Alistair Wishart

Uzbekistan GTL on the construction, development and financing of a $3.6 billion gas to liquids project in the Kashkadarya Region, close to Karshi, in the Republic of Uzbekistan. This project is financed by or under the cover of several export credit agencies, development banks and commercial banks, including China Development Bank, KEXIM, KSure, EXIAR and Gazprombank

ASX listed ioneer in the development of the flagship Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project located in Nevada in a 50/50 joint venture with Sibanye Stillwater, including offtake agreements to supply lithium for the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles

The majority shareholder in relation to a concession to build, operate and manage a new international airport in Taif, Saudi Arabia  

SOCAR GPC on its proposed multibillion dollar development and financing of a gas processing plant and petrochemicals facility in Azerbaijan

The concessionaire in relation to concessions to build, operate and manage private aviation terminals in Jeddah airport, Riyadh airport and Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia 

STAR Rafineri A.Ş. a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and its sponsors on the development and financing of a $6.3 billion greenfield oil refinery in Turkey on the Aegean Sea. This is the largest project financing in Turkey and involves the largest and most diverse group of ECAs for any multi-source financing in Turkey to date. The STAR project sets new benchmarks for project financings in Turkey in terms of amount and tenor of facilities. The Project won 10 awards including Infrastructure Journal’s “European Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2014”

A joint venture among Korean Gas Corp (KOGAS), Lotte Chemical, STX Energy, and Uzbekneftegas, on the development of the approximately $3.9 billion Surgil upstream gas and petrochemicals project and the Asian Development Bank, KEXIM, and KSure-led financing thereof; Project Finance International’s “Petrochemical Deal of the Year 2012”, Infrastructure Journal’s “Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2013”, The American Lawyer’s “Global Finance Deal of the Year: Project Finance (Asia) 2014”, and the largest project financing in Central Asia

EuroChem in connection with the development and financing of a 2,700-metric-tons-per-day ammonia plant, and all related infrastructure, in the Russian Federation

SOCAR Polymer on the approximately $800 million development and  financing of facilities for the production of polypropylene and high-density polyethylene in the Republic of Azerbaijan

Negotiated the joint venture arrangements and a detailed subcontract between two contractors in relation to the construction of a railway line in Tanzania 

The contractor in relation to the engineering, procurement and construction of a railway and associated coal port facility in Mozambique

A Turkey-based petrochemical company in connection with the construction, financing, and operation of a container port on the Aegean coast of Turkey

Advising the sponsors in relation to the development of LNG terminals in Western Europe and West Africa

Advising on the successful tender for, and ongoing development of, a multi-billion dollar project for the development of a world-scale ethane cracker and associated derivatives units in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar