Kirsten is of Counsel in our London office, focusing on infrastructure and PPP/PFI projects and is a member of the WEMEA Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance Section. Her experience covers a number of different sectors including rail, roads, health, and education, justice and business process and other outsourcing projects.

Representative transactions include:

Transport and Roads

• Advising funders on Saudi rail project;
• Advising sponsor on Middle East rail project;
• Lead due diligence team on major sale of rolling stock company;
• Advised incumbent contractor in respect of Network Rail Enquiries contract;
• Advising in connection with A13 Thames Gateway PFI to financial close and post-close work;
• Advising in connection with the bid for Newport Roads PFI project.

Infrastructure and Outsourcing

• Advised major financial services organization on its global outsourcing of corporate and real estate functions.
• Acting for private sector companies in respect of both public and private sector business process outsourcing projects.
• Acting for sponsor on two Fire & Rescue Services PFI (one having reached financial close) and a Police Services PFI;
• Action for a bidder in relation to a Prisons PFI project.

Health

• Acting for a preferred bidder on a new model PPP outsourcing for certain health initiatives in the north of England;
• Acting for a services company in relation to health projects in Zimbabwe;
• Acting for the preferred bidder in respect of a joint venture arrangement for provision of pathology services;
• Acting for major health companies in respect of a number of independent sector treatment centre projects;
• Acting for an NHS Trust on a refinancing and variation of a health PFI Concession Agreement;
• Acting for successful private sector consortium on first phase LIFT schemes.
• Advising Liftcos on second and third phase schemes;
• Acting for soft services providers on major acute hospital PFI projects;
• Acting for funder on an acute care hospital P3 bid in Canada.

Education

• Acting for sponsors on numerous BSF projects;
• Acting for funders on numerous BSF projects;
• Acting for ICT subcontractor on Southwark BSF and North Somerset BSF projects;
• Acting for Birmingham City Council, London Borough of Hackney, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, Bristol City Council in relation to the procurement of their BSF programmes;
• Acting for private sector bidders in respect of Lewisham BSF, Newcastle BSF and Newham BSF, in particular in relation to FM services and partnering services.
• Acting for sponsors on Education PPP and PFI projects in the Midlands and north of England.

Bars and Courts
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, 2000
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, 1990

Education
Master of Laws (Honours), Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 1998
Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1989
Bachelor of Arts (Majors: Classics and Art History), University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1989

Languages
English

Citizenship
New Zealand
British