Stephen Knight
The UAE
Dentons & Co
Level 4, Trade Centre - West Tower
Abu Dhabi Mall, PO Box 47656
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel: +971 2 6131521
Email:
stephen.knight@dentons.com
Web:
www.dentons.com
He has experience across a range of different sectors, including infrastructure/BOT/PPP transactions (especially in the healthcare, education and retail, leisure and hospitality sectors) and also power (renewable and thermal) and water financings. Stephen advises on English law and UAE law transactions.
Stephen Knight is a partner and co-head of the Middle East Banking and Finance practice in Dentons’ Abu Dhabi office. He has 18 years’ experience of working on a wide range of finance matters, including advising grantors, sponsors/borrowers and lenders on finance transactions and he regularly advises on both finance documents (conventional and Islamic) and commercial contracts. He has experience across a range of different sectors, including infrastructure/BOT/PPP transactions (especially in the healthcare, education and retail, leisure and hospitality sectors) and also power (renewable and thermal) and water financings.
Experience
- Shuaa Energy 2 PSC (an affiliate of Masdar and EDF-Renewables): Advising on the refinancing and IBOR reform of the DEWA III Solar Power Project.
- HSBC Bank Middle East Limited & First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC: Advising in relation to syndicated SLL loan facilities provided to Etihad Airways PJSC . This was the first SLL loan in the global aviation sector and used the LMA’s Sustainability Linked Loan principles.
- Etihad Rail PJSC: Advising in relation to the financing of the Etihad Rail Passenger Project provided by First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC using the LMA’s Green Loan principles.
- Aldar Properties PJSC: Advising in relation to bilateral term loan facilities provided by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, First Abu Dhabi Bank and HSBC Bank Middle East. The HSBC loan was the first loan in the GCC to use the LMA’s Sustainability Linked Loan principles.
- First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC: Advising in relation to the financing of Masdar Green REIT’s platform using the LMA’s Green Loan principles and allowed for additional properties and debt to be added to the structure.
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