Shayan Najib | Bracewell LLP

Tom Swarbrick, Shayan Najib care about personal relationships and are always available. When working with this practice it feels like we are part of the same team.
The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

Shayan Najib is an English Law qualified solicitor who advises clients on a range of commercial projects and financings. He has represented lenders and borrowers on syndicated and bilateral conventional, and Shari’a compliant co-financings, including general lending, project finance, ECA and real estate finance. In addition, he has been involved with several prominent restructurings in the region.

Having lived in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Shayan understands the complexities associated with multi-jurisdictional transactions and engaging with global stakeholders. Shayan was honoured as Most Promising Newcomer at the 2021 Middle East Legal Awards.

Al Ansar Hospital PPP

advising lenders to a consortium of Tamasuk and Alghanim in relation to the development of the Al Ansar Hospital PPP in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Neom Residential Communities, Wave 1

advising lenders to the Nesma-led consortium regarding its successful tender for and winning of three out of the six construction villages at NEOM

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

Tamm Investments LLC

acquisition of Saudi fast-food chain Kudu Food and Catering Co., including advice on the successful Saudi competition filing in connection with the transaction

e& Group (formerly Etisalat)

acquisition of Smartworld from Dubai Aviation City Corporation

Eni S.p.A.

£140 million acquisition of a 20 percent interest in the Dogger Bank (C) 1.2 GW offshore wind farm project from Equinor and SSE

Sherabad 1 Scaling Solar IPP in Uzbekistan (tendered by ADB)

major Chinese conglomerate with respect to its bid for this 200 MW solar PV IPP

Samarkand and Jizzakh Scaling Solar IPPs in Uzbekistan (tendered by IFC)

major Chinese conglomerate with respect to its bid for the 180-220 MW solar PV IPP in Samarkand and 200-220 MW solar PV IPP in Jizzakh

REPDO 2 Category B 1.4 GW solar PV IPPs

Marubeni Corporation and Al Jomaih Energy and Water Company consortium as the winning bidder for the Rabigh 300 MW solar PV IPP, tendered under the second round of the Saudi Arabian National Renewable Energy Program

Al Kharsaah IPP

Marubeni Corporation and Total regarding the development, implementation and financing of the 800.15 MW Al Kharsaah Solar PV Independent Power Project in Qatar

Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate

acquisition of an interest in a power generation and water desalination plant in Saudi Arabia with an asset valuation of approximately $1.8 billion

Seller

M&A relating to the purchase of a regional training academy by a Swiss-based company

Purchaser

M&A relating to the purchase of shares in three GCC entities

Large national oil company

ECA financing (K-EXIM and K-Sure)*

International power company

IPO, including drafting of the prospectus and reviewing the power and water asset portfolio of the company*

Borrower

buyer’s credit loan facility for the purposes of purchasing a set of power generation equipment (with a JBIC tranche)*

Financiers

$330 million syndicated financing for the construction of vessels, guaranteed by Turkish corporate guarantors*
up to $250 million syndicated financing for a powership operating in Indonesia*

Large UAE-based telecommunications company

inaugural secured syndicated facilities, consisting of a conventional and murabaha facility, and the refinancing of those facilities*

Lenders

financing for the development of a mall in Abu Dhabi*
UAE aspect of a debt restructuring for a Nigerian company*

International banks

refinancing of the term and revolving credit facilities to a global corporate and its subsidiaries providing marine logistics and transportation services*

Mitsui

$265 million investment in the ETC Group, one of Africa’s largest agricultural conglomerates, with operations in Mozambique*

Syndicates of local, regional and international banks

term and revolving credit facilities to a number of large GCC corporates and the refinancing and restructuring of those facilities*

Several syndicates of Singaporean banks, regional and national banks

term and revolving credit facilities to a number of large GCC corporates and the refinancing and restructuring of those facilities*

* Work completed prior to Bracewell

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