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By Nick Flitterman

Knox acts as Expert Witness

Geoff Knox acted as an expert witness to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in the recently settled $3.5 billion lawsuit filed by Perdaman Chemicals against an Australian subsidiary of Lanco Infratech Limited.

Geoff was approached to use his experience of raising non-recourse project financing for major projects to provide input into matters surrounding the debt financing of the financing of Perdaman’s proposed $3.8 billion urea project at Collie, Western Australia, which collapsed in 2011.

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By Nick Flitterman

BBC seeks Portland perspective on Sir Alex’s retirement

Following the official announcement by Sir Alex Ferguson that he will retire from his position as manager of Manchester United at the end of the current season in favour of a role as Director and Club Ambassador, Portland’s Head of Stadium Finance, Harry Philp, was sought out by the BBC to reflect on the impact this may have on Manchester United’s commercial strategy.

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For further thoughts and insight, contact Harry directly on +44 20 7183 8392 or at harry.philp@portlandadvisers.com