Pinsent Masons advises Bestinver Infra FCR on Irish toll road share purchase deal

22 Sep 2023 | 03:43 pm | 1 min. read

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Bestinver Infra, FCR, on the acquisition of an interest in N6 (Concession) Holdings Limited and N6 (Operations) Limited from Sacyr Concessions Limited.

These N6 companies operate and manage the N6 motorway which runs from Ballinasloe to Galway in Ireland pursuant to a PPP Contract with Transport Ireland Infrastructure (formerly the Irish National Roads Authority) dated 4 April 2007. 

Bestinver Infra, FCR is a private equity fund based in Madrid, which provides institutional and private investors with direct access to high quality infrastructure assets in Europe, Latin America and North America.

Following the agreement to acquire Sacyr’s interest in the N6 asset in October 2022, Pinsent Masons teams in London, Madrid, Dublin and Edinburgh have worked with the Bestinver team towards completion of the purchase on 15th September 2023. 

The Pinsent Masons team acting on the transaction was led by Sonal Shah, Infrastructure Projects Partner in London, with assistance from Dorian Rees in Dublin, and involved a multi-jurisdictional and skillset team from across the firm including the firm’s corporate team in Madrid, the corporate team in Ireland and the PPP/project finance team in the UK.

Sonal Shah, Partner at Pinsent Masons, said: "This has been Bestinver’s first acquisition of an infrastructure asset in Ireland, and so it was key that we applied our whole asset lifecycle approach for infrastructure and PPP to this transaction. Working on a cross-border basis and drawing together our expertise across corporate, infrastructure projects and project finance, we were able to visualise the whole journey for Bestinver, and deliver a successful outcome.”

Latest press releases

Show me all press releases

Pinsent Masons recruits team to launch restructuring and insolvency practice in Australia

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has added to it Australian financial services capabilities with the appointment of partner Hannah Griffiths to lead the firm’s restructuring and insolvency practice in Australia.

Pinsent Masons advises GEV Wind Power on acquisition of the Rigcom Group

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised leading wind turbine repair and maintenance provider GEV Wind Power on the acquisition of the Australian based Rigcom Group.

Pinsent Masons MPillay advises Coro Energy plc on sale of European gas business

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons MPillay has advised Southeast Asian energy company Coro Energy plc on the sale of Coro Europe Limited to Zodiac Energy plc.

People who viewed this press release also viewed

Show me all press releases

Pinsent Masons advises GEV Wind Power on acquisition of the Rigcom Group

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised leading wind turbine repair and maintenance provider GEV Wind Power on the acquisition of the Australian based Rigcom Group.

Pinsent Masons advises DCC Energy on its largest acquisition to date in Germany

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons advised DCC Energy, a division of the leading international sales, marketing, and support services group DCC plc on the acquisition of Progas Group, a leading distributor of LPG in Germany.

Pinsent Masons advises Erisbeg on acquisition of Fruition

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Dublin-headquartered private equity firm Erisbeg on a majority investment in Fruition IT and Fruition Consulting.

For all media enquiries, including arranging an interview with one of our spokespeople, please contact the press office on

+44 (0)20 7418 8199 or 

Location contacts

We are processing your request. \n Thank you for your patience. An error occurred. This could be due to inactivity on the page - please try again.