Overview
Bilyana Belcheva is an associate in the Project Development & Finance practice.
Experience
- Banco do Brasil in connection with a major financing from an Asian development bank
- IFC on its social-focused bond subscription from a major commercial bank in Bangladesh
- IFC on the US$137 million green A loan to Asset World Corporation in the Thailand real estate market (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on the first blue loan in Asia with mobilised funding provided to Indorama Ventures in the Thai recycling sector (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on its first sustainable US$150 million loan in Asia, and the first sustainable loan for an infrastructure company in Thailand provided to the Ratch group (as seconded counsel)
- IFC as lender and hedge provider on the 60 MW solar power plant in Cambodia's Kampong Chhnang province (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on its A loan to Dragon Capital in Vietnam and subsequent parallel loan syndication (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on medium and long term US$50 million A Loans in Sri Lanka to MAS Capital, the largest apparel and textile manufacturer in South Asia (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on the proposed financing of the construction and operation of a building complex in Timor Leste (as seconded counsel)
- IFC on the Istisna Ijarah-structured Islamic financing to Engro Polymer aimed to strengthen the Pakistan chemicals industry (as seconded counsel)
- IFC as hedge provider on the US$120 million green debt financing to LOGOS in Indonesia (as seconded counsel)
- The Lenders, including IFC, in connection with the development and financing of a programme of 6 wind farms in Pakistan
- Marubeni, Sojitz and Pertamina as sponsors in relation to the development and financing of the Jawa 1 LNG to power project in Indonesia
- EBRD and ICD on the financing of the Shobak wind project in Jordan
- IFC and ETDB in connection with the financing of the 50MW Metro Wind Farm Project in Pakistan
- The lending group (K-EXIM, IsDB and commercial banks) on the development and financing of the Fadhili IPP in Saudi Arabia
- K-sure and the commercial lenders in relation to the development and financing of the Bahrain LNG terminal
- The lenders on the reserve based lending and limited recourse project financing of an offshore oil & gas project in Egypt
- FMO as arranger and a consortium of international and Nepalese lenders on the financing for the 82 MW Lower Solu run of the river hydropower project in the Solukhumbu district in Nepal
- Golar Power on the development of the Porto de Sergipe LNG-to-Power project in Brazil
- Golar LNG and subsequently OneLNG on the development of the Fortuna floating liquefaction project in Equatorial Guinea
- K-Sure, K-DB and other lenders in relation to the financing of the 2x300 MW mine-mouth Kalsel-1 IPP in Indonesia
- IFC, a consortium of local commercial banks including and led by, United Bank Limited and Proparco in connection with a 50 MW greenfield Gul Ahmed wind power plant in Pakistan
- IFC, CDC and Clifford Capital in relation to the financing of the 413.8 MW (gas) / 333.02 MW (fuel oil) dual fired Sirajganj 4 IPP in Bangladesh. Awarded “Asia Pacific Power Deal of the Year” by IJ Global Awards 2017
- JBIC and the commercial lenders on the development and financing of the $3 billion 2,520MW and 136.5MIGD Facility D IWPP in Qatar
- Lenders, including OPIC and Proparco, on the financing of a solar project being developed under the FiT program in Egypt
- Maybank, M-Exim, CIMB, RHB and Citibank, as lenders to Genting Energy on the 660 MW coal-fired Banten IPP in Indonesia
Qualifications
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Education
Kaplan Law School
University of Leicester
LL.B., with year abroad (First Class Honours)
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Admissions
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Languages
Of Note
- Recognized as a "Rising Star" for Energy and Natural Resources in Singapore by IFLR1000 (2021)
Regional Experience
Key Issues