
Alistair Wishart


Alistair advises on downstream oil & gas, petrochemicals, power, water, transport, and other infrastructure projects in Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, and Africa for sponsors, lenders, and host governments. Alistair has been ranked in the Chambers UK Guide for 2014 to 2017 for Projects. The following is a list of representative matters in which Alistair has assisted.
Experience Highlights
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
Credentials
- University of Otago, LL.B., 1999
- University of Otago, B.A. with Honours, 2000
- Chambers Global, “Expert Based Abroad” in General Business Law (Uzbekistan), 2022 and 2023
- Chambers UK, (“…excellent commercial awareness, effectiveness and client service.”), 2017
- Legal 500 UK, Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, 2015; “Rising Star” in Projects: Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, 2021–2023; Real Estate: Construction, 2023
- Chambers UK, Projects, 2014–2017
- Selected to the London Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2015
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2007
- New Zealand
- Deals & CasesMay 25, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 16, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 29, 2022
- Deals & CasesSeptember 9, 2022
- Deals & CasesAugust 1, 2022
- Deals & CasesApril 8, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 17, 2022
- InsightDecember 30, 2021
Published in Construction Law International, Vol 16 No 4, December 2021
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 30, 2021
- InsightAugust 24, 2021
- InsightApril 28, 2021
- InsightDecember 17, 2020
Published in Project Finance International, December 02, 2020
- InsightDecember 1, 2020
- InsightAugust 17, 2020
Published in Project Finance International, July 29, 2020
- InsightJune 17, 2020
Published in Project Finance International, June 3, 2020