 'Regulatory Sandbox' project to develop frameworks for regulating In-orbit Service and Manufacturing (ISAM). This initiative aims to support UK space tech businesses and future growth in the sector.

Global supply chain and energy shortage issues are having a continued impact on limited recourse project financed mining projects. Norton Rose Fulbright counsels Felicity Brown and Matt Hacking...

Our Energy team has acted for a syndicate of five commercial banks on the £235 million financing for the construction of two greenfield battery storage projects being developed by Zenobe in Scotland.

Being an aspiring commercial lawyer often means being confronted by complex, often abstract, concepts leading to an often impenetrable wall of jargon for students and trainees.