Addleshaw Goddard announced that Tomas Gärdfors, one of the market’s most experienced debt finance lawyers operating in the energy transition and critical infrastructure spaces, has joined the firm as a Partner in the Finance & Projects Division in London.
Tomas joined from Baker Botts on December 10, 2025.
He brings over 30 years’ experience of advising global debt funds, financial institutions, sponsors and borrowers on complex debt structures, with a particular focus on financing infrastructure critical to Europe’s transition to net zero, digital connectivity and data infrastructure.
Widely recognised for his Nordic market expertise, Tomas brings deep cross-border capability across the UK, EMEA and Latin America — particularly in renewables, transmission assets, battery storage and synthetic and alternative fuels together with key infrastructure assets, notability data and digital infrastructure.
“We are seeing record levels of debt capital seeking deployment into impact driven projects and transformative infrastructure. Tomas’s arrival positions us to capture that momentum, support clients at scale, and deepen Addleshaw Goddard’s role in advising on Transition Finance across all of our key markets and sectors. I’m delighted he has chosen to join us and lead our focus in this space” said Lee Shankland-Gort, Head of ESG Firmwide and Head of Social, Sustainable and Green Finance at Addleshaw Goddard.
Tomas will join as Head of Transition Finance, working closely with Lee Shankland-Gort who leads the broader Social and Sustainable Finance practice. Commenting on the move, Lee said:
“Tomas is a highly respected figure in the energy transition financing market — his European reach, infrastructure capability and green debt credentials make him a significant strategic hire for the firm.”
Tomas Gärdfors commented:
“Addleshaw Goddard’s platform, ambition and sector alignment present a compelling home for my practice. As energy transition is accelerating across Europe, financing is becoming more innovative, and clients need solution-driven, multi-jurisdictional advice. Transition finance harbours potential for every company, entity and project in every industry in every country and it is about sensibly decarbonising the economy: opening eyes, broadening horizons, bringing supply of finance to demand, connecting the dots and driving dynamic development in an ever-changing environment. I look forward to hitting the ground running and helping build the next phase of the firm’s finance growth.”
