Corporate Finance Advice

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.

Richard has been a financial adviser on project finance transactions for 20 years. He is a founding partner of Newbridge and has advised on many infrastructure projects including greenfield, M&A and refinancings.

Richard also leads on the analytical side of projects including developing financial models and optimising the financial structuring.

Prior to starting Newbridge in 2012, Richard was part of Royal Bank of Canada’s Infrastructure Finance team where he advised sponsors primarily on PPP/PFI transactions and beforehand at Operis where he led one of its modelling teams.

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.

Adam Hylan has advised on corporate finance transactions for over 25 years. He has previously worked for Royal Bank of Canada, HSBC and UBS, executing a range of M&A and as well as debt and equity financing transactions in the renewables, airport, road, rail, port and shipping sectors. He has also advised the UK Department for Transport on a number of occasions.

Prior to focusing on the infrastructure sector, Adam worked on a broad range of UK corporate finance transactions, including IPOs and public takeovers. Adam has considerable international experience, having worked for HSBC in New York and completed transactions in France, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Jordan and China as well as the UK.

Jo Hames has advised public and private sector clients on infrastructure projects for over 20 years. Jo led the acquisition of European infrastructure assets for investment funds and represented their interests as a NED on acquired SPVs. She has significant commercial and operational experience of major infrastructure assets as a NED and subsequently as an Executive Director on Singapore Sports Hub PPP project.

Jo was previously a Director at Ernst & Young LLP where she advised clients on health, social housing, rail, schools, waste and leisure PPP projects. Other work included refinancing, acquisitions, variations, financial DD.

Jo holds a BSc Construction Management (Quantity Surveying).

Kieran joined Newbridge in November 2023 having started his career as a consultant at Operis Business Engineering. At Operis, his work involved designing and auditing financial models for projects that had a focus on the infrastructure, energy transition and digital sectors.

Kieran graduated in 2022 and holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Leeds.