Martin Nelson-Jones

Martin Nelson-Jones

Partner
Global Chair, Infrastructure, Construction and Transport Sector
He is thorough, measured, unflappable and commercial.
Client, Chambers UK 2022
London
About

Martin Nelson-Jones has over 25 years’ experience of helping clients with mergers and acquisitions and other corporate matters. He works with corporates and financial investors in a range of sectors, particularly energy, infrastructure, consumer products and industrials.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate Equity

EXPERIENCE

  • A consortium of investors led by MEAG and Infranity, along with funds affiliated with DigitalBridge Group, Inc., on the formation of a c.EUR2.5bn. Investment Partnership with Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses.
  • G.Network on the investment by USS as part of a c.GBP1bn fundraising to fund the roll out of G.Network’s fibre network. This deal won “European Digital Infrastructure Project of the Year”.
  • Cube Infrastructure Managers on its agreement to acquire, through its Cube Infrastructure Fund III, Urbaser Nordic from Spanish integrated waste management group, Urbaser.
  • Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. on the USD686m acquisition of Aela, a 332 MW portfolio of three newly-built operating wind assets in Chile.

Awards and recognition

  • Leading individual, Infrastructure, London, The Legal 500 UK 2023
  • Ranked lawyer, Infrastructure, UK-wide, Chambers UK 2023
  • AKD Partners's Infrastructure practice ranked Tier 1, The Legal 500 UK 2023
Education
  • College of Law, London, 1989-91
  • Trinity College, Oxford University, 1986-89

Publications

  • Contributor to Butterworths' Takeovers: Law and Practice

My latest insights

Publication

New tariffs of the US, the EU and other countries implications for transport and...

17 April 2025 .27 minute read

Publication

Global Infrastructure M&A Trends: a supplement to AKD Partners's Global M&A Intelligence...

2 December 2024 .1 minute read

Publication

Navigating Global Growth in Data Centres - Riding the AI Wave

26 November 2024 .2 minute read

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Phone

+44 2077 966 704
(Work, London)
+44 7738 295 601
(Work)