Sandra Rafferty
Sandra Rafferty
Sandra Rafferty
Sandra Rafferty

‘Sandra Rafferty always provides us with excellent support. She is very experienced and is always proactive with offering solutions to problems’
Chambers 2026

‘Sandra Rafferty is an excellent professional, with extensive experience in transactions and a strong negotiator. She is very straightforward in negotiations, and her presence is extremely valuable. She is also very direct with the client, which benefits the transaction, as it ensures that the truly relevant points are discussed’

‘Sandra Rafferty is one of the most experienced infrastructure lawyers out there, she’s seen a lot of different assets and structures and is super commercial in helping unlock difficult situations’
Legal500, 2025

Biography

Sandra Rafferty is Co-Head of the Firm's Global Infrastructure Industry Group.

Sandra is a partner in our global M&A and Corporate practice in London with thirty years of experience, and specializes in the infrastructure, energy, energy transition and renewables sectors.

She is highly experienced across the range of corporate work advising a mixture of infrastructure funds, pension funds and other financial investors. Major areas of work include mergers and acquisitions, where Sandra is particularly strong in cross-border M&A, post-acquisition integration, disposals, joint ventures, consortium agreements, co-investments, restructuring and corporate governance.

Sandra attracts high praise from clients for the energy she brings to transactions, including her industry knowledge, her commercial and practical advice in negotiations, including the ability to move transactions forward and to find solutions. Sandra is ranked Band 3 of Chambers for Infrastructure (and has been ranked for 12 years), is recommended by Legal 500 for her work in the renewables sector, and is a notable practitioner iIFLR1000.

Experience

Representation of GLIL Infrastructure on the acquisition of a minority stake in Sølvtrans from Antin Infrastructure Partners.

Representation of a bidder on its bid to acquire Lowe Rental, a global provider of equipment and sustainable rental services.

Representation of Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the acquisition of Circle Infrastructure Partners B.V., the owner and manager of critical shared infrastructure at the Chemelot chemical park in the Netherlands.

Representation of a bidder on its bid to acquire from Tele2 AB a portfolio of approx. 2,700 tower and rooftop sites across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Representation of a bidder on its bid to acquire TeleTower, the tower subsidiary of BITĖ Group, comprising approx. 2,500 tower and rooftop sites across Lithuania and Latvia.

Representation of Universities Superannuation Scheme on its acquisition of a stake in KKR`s Smart Metering Systems, one of the UK's largest smart meter installers.

Representation of Actis on the acquisition of a newly carved out tower portfolio, Connectis Towers, from Telekom Srbija, comprising approx. 1,800 macro towers across Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Representation of a bidder on its bid to acquire a 50% stake in a portfolio of renewable assets (operational, in construction, and in development) in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, including an additional portfolio of BESS assets in development and construction.

Representation of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar on the formation of a joint venture with Iberdrola group to jointly develop and operate project "Baltic Eagle", a 476 MW offshore wind farm located in the German Baltic Sea near the island of Rügen.

Representation of a UK pension fund on its bid to acquire Diamond Transmission UK Limited, comprising a portfolio of offshore transmission assets.

Representation of a bidder on its bid to acquire Enva, a waste management services business.

Representation of John Laing Group on its acquisition from HICL of a 37.5 per cent stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets plus interests in four UK PPP projects.

Representation of Octopus Energy on its investment in developer Deep Wind Offshore to fund expansion of offshore wind parks in Norway, Sweden and South Korea.

Representation of  Octopus Energy on the sale of the Krzęcin and Kuślin onshore wind farms in Poland to ORLEN Wind 3, an affiliate of the Polish listed multi-energy company ORLEN.

Representation of Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLP on its sale of North Star, an operator of specialized vessels that offer emergency response and rescue as well as essential offshore wind maintenance services, to Partners Group.

Representation of Octopus Energy on its acquisition of the Saunamaa and Vöyrinkangas wind farms in Finland (through the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Nordic Power Development, an English company).

Representation of Valorem on the divestment of the 165 MW Kalistanneva onshore wind farm to a Finnish consortium formed by HELEN Oy and the Bank of Åland Wind Power Fund Non-UCITS.

Representation of Octopus Energy on the acquisition of the 59 MW Krzęcin and Kuślin onshore wind farms being constructed in Poland from the PNE Group, a German developer of wind projects in Europe.

Representation of Octopus Energy on the acquisition of a Polish wind farms portfolio of rated power of 48 MW from OX2, a Swedish developer and seller of wind and solar farms.

Representation of Amber Infrastructure Limited, as investment manager of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund S.A. SICAV-RAIF on the Czech and Slovak aspects of the acquisition of a significant interest in Enery Development GmbH, an operations-led renewable energy developer active in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria.

