Mark Richards

IPFA Company Secretary | Partner, Finance Department, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Mark, a partner within the leading international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP within their Energy, Environment & Infrastructure Finance Team.

Mark has over 20 years of experience in providing multidisciplinary advice to public and private sector clients on a wide range of high value, innovative and complex infrastructure projects structured using PPP techniques.

Mark has been involved in some of the most high profile infrastructure deals both in the UK and overseas, including advising on equity (including secondary market trades), debt structures (including institutional debt and commercial bank financing), infrastructure fund trades and concession based structures.

Mark is recognised as a leading PFI/PPP adviser and is rated as a PFI/PPP expert in the latest edition of Legal 500 and Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession.

He regularly writes, chairs and addresses audiences on Global PPP structures.

Mark is qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales and also US Qualified (New York State).