Bio

John Mason is a Managing Director of the Utilities, Infrastructure and Transport strategic advisory team, based in London. Mr. Mason has advised on transactions across a number of sectors including thermal and renewable power generation, regulated utilities and infrastructure. Recent transactions on which he has advised include: the sale by Glennmont Partners of Sleaford REP to Greencoat; the acquisition of Templeborough Biomass Power Plant by Greencoat; the sale by iCON Infrastructure of two bioenergy power plants (Rothes CoRDe and Beckton CHP) to Arjun Infrastructure Partners; the sale of AMP Clean Energy to Asterion Industrial Partners by way of a recommended cash offer; the sale of AMP Capital’s Northern Irish wind portfolio to Greencoat; the sale of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company to the Isle of Man Government; the acquisition by Atlantis Resources of SIMEC Uskmouth Power; the acquisition of a 60% stake in Invis Energy’s 223MW Irish onshore wind portfolio by a Sojitz-led consortium; and the acquisition of Gaelectric’s 228MW Irish onshore wind portfolio by CGNEE. Other significant transactions include the the sale of Viridian to I Squared (2016) and a subsequent minority selldown (2017), the acquisition of Madrileña Red de Gas by a consortium of financial investors, the acquisition of E.ON’s Iberian business by Macquarie and Wren House, MPF’s acquisition of Severn Power, Transport for London’s acquisition of two DLR concession companies, YTL Power’s acquisition and subsequent refinancings of PowerSeraya and the acquisition of a 40% stake in Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals by Jardines, Hutchison Ports, Wharf and China National Aviation Corp. Prior to Evercore, Mr. Mason was a Partner of Lexicon Partners, the corporate finance advisory business which was acquired by Evercore in 2011. From 2007 until 2010, he helped establish Lexicon Partner’s first overseas office in Hong Kong before returning to the London office. Before joining Lexicon Partners in 2004, he worked at N M Rothschild & Sons Limited in the Mergers & Acquisitions team for two years. Mr. Mason has an MPhil in Finance and Economics from Cambridge University and a first class bachelor’s degree in Economics from Leicester University.