Jonathan Brufal

Jonathan Brufal heads Gowling WLG's international projects and Africa Group and has over 20 years' experience helping clients to deliver complex high value energy and infrastructure projects across the Middle East and Africa. Jonathan has recently relocated to the Dubai office to spearhead the firm's energy and infrastructure practice.

With experience across many different jurisdictions and sectors, acting for both public and private sector organisations, Jonathan's clients benefit from his all-round perspective of different parties' interests and priorities.

He has an acute awareness of the need to be pragmatic and commercial to deliver successful projects in emerging markets. He also has a deep understanding of the range of funding models used around the world, and a comprehensive knowledge of international PPP models and market risk positions.

Jonathan relishes the challenge of helping to get off the ground big, complex and hugely important energy and infrastructure projects in sometimes challenging environments across Africa, the Middle East and, increasingly, Central Asia. He has particular experience in the power and utilities, mining and metals, infrastructure and PPP sectors; experience he enjoys putting to good use for the benefit of his clients, which include sponsors, borrowers, banks and governments.

Jonathan has been ranked by Legal 500 2020 as a leading individual for emerging markets and energy and infrastructure. He also led the team that has been shortlisted for Energy and Infrastructure Team of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2020 for his work on the Yerevan CCGT project in Armenia in addition to having recently won Partnership Awards 2019: Best Legal Advisor.