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Project Finance Recruiters

We have mapped 1,000+ project finance lawyers so you do not have to search blind for a specialism where the real practitioners are hard to find.

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Inside the Project Finance market.

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1,000+
lawyers with project finance experience

Project finance is a discipline unto itself: multi-party credit structures, long-dated concessions, construction-phase risk and the interplay of export credit agencies, development banks and commercial lenders demand lawyers who have lived inside these transactions—not merely advised on adjacent banking work. The talent pool is narrow by design, and the best practitioners are rarely visible on the open market.

Sartori & Partners maps 1,000+ lawyers who have built their careers on project finance mandates across energy, infrastructure, natural resources and transport. Our coverage spans both counsel and private-practice talent, so we understand the full arc of a career in this specialism and where the genuine depth sits.

When a hiring partner needs someone who can run a greenfield power-project financing from term sheet to financial close, or when a senior associate is ready for a move that reflects their real transaction record, we already know the field. That knowledge is the point of difference.

Project Finance recruitment — common questions

How hard is it to recruit an experienced project finance lawyer?

Genuinely difficult. Project finance is a practice that rewards long tenure: lawyers build value through repeat-lender relationships, familiarity with concession frameworks and experience across the full transaction lifecycle. Most senior practitioners are not actively looking, which means search, not advertising, is the only reliable route to them. Our mapped market of 1,000+ lawyers gives us a starting point that a reactive search simply cannot replicate.

What seniority levels do you recruit for in project finance?

The full range—from associates who have run their first few financings independently through to partners and general counsel with decade-long records on flagship infrastructure or energy transactions. The search method differs at each level, but the mapped talent pool covers all of them, so we are not starting from scratch regardless of the brief.

Do you cover project finance in specific sectors or regions only?

Our coverage is built around the lawyers rather than any single sector or geography. Project finance practitioners tend to follow deal flow across energy transition, conventional power, infrastructure PPPs and natural resources, often across multiple jurisdictions within a single career. We recruit across those markets and can identify candidates whose experience matches the specific sector mix or jurisdictional profile a role requires.

Project Finance

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