With the Americas infrastructure market set to become the largest in the world, international law firm Ashurst has announced the appointment of Vincent Casey as a partner in its New York infrastructure team (U.S.).

Vincent is the second new partner to join the New York team, following the appointment of Andy Fraiser from Allen & Overy earlier this month to lead the team.

Vincent joins from Nixon Peabody where he is currently a partner in its infrastructure group. He has extensive experience acting for a broad base of clients across the infrastructure market, including in the transportation, water, social infrastructure, airport and renewable energy sectors.

Over the last 20 years, Vincent has played a lead role in energy and infrastructure project financings across the U.S. and Latin America. Most recently, he advised Allianz and SMBC in the Long Beach Civic Center financing, a complex private placement and bank hybrid financing.

Commenting on the appointment, Andy Fraiser said:

"As a firm that has infrastructure as a strategic priority for its global business, I believe that there is a unique opportunity for us to become New York's leading firm covering infrastructure across the Americas. Coming quickly after my arrival, this is a further significant step in pursuit of this opportunity. Vincent will be a great asset to our clients and a great addition to a team that now has five partners focused on the Americas infrastructure sector."

Vincent Casey added:

"Ashurst has a market-leading reputation and an unrivalled breadth of expertise in the infrastructure sector. The firm's prospects for its practice are incredibly exciting and I look forward to further extending Ashurst's leading position in the market."