Hogan Lovells has boosted its London energy team with the hire of Norton Rose Fulbright partner Arun Velusami.

Velusami will join Hogan Lovells' City finance practice, where he will also be a member of the firm's Africa practice, the energy and natural resources group and the infastructure, energy, resources and projects team (IERP).

He acts for lenders and sponsors on a variety of international energy projects and project financings but has a particular focus on power projects in Africa, where he has worked on thermal, solar, wind and hydropower projects for developers, lenders and governments.