Representation of DIF Capital Partners in relation to its bid to acquire a portfolio of operational and development wind and solar assets from Brookfield Renewables in Ireland (Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) and Scotland.

Representation of Tag Energy in connection with the purchase of a site for a UK-based 20MW battery storage project at Hawker's Hill and the subsequent construction, operations and financing arrangements.

Representation of Hermes Infrastructure on the acquisition of a 74 percent stake in a €950 million Spanish toll road concession from ACS Group*

Representation of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc on the acquisition of a portfolio of solar PV assets with a capacity of 122.8MW for a consideration of up to £150 million.*

Representation of Universities Superannuation Scheme ("USS") on its acquisition of a further 12.5 percent shareholding (to increase its interest to 37.5 percent) from Macquarie in a company holding a portfolio of offshore wind projects including the Galloper, Westermost Rough and Rampion wind farms.*

Representation of Columbia Threadneedle Sustainable Infrastructure Fund on the entering into of its partnership agreement with Smart Metering Systems plc ("SMS") to develop SMS's pipeline of carbon reduction asset opportunities.*

Representation of Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the follow-on investment into North Star Holdco Limited for the acquisition of Boston Putford Offshore Safety Ltd from SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc.*

Representation of Basalt Infrastructure Partners on the disposal of the McEwan Power portfolio comprising 10 solar parks to Arjun Infrastructure Partners, and acting on the original acquisitions of all the solar parks.*

Representation of BBGI in relation to its bid for the Beatrice OFTO.*

Representation of First State Investments on its bid for Gdańsk Port.*

Representation of a bidder seeking to acquire a stake in Spain's Telecom Castilla-La-Mancha S.A., the third largest independent TowerCo in Spain and no.1 provider of telecommunication and broadcasting services across the Castilla-La Mancha region.*

Representation of Quad Gas consortium (comprising MIRA, Allianz Capital Partners, QIA, Amber, Dalmore, Hermes and CIC) on its purchase of a 61 percent stake in National Grid's £13.8 billion UK gas distribution business and on the consortium agreement for the Quad Gas Group.*

Representation of USS on its acquisition of an additional 13.34 percent stake in Spanish gas distribution company Redexis Gas for approximately €232 million, the restructuring of Redexis Gas to enable USS to hold its overall 30 percent stake directly, and on the related consortium agreement.*

Representation of Octopus Investments on its acquisition of a 149 MW portfolio of four UK-based onshore wind projects from renewable energy developer Blue Energy for £182 million.*

Representation of Dalmore Capital and DIF on their bid for the Burbo Bank OFTO.*

Representation of John Laing plc on the disposal of its interest in Gdańsk Transport Company SA, the owner and operator of the A1 motorway project in Poland.*

Representation of First State Investments on the disposal of its interests in Newham Hospital PFI project to Equitix.*

Representation of Hermes GPE Infrastructure Fund and USS bidding for Terra Firma's natural gas distribution business, Phoenix Group, in Northern Ireland.*

Representation of USS on its consortium arrangements in respect of Thames Tideway.*

Representation of Hermes GPE Infrastructure Fund on its joint venture arrangements for the Braes of Doune wind farm.*

Representation of AMP Capital on its acquisition of a 49 percent stake in Newcastle Airport from Macquarie and on the resulting joint venture with the LA7.*

Representation of Octopus Capital on a pre-sale reorganisation of Lightsource Renewable Energy Holdings Limited, including its related shareholder arrangements, and sale of a portfolio of solar PV assets to Fern Trading Limited, which is managed by Octopus Investments.*

Representation of a bidder on its proposed acquisition of UK Power Reserve, a developer and operator of smart flexible power generation.*

Representation of Allianz Capital and UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform PPP Equity Fund, which is managed by Dalmore Capital, on their acquisition of the Colchester Garrison PFI project through a series of acquisitions, and on their related shareholder arrangements.*

Representation of Eucalyptus Energy, which is owned by Octopus Investments, on its acquisition of MEIF Renewable Energy UK plc from Macquarie Group.*

Representation of an infrastructure investor on its bid for Birmingham City Airport.*

Representation of Rosneft on the disposal of part of its interests in Sakhalin 3 and related shareholder arrangements with Repsol.*

Representation of John Laing plc on the disposal of its FM business.*

Representation of Babcock International on the disposal of UKAEA Limited's pensions administration business.*

Representation of an unsuccessful bidder on the former DCLG's disposal of The Fire Training College.*

Representation of CH2M HILL Limited on its unsuccessful takeover of Scott Wilson plc.*

* Experience prior to joining White & Case

England and Wales, Solicitor
BA (Hons) in Law
Durham University
College of Law, Chester
English

Band 3 ranking, Chambers Infrastructure: UK 2026

Notable Practitioner IFLR1000

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