Partner hire marks further step in Ashursts ambition to become the leading firm in US infrastructure

Ashurst today announces the appointment of Andrew Fraiser as a partner in its New York infrastructure team, effective September 2016.

Andrew joins from Allen & Overy where he is currently a partner in its banking department. Specialising in infrastructure projects for nearly 20 years, Andrew has advised‎ public authorities, private equity investors, developers, contractors, operators and debt providers on some of the most complex and high profile projects in the US and European markets.

Based in Allen & Overy's New York between 2010 and 2015, his primary focus was greenfield and brownfield infrastructure project across the US. Andrew is the only lawyer globally to have been ranked in band 1 for PPP/P3 by the Chambers Legal Directory in both the UK and the US. His contribution to the US infrastructure market was also recognized in the Financial Times' US Innovative Lawyers' Awards, 2015 and 2016.

Ashurst New York infrastructure partner Jason Radford commented:

"I am delighted that Andy will be joining the Ashurst US team. His experience and reputation in the US infrastructure market is first class. The addition of Andy to our team makes Ashurst one of a very small number of US based teams with a track record of representing the public sector, sponsors and lenders on deals that achieved financial close. Andy's arrival signifies the start of another key stage in our development to become the leading firm in the US infrastructure market."

Andrew Fraiser added:

"Ashurst has exceptional global credentials in infrastructure and unlike many firms advising in the US market, has significant experience of closing deals that use all forms of finance, particularly municipal debt. The firm has ambitious plans for the practice and I look forward to continuing to drive forward the business in an area that offers significant opportunities for the firm."

Ashurst's US team advises on many of the largest and most innovative US infrastructure deals, including most recently, the Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project, the I4 Ultimate Highway project, the Portsmouth Bypass project and the Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement P3 project. Andrew Fraiser led the teams at Allen & Overy that advised on the Goethals Bridge P3 project and, most recently, the Pennsylvania Compressed Natural Gas for Transit Agencies project.