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News and awards

23 April 2026

Global (all regions)

Clifford Chance has won 16 deal of the year honours across the Green Street Infra Global (formerly IJGlobal) 2025 Europe & Africa, Americas, and APAC awards.

The Infra Global Awards celebrate outstanding international greenfield infrastructure and energy transactions over the past year.

These awards reflect the scale, complexity and geographic breadth of our global energy and infrastructure practice.

We advised on the following award-winning transactions:

Europe

  • Biofuels Deal of the Year, Europe - Vertex Bioenergy
  • Downstream Deal of the Year, Europe - Ceyhan Refinery
  • Energy Transition Deal of the Year, Europe - Baltica 2, Poland
  • Offshore Wind Deal of the Year, Europe - Baltyk 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms, Poland
  • Power Deal of the Year, Europe - Sizewell C Nuclear Power Plant
  • Airport Deal of the Year, Europe - Antalya Airport Refinance
  • Fibre Deal of the Year, Europe - Network Rail's UK Rail Fibre Network PPP

Africa

  • Bond of the Year, Africa - Africa Finance Corporation US$500 million Hybrid Bond
  • Portfolio Financing Deal of the Year, Africa - Sea World Energy Holdings Africa Portfolio Financing

Americas

  • Transport Deal of the Year, Latin America - Buga-Loboguerrero-Buenaventura Highway (244km) PPP
  • Airport Deal of the Year, Latin America - Mariscal Sucre International Airport Refinancing 2025

APAC

  • ABS Deal of the Year, APAC - Bayfront Infrastructure Capital Securitisation 2025 (November)
  • Hydrogen Deal of the Year, APAC - Gijduvon District Wind Farm (52MW) - Powered Chirchiq Green Hydrogen Ammonia Plant Phase 1 (20MW) IPP
  • Power to X Deal of the Year, APAC - SAFCO Sustainable Aviation Fuel Project
  • Smart Meter Deal of the Year, APAC - Intellihub Group Upsize and Refinance
  • Export Finance Deal of the Year, APAC - San Miguel – SACE Push Facility

Congratulations to our clients on these award-winning deals, and to all the successful winners.