The PPP sector in Europe has experienced a substantial increase in activity recently. Governments recognize the obvious need to cut risk in today’s volatile market, and the PPP funding structure has been introduced in many European countries.

Despite the global financial crisis, the market is recognizing the importance of the initiative for public infrastructure projects. It is rapidly adapting itself to the new context, targeting specific sectors to fuel economic growth and produce sustainable urban development. In particular, rail infrastructure remains a key sector, and our top-tier PPP/Infrastructure team advises on this area in multiple jurisdictions—recently negotiating, for example, the concession contract for the 340-km Sud Europe Atlantique high-speed rail.

In this challenging but promising market, Dentons has established an integrated and unique team—dedicated to PPP and project finance—to serve your needs and help you succeed. To ensure your project’s success, our PPP/Infrastructure practice is closely supported by the collaboration of our Public Law group, our Competition practice and our associated Project Finance experience.

Look to Dentons for all your needs:

• Transport infrastructure and roads
• Social infrastructure
• Energy and industry
• Drafting legislation

Dentons lawyers are committed to providing you with a seamless service. Actively advising sponsors, contractors, lenders, equity investors and public authorities for decades, our high-profile experience includes advising on major PPP projects, such as the Paris courthouse and the “French Pentagon”, stadiums for the 2016 European Football Championship and the dismantling of nuclear facilities in Spain.

The Dentons Infrastructure/PPP team is prepared to be by your side from tender phase to closing. Let our recognized expertise in project finance be of benefit to you—many of our lawyers have worked in-house in engineering companies and public authorities and are highly familiar with governmental instructions as well.

Recognition

Dentons wins two awards at Legalcommunity Forty under 40 Awards 2023

June 14, 2023

Italy: Dentons was named “Law Firm of the year – Team Capital Markets,” and Partner Luigi Costa was recognized as “Lawyer of the year” at the “Legalcommunity Forty Under 40 Awards 2023.”

Dentons awarded "Law Firm of the Year Infrastructures" at the Legalcommunity Energy Awards 2023

January 27, 2023

Dentons was named “Law Firm of the Year Infrastructures” at the Legalcommunity Energy Awards, 2023. This awards ceremony, hosted by Legalcommunity, one of Italy’s most important online legal magazines, was held in Milan on January 26, 2023.

Dentons named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers' Choice Awards

May 7, 2020

Dentons was named Top International Law Firm in the JD Supra 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards. In addition, six lawyers from Dentons’ offices around the world received Top Author awards, in recognition of the visibility and engagement that their thought leadership earned among JD Supra’s readers in 2019.

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Insights

Resilience and innovation: how Ukraine’s agricultural sector is improving logistics and optimizing operations

December 18, 2024

Ukraine: For millennia, Ukraine’s fertile lands have been a cradle of agriculture, cultivated since the time of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture, one of Europe’s earliest farming civilizations. Today, Ukraine boasts nearly a third of the world’s most fertile black soil and remains a global breadbasket.

Nordic support for Ukraine: Unified commitment to Ukraine’s recovery

July 5, 2024

Ukraine: The Nordic countries – in particular, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway - have collectively demonstrated strong support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression.

Ukraine adapts construction legislation to address the challenges of war

April 3, 2024

Ukraine: Since the enactment of martial law, Ukraine has introduced several changes to its legislation regulating construction issues. At the same time, the ongoing process of digitalization of the construction permit system continues.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons bolsters projects and infrastructure capabilities in Poland with the hire of partner Adriana Mierzwa-Bronikowska and nine lawyers

January 7, 2025

Partner Adriana Mierzwa-Bronikowska has joined Dentons’ Warsaw office with a team of four lawyers, who will form a dedicated Projects team to advise clients across all stages of infrastructure projects. The Firm has also recruited five lawyers specializing in infrastructure and energy finance, including counsel Aleksander Haleniuk.

Dentons strengthens Energy group in Poland with double hire

November 4, 2024

Piotr Ciołkowski has joined Dentons' Warsaw office as a partner and Co-head of the Energy sector group in Poland as of November 1, 2024. In his new role, he will lead the team alongside fellow co-head, Christian Schnell. In addition, counsel Maciej Ziółkowski joined the Energy team earlier in October.

Dentons advises French state on the Chablais motorway concession

October 28, 2024

The French State and Société AMEDEA, a project company established by the awarded consortium comprising Eiffage and APRR, have signed the concession contract for the design, construction, and operation of the A412 motorway. The decree approving the concession agreement was published in the Journal Officiel on October 15, 2024.

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