Leading Private Equity and Infrastructure Partner to Join Paul, Weiss in London

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Paul Foote will be joining the firm in London as Head of European Infrastructure M&A within the Corporate Department. He advises private equity and infrastructure funds on a wide variety of sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions.

“Paul is a talented private equity and infrastructure M&A lawyer, and we are delighted to welcome him to the firm,” said Paul, Weiss Chairman Brad S. Karp. “His significant experience representing leading private equity sponsors and their funds will be invaluable to our clients as they increasingly invest in infrastructure in the UK and Europe.”

“Paul has a vast understanding of the infrastructure sector and the trends driving surging investor interest in it,” said Roger Johnson, global co-chair of the M&A practice and co-head of the London office. “Our European infrastructure practice has been growing rapidly to meet client demand in this important space, and we’re excited for him to join our London team.”

Foote has represented private equity and infrastructure funds on a wide variety of acquisitions, dispositions, joint venture and consortium deals, restructurings, leveraged buyouts and take-private transactions. His recent representations include Stonepeak in its agreement to acquire Castrol from BP plc, as well as its acquisitions of Forgital Group and JET; EQT in its joint venture arrangements with GIC to acquire Calisen; Blackstone Energy Transition Partners in its acquisition of SEVES Group; Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Atlantia SpA; and certain equity arrangements in relation to KKR’s acquisition of Dawsongroup plc. He has previously spent time on secondment to Blackstone and Antin Infrastructure Partners.

Foote earned a Master of Arts degree from Gonville & Caius College at the University of Cambridge, a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics, a GDL from BPP University Law School and an LPC from the College of Law – London. He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

The Paul, Weiss Infrastructure Group provides comprehensive counsel to leading global companies, investors and financial sponsors on complex transactions spanning the infrastructure sector. Our multidisciplinary team includes lawyers with decades of experience advising the most active, dynamic private equity and other investors in the sector.