Michael Stoneham Bio

Michael Stoneham is Brodies' Head of Energy & Infrastructure Finance. He is recognised as the leading project finance lawyer in Scotland, and has extensive experience of renewables, oil & gas, infrastructure, housing and public sector finance. He utilises that experience to identify pragmatic and lasting solutions to difficult financing issues and to assist clients in creating new and innovative debt products. Michael acts for private and public sector clients, whether providers or recipients of debt, in each of these finance sectors. Recently he has become involved in a number of capital markets financings, including acting for Aberdeen City Council on its market first £370M listed and rated bond issue to finance its capital expenditure programme and also for UK issuers in the energy and shipping sectors on Cayman Islands and Norwegian bond markets.