Robin Bayley is a partner in the Project Development & Finance practice.

He focuses on complex, multi-sourced financings (involving banks, export credit agencies, Islamic finance and projects bonds) for large and significant energy and infrastructure projects in the MENA region across the oil and gas, petrochemicals, mining and power sectors.

Robin represents corporates and financial institution clients including Standard Chartered Bank, The Dow Chemical Company, Emirates Global Aluminium, Dolphin Energy Limited and NOGA Holding.

• The borrower on the $6 billion term loan facility for a state-owned entity in the UAE
• The borrower on the $2.25 billion term and revolving credit facility for a state-owned entity in the UAE
• The sponsors on the 1000 MW Karapinar Solar Project in Turkey
• The lenders on the development of the Salalah IWP in Oman
• Lenders to the Marubeni-Jinko Solar consortium to develop the Sweihan PV solar project in Abu Dhabi
• Emirates Global Aluminium on the development and financing of the GAC bauxite mining and infrastructure project in Guinea
• Lenders to the ACWA Power and Mitsui consortium developing the Ibri and Sohar 3 IPPs in Oman
• Lenders to the ACWA Power and Mitsui consortium developing the Salalah 2 IPP in Oman
• Lenders to the Oman Oil Musandam power project in Oman
• The Dow Chemical Company on the financing of the US$20 billion Sadara Petrochemicals project in Saudi Arabia
• Mubadala Development Company PJSC, Total S.A. and Occidental Petroleum Corporation on the US$4.2 billion refinancing of the Dolphin Project in the United Arab Emirates and the State of Qatar
• Alcoa Inc. in relation to the development and financing of the US$10.8 billion Aluminium Smelter and Rolling Mill Project at Ras Al Zour, Saudi Arabia
• Lenders on the $1.8 billion corporate financing for Dubai Aluminium
• JSC National Company on the $1.05 billion bridge financing of the Kashagan Oil Field in the North Caspian Sea
• Lenders to the GDF Suez bid for the Saudi Aramco cogeneration power projects
• Commercial lenders to the $2.4 billion Mesaieed A IPP in Qatar
• The arrangers on the development and financing of the 250 MW JEC/SADAF co-generation plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• The Masdar consortium on its bid to develop the DEWA PV solar project in Dubai
• Sumitomo Corporation on the development and financing of the 100 MW Dorper wind farm in South Africa
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on the development and financing of Phase 1 of the Etihad Rail project in the United Arab Emirates
• The Mandated Lead Arrangers on the development and financing of the TDIC Saadiyat Construction Village Project in the United Arab Emirates
• Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C. on its $1 billion corporate group refinancing