Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood is of counsel in the Dubai office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a member of the Finance Practice Group. She has significant experience advising Sponsors, Borrowers, ECAs/DFIs and Lenders on the financing of power, renewable, petrochemical and infrastructure projects in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Elizabeth is very familiar with ECA financings and at a previous firm she undertook a two year secondment to JBIC in Tokyo.

Representative Experience*

• NEOM Company in connection with the USD 8.4 billion financing of a world scale green hydrogen and green ammonia production facility in Saudi Arabia
• Lenders on the financing on USD 12 billion world scale integrated gasification and combined cycle energy project in the Jazan refinery and terminal complex in Saudi Arabia
• Sponsor in connection with the acquisition and refinancing of the Galeria Mall on Al Maryah Island Abu Dhabi
• Lenders in connection with the USD 720 million financing of an interest in the Tamar gas field
• Sponsors in connection with the USD2.2 billion financing of an elastomers plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Sponsors in connection with the USD1.2 billion financing (involving JBIC) of a PMMA/MMA plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Sponsors in connection with the refinancing of a 584MW gas fired combined cycle power plant in Meghnaghat, Bangladesh
• Sponsor in connection with the acquisition of an interest in a 220MW combined cycle gas turbine plant in the Bhola region of Bangladesh
• The Lenders, including IFC, in connection with the development and financing of a programme of 6 wind farms in Pakistan
• K-SURE, KDB and commercial lenders in the financing of Adaro and EWP’s quasi-mine-mouth 2x100 MW Kalsel IPP in Kalimantan, Indonesia
• Lenders in connection with the financing of a greenfield integrated condensate splitter and aromatics complex (to produce petroleum products (including diesel, jet fuel and light naphtha) and aromatics products (including paraxylene and benzene)) located in Pengerang, Malaysia
• Sponsors in relation to a SAR1.65 billion facility from Riyad Bank to acquire chemical storage units from Sadara Chemical Company
• A private equity fund in connection with its USD 2.7billion co-investment in the 605MW Greater Changhua 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan
• A lender in connection with the bankability review of concession agreements for toll roads in Myanmar and Indonesia (including benchmarking against regional precedent and toll road precedents in emerging markets)
• A State Government in connection with the development and financing of a AUD1 billion comprehensive cancer care hospital in Melbourne, Australia
• A sponsor consortium on their bid to design, construct and operate the Sunshine Coast University Hospital

*Includes representations prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Capabilities

• Finance
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure
• Oil and Gas
• Power and Renewables
• Projects

Credentials

Education:

• The College of Law, Australia - 2009 Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
• Monash University - 2008 Bachelor of Commerce
• Monash University - 2008 LL.B. (First Class Hons)

Admissions:

• Australia - Victorian Legal Services Board
• England & Wales - Solicitor