Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

As well as acting for major water companies, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP regularly acts for bidders, funders and investors, notably private equity, infrastructure, pension and sovereign wealth funds, on their interests in water and sewage companies, including secondary market transactions in the water sector. Malcolm Lombers and Tim Briggs take on the role of jointly leading the group. Lombers brings significant experience handling water and infrastructure M&A and restructuring transactions to the team. Briggs brings strength in the regulatory side of the practice with extensive expertise in competition law, procurement and subsidy control in the water sector.