Norton Rose Fulbright named on multiple winning deals at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised on multiple winning transactions at this year’s IJGlobal ESG Awards 2025. 

The annual IJGlobal ESG Awards, held in London on October 9 and Singapore on November 19, celebrate the international infrastructure and energy community involved in the market’s most innovative and impactful deals aligned with ESG principles and metrics. Recognized deals include:

Europe:

HyNet North West CCS – “Carbon Capture Storage Deal of the Year”

Led by Robert Marsh and Alistair Black

Norton Rose Fulbright advised on the Liverpool Bay CCS project that provides the backbone to the HyNet Industrial Cluster and will transport carbon dioxide delivered by regional industrial emitters to safely store it in depleted gas fields in the Irish Sea. HyNet is one of the UK’s initial ‘Track-1’ carbon capture and storage projects. Liverpool Bay CCS is being led and developed by Eni, the integrated Italian energy company.

Acquisition of Majority Stake in Wijster Anaerobic Digestion Plant – “Circular Economy Deal of the Year”

Led by Florian Fehres

Norton Rose Fulbright advised Vauban Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in the Wijster Anaerobic Digestion Plant in the Netherlands, a major biomethane production facility owned by Green Create. The Wijster Plant is one of the largest plants of its kind in Europe, processing poultry manure and organic waste supplied by local farmers to produce biomethane for the Dutch grid.

Northern Endurance Partnership CO2 Pipeline and Net Zero Teesside Power – “Energy Transition Deal of the Year”

Led by Alistair Black and Charez Golvala

Norton Rose Fulbright advised Equinor on its participation in the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon transportation and storage joint venture with bp and TotalEnergies and in its joint venture with bp to build Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power), the UK’s first gas-fired power plant with integrated carbon capture. Both NEP and NZT Power are part of the East Coast Cluster located in Teesside. NEP consists of a CO2 gathering network and onshore compression facilities, as well as a 145km offshore pipeline and NZT Power is a first-of-a-kind power plant with carbon capture which supports decarbonization ambitions across the UK, it will generate up to 725 MW of decarbonised power.

Asia-Pacific deals:

Shriram Finance Multi-Currency Loan – “ESG Indian Transportation Deal of the Year”

Led by David Milligan and Aditiya Rebbapragada
 
A team led by David Milligan advised Italian export credit agency, SACE, and a syndicate of lenders led by HSBC in relation to a SACE backed financing to Shriram Finance Limited. The financing, provided under SACE’s popular Push strategy, aims to increase business opportunities for Italian exporters, strengthening SACE’s positioning in a strategic market for Italian exports. The loan proceeds will be used by Shriram Finance to make loans to customers to acquire new/used vehicles and equipment that comply with Bharat Stage VI or EURO6 emission standards, in line with the RBI ECG guidelines. 
 
New Melton Hospital PPP - “ESG PPP Award”

Led by Stephen Natoli and Claire Scanlon
 
Norton Rose Fulbright advised Honeywell, the hard facilities management contractor within the Exemplar Health consortium, which also includes Capella Capital as the sponsor and investor, Lendlease Infrastructure Investments and Invesis as the investors, Lendlease as the builder and Compass Group Healthcare as the soft facilities management contractor in relation to the New Melton Hospital PPP project in Melbourne, Australia. The team advised on all aspects of Honeywell’s bid, including reviewing, amending and negotiating all Hard Facilities Management documents required for bid submission; following selection of Exemplar Health as the preferred tenderer, the firm advised on finalisation of these documents.
 
Operated by Western Health, the new public hospital will be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital and comprise a 24-hour emergency department, at least 274 beds, an intensive care unit, maternity and neonatal services, mental health services, radiology services and ambulatory care. Once completed in 2029, it will have the capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year and see almost 60,000 patients in the emergency department.
 
Aliro Sustainability-Linked Loan, Australia – “ESG Sustainability-Linked Loan Deal of the Year”

Led by Hamish Dixon
 
Norton Rose Fulbright advised the lenders on Aliro’s sustainability linked loan facility initially worth AUS $700 million and subsequently upsized to AUS $1.3 billion.  The facility is provided to the Aliro Group Industrial Vehicle by its valued lending partners ING, Credit Agricole, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ, with ING acting as sustainability coordinator.  The facility is tied to three key performance indicators, which relate to installing solar photovoltaic, uptake of green leases, and green building ratings.  The transaction was led by Hamish Dixon who was assisted by Aaron Pitts.

The recognition, received at the start of the fiscal year’s fourth quarter, indicates continued momentum for the Norton Rose Fulbright energy, infrastructure and resources team, having advised on transactions valued at more than US$51 billion in aggregate year-to-date (IJGlobal, Q4 2025).