Based in London, Amy Mahon is Co-Head of the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice and advises a range of clients through all stages of the investment cycle within the energy and infrastructure industry. She counsels infrastructure funds and corporate clients on a wide range of complex domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and consortium transactions and restructurings across the infrastructure sector. Amy was named to Private Equity News’ list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” for 2025. She is recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers UK for infrastructure and private equity where clients describe her as “a highly respected lawyer who has done it all in the infrastructure space.” Amy was a contributing editor for the first edition of Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity, which offers a comparative analysis of private equity across the globe. She is also recognized as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 for Infrastructure M&A.
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Work Highlights
- KKR in its recommended offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Smart Metering Systems plc
- KKR in its proposed takeover of Greenvolt, valuing the company at €1.16 billion, and its prior investment in €200 million convertible bonds issued by Greenvolt
- EQT in its £500m acquisition of Statera Energy Limited
- TPIH Iberia S.L.U in connection with the sale of its 49% stake in COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Holding, S.L. to CMA CGM Group
- Stonepeak on its recapitalization of euNetworks, a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company
- KKR in its sale of X-Elio, a leading global renewable power company, to Brookfield
- Viridor Waste Limited on its sale of a minority investment in Viridor Energy (Investments) Limited to Equitix; an on its sale of a minority investment in Viridor Energy (Investments) Limited to TCorp IM Unlisted Infrastructure Fund
- John Laing in its acquisition of a portfolio of assets comprising Towercom, Valley Healthcare and CCD from the Irish Infrastructure Fund
- Viridor (a portfolio company of KKR) in connection with their recommended offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares in Quantafuel ASA
- KKR in its acquisition of a majority stake in Refresco Group B.V. one of the largest independent beverage contract manufacturers in the world and related financing
- EQT in its acquisition of InstaVolt
- Stonepeak in its €1.0 billion minority equity investment in Inspired Education
Accolades
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Private Equity News, “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” (2025)
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Chambers UK: Infrastructure
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Chambers UK: Private Equity: Buyouts
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Legal 500 UK: Infrastructure M&A
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Euromoney “Best in Private Equity” for Women in Business Law Europe Awards (2021)
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Legal Week “Women, Influence & Power in Law U.K.” (2021)
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IFLR1000 Women Leaders (2021, 2022)
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The Lawyer “Hot 100” (2020)
Education
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College of Law, 1998 Legal Practice Course
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Trinity College Dublin, 1997 LL.B.
Associations
- Member of Council of BVCA
Based in London, Amy Mahon is Co-Head of the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice and advises a range of clients through all stages of the investment cycle within the energy and infrastructure sector. She counsels infrastructure funds and corporate clients on complex domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and consortium transactions, and restructurings across the infrastructure sector.
- KKR in its proposed takeover of Greenvolt, valuing the company at €1.16 billion, and its prior investment in €200 million convertible bonds issued by Greenvolt
- TPIH Iberia S.L.U in connection with the sale of its 49% stake in COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Holding, S.L. to CMA CGM Group
- Stonepeak on its recapitalization of euNetworks, a Western European bandwidth infrastructure company
- KKR in its sale of X-Elio, a leading global renewable power company, to Brookfield
- Viridor (a portfolio company of KKR) in connection with their recommended offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares in Quantafuel ASA
- John Laing in its acquisition of a portfolio of assets comprising Towercom, Valley Healthcare and CCD from the Irish Infrastructure Fund
- Stonepeak in its €1.0 billion minority equity investment in Inspired Education
- EQT in its acquisition of InstaVolt
- KKR in its acquisition of a majority stake in Refresco
- KKR in its NOK 7.2 billion acquisition of Ocean Yield
- Cubico in its renewable energy joint venture with Peel Energy
- KKR in its announced £2 billion acquisition of John Laing Group plc
- Consortium comprising KKR, Macquarie and other investors, in its attempted £15 billion acquisition of UK Power Networks from CK Infrastructure, which aborted
- KKR Global Infrastructure Investors Fund III in its acquisition of Viridor Limited, and Viridor in its subsequent carve-out sale of its collections business and the majority of its recycling locations to Biffa plc
- Consortium including Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Asset Management in its $20.7 billion energy infrastructure deal with The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Holdings plc
Amy was named to Private Equity News’ list of the “Twenty Most Influential Private Equity Lawyers” for 2025. She is recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers UK for infrastructure and private equity where clients describe her as “a highly respected lawyer who has done it all in the infrastructure space.” Amy was a contributing editor for the first edition of Chambers Global Practice Guide to Private Equity, which offers a comparative analysis of private equity across the globe. She is also recognized as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 for Infrastructure M&A.
Amy received her Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law of England and Wales in 1998 and her LL.B. from Trinity College Dublin in 1997.