Tania Tsoneva is Head of Infrastructure Research within the CBRE Investment Management Insights & Intelligence team. Based in Dublin, Tania is responsible for the firm’s global research function, supporting both the unlisted and listed infrastructure strategies.

Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Tania worked at S&P Global Ratings and was responsible for some of the largest issuers globally within the utilities, toll road, airport and rail sectors. Throughout her 14-year tenure with S&P, Tania held several senior positions within the Infrastructure and Utilities team and served as the leading EMEA corporate hybrid specialist.

A native Bulgarian speaker, Tania started her career in corporate relationship management at ProCredit Bank (Bulgaria) JSC.

Tania earned a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction in Business Administration and Politics and International Relations from the American University in Bulgaria, and a Master’s of Business Administration degree with distinction from Bayes Business School in London. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

She currently chairs the Investment Research in Infrastructure Society (IRIS), a professional association for infrastructure researchers. She also serves on the unlisted infrastructure data provider EDHEC infra’s Advisory Committee.

Peter Browne is Head of Strategy at Suir Engineering, one of Ireland’s largest

specialist MEP contractors. Headquartered in Ireland and operating in the UK,

Germany, Austria and the Nordic regions, Suir Engineering specialises in delivering

engineering excellence to the data Centre, life sciences and energy, power &

renewables sectors. With annual revenues of €550m and a workforce in excess of

1,500, Suir is positioned for significant growth across its key markets.

A Chartered Construction Manager, Peter has over twenty years’ experience in the

construction, fit out, real estate and engineering sectors. He is responsible for

business development, marketing and strategic acquisitions and expansion into new

markets.

Peter is also an advocate and expert in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

having previously spent 15 years with The McAvoy Group expanding their offering

across the healthcare, education, commercial and aviation sectors. Peter is a

Member of the Chartered Institute of Building.

Michael is a former quantity surveyor and now practices as a construction lawyer specialising in Data Centres having supported clients in the procurement of hyperscale Data Centres in the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium and England. Michael works on a range of contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering work and advises clients on different forms of construction and engineering contracts and professional appointments. Michael has spent time on secondment working in house with Mace Limited on both domestic and international construction projects.

John Dallas is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources and Projects groups. He has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders and developers on the financing and construction of large scale infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector. John also advises on the acquisition and sale of large scale infrastructure projects and on joint ventures within the infrastructure sector. In addition, he advises on regulatory matters in the energy sector.

Experience Advising:

Financing and construction of large scale energy projects, including on-shore wind, biomass, waste-to-energy, solar, battery and hydro storage. Advised on the financing and construction of over 850MW of renewable energy projects.

Large scale M&A transactions and joint ventures in the energy and infrastructure sector. Advised on the acquisition/sale of over 500MW of renewable energy projects.

Financing and construction of private data centers including the project financing of EdgeConneX data center in Dublin.

Engineering, construction operation and maintenance contracts in the infrastructure and energy sector including EPC, D&B and complex operating contracts for large scale energy and infrastructure projects.

Energy regulation including advising sponsors and lenders on renewable energy support schemes and legislative requirements for the construction and operation of energy projects in Ireland.

Complex commercial contracts across a broad variety of sectors including energy, infrastructure and outsourcing.