CMS Cameron McKenna has boosted its UK oil and gas finance practice with the hire of a new partner in London.

Nicholas Ross-McCall joins the team from Ashurst where he had been a senior associate. He focuses on project finance and development in the energy sector with a focus on upstream oil and gas matters, particularly reserve based lending.

Key work while at Ashurst includes advice to Lundin Petroleum on a seven year $2.5 billion revolving finance facility; and work for Macquarie Capital on the financing of the acquisition of a 49.89% share in Baltic sea wind farm EnBW Baltic 2.