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 2×100 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