Global Infrastructure Investments

Forum Overview

Dates: October 16 - 18, 2024

Location: Athens, Greece

The Forum is an annual gathering of 48 senior in-house counsel from the largest institutional investors and preeminent lawyers from across the globe, to address emerging risks and challenges in direct investments in major infrastructure projects around the world.

Using candid, peer-driven discussion, this Forum explores trends and developments in foreign infrastructure investments, to discern best practices for successfully completing transactions and address the long term risks facing investors.

2024 Steering Committee

This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.

Committee Co-Chairs

Krista is the co-head of the Infrastructure and Energy practice, as well as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee. Krista has deep experience in complex, innovative, first-of-kind transactions and projects. With robust insight into all types of energy projects and infrastructure asset classes, she regularly leads large teams working to advance significant projects and transactions. Krista is also an accomplished lead negotiator and has extensive experience advising multiple stakeholders with respect to their complex projects and transactions.

Committee Members

Selin Bastin is the Chief Legal Officer of CGFIM. She is part of the leadership team of CGFIM and is responsible for legal and regulatory affairs, as well as governance matters. Selin also plays a key role in the structuring and execution of investment transactions in the energy transition space.

With over 25 years of experience as a corporate lawyer, Selin has extensive expertise in mergers & acquisitions, securities law, and corporate governance. Prior to joining CGFIM, Selin was Managing Director and Divisional General Counsel at PSP Investments. Since joining PSP Investments in 2006, Selin has played an important role in PSP Investments’ growth as a global pension fund investor, and in ensuring continued effectiveness in structuring and executing complex transactions.

Before joining PSP Investments, Selin worked as a corporate lawyer at Stikeman Elliott, where she specialized in M&A. Selin holds a BCL and an LLB from McGill Law School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University.

John D. Franchini is a partner in the Global Corporate/M&A Group of Milbank LLP based in New York. Mr. Franchini also co-heads the firm’s Global Infrastructure Practice. He has extensive experience representing infrastructure, sovereign wealth, private equity, hedge and pension funds, together with their portfolio companies, in investment, acquisition, recapitalization, disposition and strategic joint venture transactions. Mr. Franchini has significant transactional experience involving core and non-core infrastructure assets, power generation and transmission assets, midstream natural gas pipelines, telecommunications business and other digital infrastructure assets, including regulated businesses. Mr. Franchini also advises public and private companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and other corporate transactions, including stock-for-stock mergers, tender offers, private stock and asset purchases, complex joint ventures, private placements of equity securities and restructurings. He regularly represents clients in competitive auction scenarios, both as sellers and bidders. Mr. Franchini has completed transactions throughout Asia, Latin America and North America throughout his career.

John is a corporate partner who advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, with a focus on the Energy and Infrastructure sector. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, co-investments and carve-outs, often with a cross-border element. John previously worked at OMERS Infrastructure, one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, as Managing Director and global co-head of legal.

CONNECT. ENGAGE. EXCEL. This is a different event, unlike any you've attended

The Forum offers a private environment for leading legal practitioners to share insights on market practices and build valuable connections with key players from around the world.

"It is a unique opportunity to engage with contemporaries and clients on key points in the infrastructure sector."

Charlotte Madden

Partner, Co-Head of the Infrastructure Sector

Clifford Chance

London, United Kingdom

"The Forum has again proven to be a high-level, intimate gathering of key practitioners in the Global Infrastructure arena who are exchanging their unique experiences and perspectives on the business across multiple jurisdictions and asset classes."

John D. Franchini

Partner

Milbank LLP

New York, USA

"The organisation of the event was impeccable which meant the focus of attendees was solely on sharing ideas. The attendees were a great mix from the investors who we work alongside in the space."

Matthew Topp

Head of Investments Legal (Europe)

Australian Super

London, United Kingdom

"The Forum provides a fantastic opportunity to meet with your peers and colleagues to discuss and exchange ideas. I couldn't recommend the experience more. It's one of a kind and everyone should attend one of the Forums if given the opportunity."