The need to improve archaic or deteriorating existing infrastructure, and the demand for developing modern, more efficient structures is greatly impacting local and national economies around the globe. As a result, governments are looking for solutions to help them solve this growing problem.  Whether it is creative financing techniques or the whole range of private-public partnership options on both brownfield and greenfield projects, no option is being ignored.  At the same time, with the recent rapid growth of infrastructure funds, the capital available for investment infrastructure is growing exponentially. As a result, infrastructure is rapidly becoming an important part of our clients’ global agendas.

For this reason, Mayer Brown’s Infrastructure practice brings together teams of lawyers in the Americas, Asia and Europe from such areas as finance and securitization, government regulatory, corporate and securities, real estate, tax, private equity and infrastructure funds to serve the range of client needs in this area. Our functionality and flexibility allows us to mobilize an experienced and integrated team wherever in the world it is needed.

Mayer Brown has worked on some of the largest and most important infrastructure projects in the world. These include the first US airport and first US toll road privatizations, the $5.2 billion expansion of the Panama Canal and the award-winning Suzhou Industrial Park water project in China. A thorough understanding of the infrastructure market combined with our substantial track record representing clients in landmark deals makes Mayer Brown the first-choice law firm for the industry’s most significant players.

We assist with raising capital for investment and project financing and development, privatizing existing infrastructure assets, developing new projects, forming infrastructure funds and most any other infrastructure-related activity. In 2007 alone, we acted on three infrastructure projects that were honored at the Project Finance Magazine awards:

• IIRSA Sur Toll Road (Peru) – Best Infrastructure Deal 2007
• Lima Airport Partners (Peru) – Latin American Project Bond Deal of the Year 2007
• Northwest Parkway (US) – North American Transport Deal of the Year 2007

More details of our track record can be found in the experience section here.

Global Reach
Our combination in January 2008 with JSM (formerly Johnson Stokes & Master), one of the largest and oldest law firms in Asia, has given us unrivaled geographic scope throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe. To ensure that clients have access to top-tier legal services in locations where we do not have offices, Mayer Brown has established alliances with leading independent law firms. Our alliance firms include Jáuregui, Navarrete y Nader, S.C., one of Mexico City’s most respected law firms, and leading Spanish firm Ramón & Cajal of Madrid. We also have an alliance with the Italian firm Tonucci & Partners, which has offices throughout Italy and in Eastern Europe. Each of these firms has a significant track record in advising on infrastructure projects in their respective jurisdictions.