Kirk’s practice focuses on infrastructure, energy, and resource projects in emerging markets. He has two decades of experience in infrastructure, energy, and resources. He was a policy adviser in the public sector before becoming a lawyer. Today, he is a senior project finance lawyer with a focus on public-private partnerships (PPPs).

Kirk is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and he speaks English and Croatian. He was listed in Legal 500 UK for Projects: Power from 2013 through 2016.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

  • Advised the Republic of Croatia in connection with the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the €375 million Zagreb Airport Project.
  • Represented the Government of the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia & Herzegovina, on the concession and implementation of the design, construction, operation, finance, and maintenance of its €3.4 billion Motorway Project.
  • Represented the Shikun & Binui Aktor Consortium in relation to its bid for the €3 billion Bar–Boljare Motorway project in Montenegro.
  • Represented sponsor China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in the design, construction, and financing (including land financing) of the US$1.8 billion 190-kilometer Phnom Penh–Sihanoukville PPP Expressway Project.
  • Represented sponsor China Road & Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in the design, construction and financing of the US$1.6 billion Phnom Penh–Ho Chi Minh City Expressway Project.
  • Represented sponsor CRBC in its bid to design, construct, finance, operate, and maintain the €1.2 billion Ankara to Nigde PPP Motorway Project.
  • Represented Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d. in connection with the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the €800 million Plomin C Coal Fired Power Project in Plomin, Croatia.
  • Represented sponsor CRBC in the design and construction of the €500 million Serbian Techno Park PPP Project.
  • Represented the Government of the Republic of Serbia in connection with the €500 million design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the E-763 PPP Motorway Project from Belgrade to Pozega in Serbia.

[1] In Affiliation with Nikolic & Lovric