Chris McCarthy

Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs - Waste to Energy

Greater Cheltenham Area

About

Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs with 18+ years’ experience delivering and restructuring waste-to-energy and infrastructure projects across the UK, Europe, the U.S. and MENA. I combine board-level commercial leadership with a practising project-finance legal background, specialising in the origination, structuring and negotiation of complex, capital-intensive transactions. I lead FCC’s global Waste to Energy programmes alongside the Global Head of WtE, advising on risk allocation, concession strategy, bankability, M&A and long-term contractual frameworks. My experience spans PPP, BOT, IPP and DBFO models, major acquisitions, and the restructuring of multiple multi-billion-pound concessions. Integrating legal, commercial and operational expertise, I focus on creating bankable structures, resolving complex risks and disputes, and ensuring successful project delivery from early development through to close, construction and operation.

Experience

  • Director of Legal & Commercial Affairs - Waste to Energy at FCC enviro
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Urbaser (Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom)
    • Director & General Counsel
      Nov 2013 - Aug 2024 · 10 yrs 10 mos

      Operational directorships: Urbaser Ltd Urbaser Investments Ltd Urbaser Environmental Ltd UBB Waste (Gloucestershire) Ltd UBB Waste (Essex) Ltd - pre & post administrative receivership J&B Recyling Ltd Biowise Ltd

    • Commercial Director
      Sep 2012 - Nov 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Legal Manager - Solicitor
      Oct 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs

  • Associate Solicitor at VWV
    Sep 2005 - Oct 2010 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Solicitor at Campbell Hooper Solicitors LLP (Charles Russell Speechlys)
    Sep 2007 - Sep 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo