Transport projects remain a flagship component of the team’s work at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, advising on the design, financing and maintenance of toll roads, highways and bridges, many of which are PPPs. A wider book of work includes marquee infrastructure ventures, most significantly the JFK Terminal One expansion project, as well as university campus utility redevelopments and water, energy transition, and digital infrastructure builds. Furthermore, Meridiam Infrastructure, John Laing, and Macquarie Asset Manager are some of the high-end investors and developers who regularly call upon the team. Team head Tomer Pinkusiewicz ‘is a super-complete infrastructure lawyer’ and is widely lauded by clients for his strong business acumen and extensive capabilities regarding infrastructure financing and development. Anita Girdhari’s far reaching practice is largely concentrated on PPPs, handling transport, digital, social and waste-to-energy infrastructure assets, which is similar to Toren Murphy who also possesses deep-founded PPP knowledge that centers on transportation infrastructure. All individuals act out of New York.

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‘Tomer Pinkusiewicz is a super-complete infrastructure lawyer. He leads transactions like no one, has an impressive business acumen and is truly charismatic.’
‘Tomer Pinkusiewicz has the ability to explain complex things in a way that everybody understands, and he has great experience in all the aspects of infrastructure projects: concession agreements, project finance, operations, etc.’
‘Very strong technical legal skills; communication skills and advocacy skills.’
‘Tomer Pinkusiewicz is a highly effective advocator and technically strong lawyer who consistently embeds himself personally in the details and provides effective and commercially minded advice. ’
‘Best in class people. Unrivalled experience.’
‘Commercially minded. Know the industry and sector and all the deals. Detailed. Competent in all aspects of law. ’
‘The team is composed of diverse highly specialized members in various legal areas They are able to provide comprehensive support in complex public-private infrastructure projects. They are available at all time and extremely responsiveness. ’
‘Tomer is definitely a problem-solving lawyer. He knows perfectly his practice. His ability to actively listening to client concerns, understanding their goals, and advocating on their behalf with dedication and commitment makes him a talented lawyer. He is able to approach problems with a sharp and strategic mind.’

Key clients

Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC
Cintra Developments LLC
Ferrovial Agroman US Corp.
John Laing
Macquarie Asset Management
Meridiam Infrastructure North America
NTE Mobility Partners LLC
Poseidon Resources (Channelside) LP
Sacyr
Shikun & Binui Ltd.

Work highlights

Advised Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors, an unincorporated joint venture of Shikun & Binui – America Inc. and FCC Construction, Inc., as lead construction contractor, in connection with the design, construction, financing, and maintenance by Bridging Pennsylvania Developer I, LLC, of the first package of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Major Bridge Public-Private Partnership to replace six bridges in critical need of repair across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Represented Poseidon Resources LP, a private water project developer, on its US$328.5 million debt financing that will be used for various ongoing projects at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a 54 million gallon per day reverse osmosis desalination plant located in Carlsbad, California which supplies desalinated potable water to the San Diego County Water Authority.
Advising Cintra Servicios de Infraestructuras SA, John Laing Limited and Macquarie Infrastructure Developments LLC, in connection with the development, design, construction, financing, operation, maintenance, and tolling of two new tolled, access controlled express lanes in each direction on SR 400 between I-285 and McGinnis Ferry Road and one tolled, access controlled express lane in each direction from McGinnis Ferry Road to McFarland Parkway.

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Tomer Pinkusiewicz

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Tomer Pinkusiewicz is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is Co-Chair of both Gibson Dunn’s Latin America and Projects and Infrastructure Practice Groups, and a member of the Capital Markets Practice Group. Tomer focuses on complex infrastructure development and finance transactions. He represents sponsors, concessionaires and financing parties in the bidding, procurement, finance, construction, operation, maintenance, purchase and sale of large-scale infrastructure assets in the United States and Latin America. Tomer also represents issuers and underwriters in a full range of capital markets transactions, including public offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and private placements, with a focus on project bonds and relating financing. He is very active representing financial institutions and borrowers in general financing transactions in Latin America.

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