Hesa Alsaad
Senior Associate
Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP
Biography
Hesa is a banking and finance lawyer based in Dubai. She is a native Arabic speaker and also trained with project finance team in the London office. She has a wide range of banking and finance experience and has been involved in advising lenders and sponsors on various project finance transactions in multiple jurisdictions across the energy sector.
Professional experience
Collapse all- qualified in England & Wales 2018
- Advised in relation to two 50MW wind farm projects in Jordan, one of which was structured on a Shariah compliant basis.
- Advised in relation to various solar projects as part of the round two of the feed in tariff programme in Egypt.
- Advised sponsors in relation to a 50MW solar project as part of the Round 2 projects in King Hussein Development Area, Jordan.
- Advised sponsors in relation to a 50MW solar project as part of the Round 2 projects in Mafraq, Jordan.
- Advised sponsors in relation to the financing of a 50MW solar project as part of the first round of the feed in tariff programme in Egypt.
- Advised on the project documentation in connection with a 50MW wind farm in Jordan.
- Advised on a Shariah compliant financing of the acquisition of 5 very large crude carriers.
- Acted for one of the largest regional banks on a Shariah compliant financing of a hotel apartment tower and a residential tower in the UAE.
- Advised a global tobacco producer on a USD 250 million acquisition finance facility on a conventional basis funded by a syndicated group of international banks for the purpose of a share acquisition, acquiring regional distribution network and general corporate purposes.
- Advised a global financial institution on a GBP 41,200,000 murabaha facility for the acquisition and development of a property in London.
- Arabic
- English