Fife, Kirkaldy Hospital PFI Refinancing

Matthew Houseley has advised clients on project, infrastructure and corporate financings for more than three decades. Matthew is a founding partner of Newbridge Advisors. Prior to Newbridge, Matthew was the Managing Director, Head of Royal Bank of Canada’s Social Infrastructure team, where he worked for 12 years following nine years at Greenwich NatWest.

Matthew has helped to deliver funding for hospitals, housing, rail, energy transition, roads, schools, secure accommodation, universities, waste and water projects. Other work has included advising clients on equity disposals and acquisitions, portfolio financings, refinancings, restructurings and capital raisings.

Matthew has recently worked on projects in the UK, USA, Norway and the Netherlands and has previously worked on projects in France, Ireland, Italy and Sweden, as well as many other countries. For six months in 2003 Matthew was seconded to Partnerships UK where he established the refinancings Taskforce. Matthew holds a BA in Physics from Jesus College, Oxford University.

Paul Woodcock has spent more than 15 years specialising in infrastructure through roles at Balfour Beatty Investments, 3i and the Department of Health.

He has recently supported clients on a range of transactions in the energy transition sector which include offshore wind transmission, private wire onsite renewable generation and smart meters.  

In addition, Paul has provided project finance expertise on projects across student accommodation, healthcare and roads sectors, in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland. When working for a subsidiary of the Department of Health, Paul’s role included supporting local public sector bodies who were investing in primary care PPP projects via the Local Improvement Finance Trust (“LIFT”) initiative.

Paul holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nottingham and a diploma from the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment.