England - London • Projects, energy and natural resources
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Watson Farley & Williams LLP handles a range of financing work, advising lenders, government, credit support agencies and contractors on a variety of projects, with particular proficiency in multi-lender financings. With experience of both the lender and borrower side, the team has been involved in offshore wind, solar, and oil and gas developments and infrastructure projects. Team head Henry Stewart has been a key driver of the group's solar projects work, with far reaching expertise across the full range of energy assets, while Julian Nichol is noted for his financing expertise and natural gas and coal experience. Joe Levin 's practice focuses on upstream oil and gas.
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Key clients
- Palestine Power Generating Company
- Lloyds Bank
- NatWest
- BW Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd
- Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
- Trafigura Pte Ltd
- FBN Bank (UK) Ltd
- The Republic of Guinea
- Natixis, S.A. Sucursal en España
- Santander
- ABN AMRO Bank NV
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
- HKZ Investor Holding B.V
- Edmond de Rothschild
- Cero Generation
- Investec
- Lightsource bp
- Sonnedix
- Nord/LB
- Afrexim
Work highlights
- Advising Palestine Power Generating Company (PPGC) on the development and financing of Palestine’s first project-financed gas-fired power plant, the 455 MW Jenin Power Generation Plant (or the Jenin IPP).
- Advising Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Allied Irish Bank acting as lenders on an innovative £230m finance facility granted to Low Carbon to create 1 GW of solar PV capacity.
- Advising BW Energy on an up to US$300m new international reserve-based lending facility. The facility will be used initially to further finance and develop the Dussafu license offshore Gabon.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Henry Stewart