Latham & Watkins LLP
Client SatisfactionNoted 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.
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Key clients
- BAPCO Energies
- Al Rajhi Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi
- Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and the National Center for Privatization & PPPs
- Riyad Bank
- Aluminium Bahrain
Work highlights
- Advising Bahrain’s state oil company, Bapco, on a sustainability-linked Push Facility.
- Advised Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) on its US$1.27 billion refinancing of its existing commercial bank facilities.
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Practice head
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Villiers Terblanche