Villiers Terblanche > Latham & Watkins LLP > Dubai, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
ICD Brookfield Place, Level 16
Dubai International Financial Centre
PO BOX 506698, DUBAI
United Arab Emirates

Position

Villiers Terblanche, Co-Chair of the firm’s Saudi Arabia Practice, specializes in complex infrastructure transactions, and for more than 25 years has been involved in the structuring, negotiation, and financing of a wide variety of high-profile energy, infrastructure, transportation and digital projects, joint ventures, acquisitions, and strategic investments in more than 60 countries in the Middle East, the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

He routinely represents project developers, lenders, investors, and host governments on multi-sourced financings. He has advised on dozens of privatizations, has lead regulatory reform projects in anticipation of privatization or public-private partnerships, and has deep experience of special economic zone projects.

Mr. Terblanche was based in New York before relocating to the Middle East.

Lawyer Rankings

United Arab Emirates > Infrastructure and projects (including project finance)

(Leading individuals)

Villiers Terblanche Latham & Watkins LLP

Noted for its lender-side advice regarding large-scale healthcare and industrial facility developments, Latham & Watkins LLP handles some of the most strategically significant projects in Saudi Arabia, advising on an spectrum of asset types including biopharma, digital infrastructure, oil and gas and solar – both in KSA and the wider region. The group is headed up by Villiers Terblanche, who is regularly called upon by sponsors and investors for complex, multi-faceted financings and other market-leading ventures. Marc Makary often works with sovereign wealth funds to finance their acquisitions.