Paul Hibbert

Paul Hibbert is a Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice and is based in the London office. He represents private equity and infrastructure sponsors, corporates, financial institutions and other lenders on cross-border infrastructure and leveraged acquisition finance transactions across a range of debt products and structures (including syndicated loans, multi-creditor platform transactions, private placements, public-to-private transactions, capex roll-outs and holdco/midco financing arrangements). He has extensive experience advising clients on cross-border financing arrangements across the infrastructure sector, including digital, transport, energy and energy transition, as well as social infrastructure.

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Macquarie Asset Management on the acquisition financing of Roadchef from Antin Infrastructure Partners and their refinancing of Viesgo, a Spanish electricity distribution business
• Peridot Solar White S.R.L., a portfolio company of Fitzwalter Capital, on the financing of Peridot’s portfolio of solar assets
• Antin Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition financing of Pulsant Ltd; the acquisition financing of Portakabin; the refinancing of Sølvtrans and the DESS Group; the refinancing and group restructuring of Kellas Midstream; the financing of the Tolmount pipeline; and ongoing advice in connection with the financing of Hesley and Kisimul
• InfraBridge on the financing of its acquisitions of Regard Group, CMG, ITS Technologies & Logistics and Axion, as well as on its bridge financings for GIF I and GIF II
• Igneo Infrastructure Partners on the common terms platform refinancing of Enfinium, the largest pure-play waste-to-energy business in the U.K.; the common terms platform refinancing of Nordion Energi; the refinancing of German energy supplier, MVV Energie and the acquisition financing of Scandlines and HH Ferries
• 3i Infrastructure on the financing of the acquisition of Global Cloud Xchange, the financing of its acquisition of a portfolio of French operating PPPs, the refinancing SRL Traffic Systems, 3i’s UK PPP assets (the Tidal portfolio) and holdco financing of its oil storage business, Oystercatcher
• Brookfield on the £500m holdco loan for Dogger Bank Wind Farms, the world's largest offshore wind farm
• Kellas Midstream, owned by Blackrock and GIC, on its £900m refinancing
• APG on the acquisition financing of Kenter, an energy infrastructure solutions business; the common terms platform financing of Stockholm Exergi, a district heating business; the acquisition financing of an interest in Brisa, the Portuguese toll road operator; and the capex financing of FutureFiber’s fibre roll out in the U.S.
• Infranode and HitecVision financing the acquisition (as part of a consortium) of Fortum Oslo Varme
• Swiss Life Asset Management on the financing of its acquisition of German pharmaceutical parks operator, Infrareal
• WSIP Bidco (a Goldman’s vehicle) financing the take private of Adapteo Plc
• iCON Infrastructure on the financing of its acquisitions of Choice Care Group, Vanguard Healthcare Solutions and Nua Healthcare and the financing of Alliance Medical Group
• Polhem Infra on the acquisition and financing of Arelion (previously Telia Carrier), the world's largest Internet backbone network, for over US$1bn
• VINCI Airports SAS on the £5.4 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Gatwick Airport Limited
• Equitix on the acquisition of Crail Meters Limited from Smart Metering Systems plc
• Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the financing of its take private of Nobina, its take private of Manx Telecom and subsequent refinancing, the acquisition of Wightlink Ferries and following refinancing