IFLR1000 Recognizes Hunton & Williams LLP’s Energy and Infrastructure Sub Saharan Africa Practice Among Top International Law Firms

NEW YORK — June 19, 2013 —Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce it was recognized in IFLR1000’s newest sector focus guide Energy and Infrastructure: Sub Saharan Africa (2013). The firm was one of 11 included the “Highly Recommended“ category for Energy and Infrastructure, the highest recommendation for international law firms. In the “Notable” category for Disputes, the firm was one of 13 firms highlighted.

John Beardsworth, partner in the firm’s Richmond office, and Ryan Ketchum, partner in the firm’s London office, were both designated as “Leading Lawyers” who have impressive energy and infrastructure work in Sub-Saharan Africa. The team’s defense of the Government of Tanzania and the Tanzania Electric Supply Company, led by Jay Range, in addition to Beardsworth and Ketchum, in arbitration against claims from lenders, was highlighted as a key matter, among others.

IFLR1000 offers free access to its newest sector focus guide. Energy and Infrastructure: Sub Saharan Africa (2013) can be viewed (here).

The Hunton & Williams energy practice has more than 150 lawyers dedicated to advising clients on a broad range of energy and infrastructure matters, including financing, project development, asset and company acquisitions and dispositions, energy regulatory and environmental issues, corporate transactions and financial restructuring.