Rebecca Crowley is a partner in Cadwalader’s Finance Group and based in London.
Rebecca focuses her practice on the financing, refinancing and acquisition financing of infrastructure and hybrid infrastructure assets, with particular experience in cross-border acquisition financing. She acts for sponsors, corporate borrowers, and lenders (infrastructure funds, bank lenders, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and pension funds) on a broad range of capital structures, with significant experience handling digital infrastructure and energy transactions.
Rebecca has been recognized by The Legal 500 UK as a “Rising Star” in Infrastructure annually since 2021, with client feedback noting that she is “a name to note for cross-border acquisition financing” and “the best in the business.” She joined Cadwalader from the London office of a major global law firm, where she practiced in its finance department since 2015.
Rebecca earned her LL.B. (First Class Honours) from the College of Law and her B.Sc. from the University of Bristol. She is admitted to practice in England & Wales.
Rebecca's experience includes:
Energy:
- Oslofjord Varme – advising the company and sponsors on its platform financings
- Solör Bioenergi AB – advising funders on its multi-tier platform financing
- Finerge – advising Finerge and Igneo on its platform refinancing (awarded Europe Renewables Deal of the Year 2023 by Proximo) and on various acquisitions made by it
- enfinium – advising enfinium and Igneo on its platform refinancing
- Wheelabrator, Ferrybridge and Skelton Grange – advising on the acquisitions and refinancing
- Fudura – acting for a bidder in respect of the proposed acquisition
- Groendus – advising APG and OMERS on its acquisition
- Loiste – advising the company and sponsors on its platform refinancing
- SKIP Wind – advising funders on its financing for certain wind projects
- Ferngas – advising FSI on its financing and sale
- Coriance – advising FSI and the company in connection with various authorized credit facilities
- Getec – advising funders on EQT’s refinancing of Getec
- Drax – advising funders on various financings, including refinancing of its bridge facilities and the funding for its acquisition of Scottish Power
- Currenta – advising funders to a bidder
- CATS – advising funders in respect of its refinancing
- Suomi Gas Distribution – advising funders on its refinancing
Digital:
- Cellnex – advising Stonepeak on financing for acquisition of its Nordic Towers business
- O2 Towers – advising GLIL on its acquisition
- XpFibre – advising on its refinancing
- Deutsche Telekom – advising IFM Investors on its joint venture to form GlasfaserPlus
- Deutsche Glasfaser – advising the sponsors on their acquisition of Deutsche Glasfaser
- GlobalConnect – advising EQT on its refinancing
- IP Only – advising EQT on the financing for its acquisition of IP Only
- Inexio – advising funders on EQT’s acquisition of Inexio
- Ufinet – advising funders on Ufinet’s financing
- Altice Fibre France – advising funders to a bidder
- Safe Host – advising on its financing and subsequent sale
Storage:
- LBC Tank Terminals Group – advising on its US private placement financing and sale
- LBC Tank Terminals Group – advising on its platform refinancing
- VTTI – advising on its platform refinancing in 2020
- VTTI – advising on its platform refinancing in 2024
- EVOS – advising on its platform refinancing and on its acquisition of Oystercatcher
- EVOS – advising on its US private placement financing
Transport:
- Brisa – advising APG on its financing for its acquisition of Brisa
- Brussels Airport – advising funders to a bidder
- Budapest Airport – advising funders on its financing
- ADB Safegate – advising Carlyle on its acquisition of ADB Safegate
- Nuovo Transporto Viaggiatori – advising funders in relation to the refinancing of this Italian private rail operator
