Adrian Walker
PartnerLondon

Biography
Adrian Walker wants to make a difference and help hisclients do the same. He works with clients to makepeoples' lives better. With a focus on global gamechanging projects that have the greatest impact, hecombines 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 isa former member of the World Economic Forum's
Social Innovation Council. He is a founder of the firm'sInfrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects practice,which he led for 10 years. He is also a member of thefirm's board. He has considerable experience advisingboth the private and public sectors in the most complex
projects across a broad range of sectors.
Adrian is recognised as a 'Listed Individual' forinfrastructure, projects, emerging markets, mining andminerals, 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, andnegotiation, together with risk management on ongoing projects and dispute resolution. Adrian has
substantial experience in Africa and in the mining, road,rail, and ports sectors.

Representative experience
Advising European Investment Bank on Phase 1

Phone+44 20 7296 5566

Fax
+44 20 7296 2001

Emailadrian.walker@hoganlovells.com

Languages
EnglishPractices
Infrastructure, Energy, Resources,and Projects
Business and Human Rights
Sovereigns
Africa Regional PracticeIndustries
Manufacturing and Industrials

Areas of focus
Construction and Engineering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.

Sustainable Finance & Investment

Education and admissions
Education
LL.B., University of Southampton
The College of Law, Guildford

Memberships

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

Law Society of England and Wales
Society of Construction Law

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

Accolades

Advising on bankability and deal structuring issues
associated with the mining agreement withGovernment and multiple EPC contracts.
Advising a major mining EPCM contractor on a varietyof EPCM and related contracts in a variety ofjurisdictions 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 therefinancing of a UK Flight Simulation PPP project.
Advising on light rail, metro and heavy rail projectsincluding the Manchester Metrolink, Croydon andSouth Hampshire PFI projects, the Channel Tunnel Rail
Link and the Thameslink £multi billion privately
financed rolling stock concession.

Infrastructure; Projects; Emerging
Markets; Mining and Minerals Leading Individual for each anddescribed as 'excellent'

Legal 500
Recommended

Chambers - PFI/PPP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 educationprojects and an entire portfolio of PFI prison projects
including Serco's successful bids for Belmarsh andMaghull Prisons and the BBC's PFI style Property
Outsourcing and Project North.
Advising on nuclear industry projects including theUK's nuclear screening project Cyclamen, theChernobyl Sarcophagus project and the proposed
Euros 1 billion investment and joint venturearrangements between 2 world class Nuclear players,
the new Turkish nuclear project Sinop and the newbuild nuclear power plant at Hinkley point.
Advising Rio Tinto on the Game changing Infrastructureand Mining Simandou projects in Guinea and advisingon bankability and deal structuring issues associatedwith the mining agreement with Government and on
the multiple EPC contracts, EPCM arrangements andother project documents. Separately, advising a major
mining EPCM contractor on a variety of EPCM andrelated contracts in the mining sector in a variety ofjurisdictions around the world including Asia, theMiddle East, Africa and South America
Advising The European Investment Bank on financingand development of Phase 1 (160MW) of a 500MW
concentrated solar power project in Ouarzazate,
Morocco and acting for investors on a range of otherrenewables worldwide.

Awards and rankings
Adrian Walker is excellent, UK Legal 500, 2010
Leading individual, Legal 500 UK - Emerging markets,
2021

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