Overview
Sarah Barrett is an associate in the Project Development & Finance practice.
Experience
- Lenders on the project financing of a CCGT power project in Uzbekistan
- Lenders on the project financing of three solar plants in Uzbekistan
- A syndicate of local, regional and international banks as lenders to the Salalah II IPP in the Dhofar region of the Sultanate of Oman
- Guinea Alumina Corporation (and its parent company, Emirates Global Aluminium, which is owned by Mubadala and DUBAL) on the $1.6 billion development and financing of a bauxite mine and related rail infrastructure in the Republic of Guinea. This deal was awarded Global Multilateral Deal of the Year at the PFI Awards, 2019
- NEOM Company, Saudi Arabia’s new city gigaproject development company, on a $6.5 billion green energy joint venture with ACWA Power and Air Products that will incorporate the region’s largest wind and solar renewables production projects (4 GW in total), more than 400 MW of battery storage and a ground-breaking green hydrogen / green ammonia export project. This was awarded Green Project of the Year at the Global Hydrogen Summit, 2021
- The 11 lenders (including AfDB, EIB, IFC, Proparco and OFID) on the restructuring of the project financing in respect of the Enfidha and Monastir airports in Tunisia. This deal won Restructuring Deal of the Year at the IFLR Africa Awards, 2021
- The consortium comprising GE, Saipem SpA, Lionworks and Yaatra Ventures on the Albertine oil refinery project in Uganda, the first oil refinery in East Africa
- JBIC and the commercial lenders on the development and financing of the RO Expansion Project in respect of Facility D IWPP in Qatar
- Finance parties on the financing for the 82 MW Lower Solu run of the river hydropower project in the Solukhumbu district in Nepal
- Golar LNG on the provision of floating midstream infrastructure to the GTA Project offshore Mauritania and Senegal
- Egypt’s natural gas company on the settlement of certain disputes relating to, and the restructuring of, the Damietta LNG Project in Egypt
- Masdar (Future Energy Company) on its development and financing of the 158 MW Cibuk 1 Wind Farm in the Republic of Serbia
- Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (BAPCO) on the development and financing of its $6 billion refinery upgrade and modernisation program, Bahrain
- Gerald Metals on the EPC and financing arrangements for the Marampa Iron Ore Project in Sierra Leone
- ADNOC on the structuring of unconventional gas concessions
- Bank and institutional debt and hedge providers on the refinancing of the existing debt of the owner of a recently manufactured fleet of over 100 trains (Thameslink) through a structured financing platform, comprising multiple bank debt facilities and a private placement
- OTPP on the holdco refinancing of their stake in Copenhagen Airport, including senior bank facilities, a EUPP, a USPP and standalone hedging
- The lenders to a bidder in relation to financing acquisition of its minority stake in Eneco B.V
Qualifications
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Education
Trinity College, Dublin
LL.B. (Ling. Germ.) (First Class Honours)
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Admissions
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Languages
- English
- Irish
- French
- German