
About Ro
Ronen (Ro) Lazarovitch is a projects lawyer, with extensive experience advising clients on both the finance and non-finance side of projects. Ro advises sponsors, project companies, lenders and governments on major projects in the energy, mining, infrastructure and power sectors. He has played a leading role in strategically important, first-of-their-kind transactions in countries throughout the Middle East, Europe and Africa, including Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Kenya, Qatar, Russia and Uganda, among others.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Oil & Gas
Egyptian Refining company — ongoing project development and financing of the $4.2 billion hydrocracker project at Cairo, Egypt*
Lenders — €23 billion financing of the Amur Gas Processing Plant which will process gas to be delivered by Gazprom to CNPC*
Sponsors — negotiation of a concession agreement for the construction of a 60,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in northern Uganda*
Leviathan Partners — various mandates relating to the Leviathan field, offshore Israel*
CNOOC — entry into Mauritania and acquisition of an interest in an offshore exploration block*
Hess — various aspects of its oil fields in the North Sea, including decommissioning arrangements*
Sponsor — proposed development of a greenfield subsea pipeline to transport gas from the deepwater Leviathan field offshore Israel to Egypt*
State of Papua New Guinea — various aspects of the Exxon-led US $19 billion PNG LNG project*
Mining and Metals
Hellas Gold Single Member, S.A. — €680 million project financing facility for a subsidiary of Eldorado Gold Corporation for the development of the Skouries gold and copper mine in Northern Greece
Eldorado Gold Corporation — negotiation of a concession agreement in respect of the Kassandra gold mines in Greece*
Nyrstar Metal Processing — 2018-19 restructuring, including the negotiation of $900m of trade financing arrangements*
Lenders — $10 billion Roy Hill integrated mine, port and rail project financing in the Pilbara, Australia*
State of Papua New Guinea — deep-sea mining joint venture with Nautilus Minerals*
Arq — strategic venture with Vitol in relation to its crude oil blending product produced from coal mining waste*
Infrastructure
Sponsors — bid, award and negotiation of the concession agreement for the Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Highway PPP Project*
Sponsors — bid, award, implementation and financing of the D4 and R7 roads PPP in Slovakia*
Lenders — refinancing of Cross London Trains' £1.175 billion facility for the construction of the Thameslink rolling stock fleet in London*
Financiers — bid for the Queensland New Generation Rollingstock PPP Project by a consortium led by CAF and Samsung*
Power
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures — limited recourse project financing of the 34 MW Contego and 99 MW Clay Tye battery energy storage projects in the United Kingdom
Project company — ongoing advice, including amendments to project and finance documents, relating to a 670 MW project-financed power plant in Bulgaria*
Project company — refinancing of a gas fired power plant in Northern Ireland*
African Development Bank — provision of partial risk guarantees in respect of geothermal energy projects in Kenya*
PSP Investments and OTPP — acquisition of a portfolio of renewable energy projects and the establishment of Cubico Sustainable Investments*
* Work completed prior to Bracewell