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Overview

Creative, innovative and structured financial solutions are vital to any large-scale project. Ensuring you have legal advice you can trust is key to the management of risk and reward and securing your success. Our lawyers have a proven track record across the project finance lifecycle and can advise on all aspects of your financing needs.

As decarbonisation, sustainability and efficiency, and the transmission and storage of power and data continue to be economic priorities, it is clear that investment in areas such as construction and infrastructure, telecommunications and energy will grow over the short, mid and long term. Acting for both sponsors and funders, we structure finance solutions across numerous sectors. Whether helping clients finance projects in new jurisdictions or brokering international deals covering multiple regions, we offer seamless legal advice built on real knowledge and experience.

Embarking on large and complex energy and infrastructure projects in the UAE can bring challenges as well as opportunities. When it comes to project financing, you need to be sure that you have access to a detailed understanding of the region's competitive, regulatory and legislative environments, as well as any emerging economic trends.

Drawing on the experience of our cross-practice sector professionals, our international projects team is dedicated to finding solutions that are tailored to your commercial objectives. With a wealth of experience in the Middle East's financial landscape, our lawyers advise across all aspects of project financing. Working with you at every stage, we offer an international perspective and full-service platform to provide industry-leading legal support and risk management.

Our lawyers have been at the forefront of the renewed international focus on projects, public-private partnerships and infrastructure development, and have acted in some of the world's most significant and complex projects.

Project Finance services

  • Alternative debt
  • Bespoke debt solutions
  • Construction project debt
  • Export credit agency finance
  • Indigenous financing
  • Infrastructure funds providing senior debt
  • Islamic finance solutions
  • Land acquisition and development credit facilities
  • Mezzanine finance
  • Public-private partnership (PPP) financing
  • Royalty and streaming finance
  • Senior secured and unsecured lending
  • Structured debt solutions
  • Sub-debt and second lien lending
  • Syndicated, club and joint venture transactions


Creative, innovative and structured financial solutions are vital to any large-scale project. Ensuring you have legal advice you can trust is key to the management of risk and reward and securing your success. Our lawyers have a proven track record across the project finance lifecycle and can advise on all aspects of your financing needs.

As decarbonisation, sustainability and efficiency, and the transmission and storage of power and data continue to be economic priorities, it is clear that investment in areas such as construction and infrastructure, telecommunications and energy will grow over the short, mid and long term. Acting for both sponsors and funders, we structure finance solutions across numerous sectors. Whether helping clients finance projects in new jurisdictions or brokering international deals covering multiple regions, we offer seamless legal advice built on real knowledge and experience.

Embarking on large and complex energy and infrastructure projects in the UAE can bring challenges as well as opportunities. When it comes to project financing, you need to be sure that you have access to a detailed understanding of the region's competitive, regulatory and legislative environments, as well as any emerging economic trends.

Drawing on the experience of our cross-practice sector professionals, our international projects team is dedicated to finding solutions that are tailored to your commercial objectives. With a wealth of experience in the Middle East's financial landscape, our lawyers advise across all aspects of project financing. Working with you at every stage, we offer an international perspective and full-service platform to provide industry-leading legal support and risk management.

Our lawyers have been at the forefront of the renewed international focus on projects, public-private partnerships and infrastructure development, and have acted in some of the world's most significant and complex projects.

Project Finance services

  • Alternative debt
  • Bespoke debt solutions
  • Construction project debt
  • Export credit agency finance
  • Indigenous financing
  • Infrastructure funds providing senior debt
  • Islamic finance solutions
  • Land acquisition and development credit facilities
  • Mezzanine finance
  • Public-private partnership (PPP) financing
  • Royalty and streaming finance
  • Senior secured and unsecured lending
  • Structured debt solutions
  • Sub-debt and second lien lending
  • Syndicated, club and joint venture transactions


Key experience

Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Advising a utility on its bid for a new electricity transmission project in Abu Dhabi, including advising on the multi-sourced project finance aspects of the project which has anticipated project costs of circa US$2 billion.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Armpower

Armpower

Armpower

Advised Renco SpA and Siemens Project Ventures on all aspects of this US$260 million, 240MW CCGT power station which recently reached financial close, including advising them on the multi-sourced project financing involving IFC, MIGA, Asian Development Bank, OPEC Fund for International Development and DEG. This was the first Greenfield project financing and development in Armenia.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Advising a utility on its bid for a new electricity transmission project in Abu Dhabi, including advising on the multi-sourced project finance aspects of the project which has anticipated project costs of circa US$2 billion.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Armpower

Armpower

Armpower

Advised Renco SpA and Siemens Project Ventures on all aspects of this US$260 million, 240MW CCGT power station which recently reached financial close, including advising them on the multi-sourced project financing involving IFC, MIGA, Asian Development Bank, OPEC Fund for International Development and DEG. This was the first Greenfield project financing and development in Armenia.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Advising a utility on its bid for a new electricity transmission project in Abu Dhabi, including advising on the multi-sourced project finance aspects of the project which has anticipated project costs of circa US$2 billion.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Armpower

Armpower

Armpower

Advised Renco SpA and Siemens Project Ventures on all aspects of this US$260 million, 240MW CCGT power station which recently reached financial close, including advising them on the multi-sourced project financing involving IFC, MIGA, Asian Development Bank, OPEC Fund for International Development and DEG. This was the first Greenfield project financing and development in Armenia.
Projects and Infrastructure - Project Finance - Client Work - Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Far East utility company

Advising a utility on its bid for a new electricity transmission project in Abu Dhabi, including advising on the multi-sourced project finance aspects of the project which has anticipated project costs of circa US$2 billion.

Awards and accolades

Head of international projects Jonathan Brufal leads on project financing in the UAE. Jonathan is widely recognised in the industry and is ranked by The Legal 500 as a leading individual for Emerging Markets.

The team was also recognised across six categories by the IJ Global Awards 2020 for its work on complex and high profile transactions.

Key contacts

Jonathan Brufal

Jonathan Brufal

Partner

Global Co-lead of the Energy Nuclear Natural Resources and Infrastructure Sector
Head of Projects

Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London
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