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Hogan Lovells advises lenders to ACWA Power on Saudi Arabia desalination project, Jubail 3A
03 December 2020
Rahail Ali
PartnerDubai
Email rahail.ali@hoganlovells.com
Phone +971 4 377 9300
Fax +971 4 377 9378
LanguagesEnglish
Practice groupCorporate & Finance
'Clients speak glowingly of his technical excellence, commercial acumen and refreshingly unstuffy, solution-oriented approach'
The Brief
Rahail is the Office Managing Partner of the Dubai office. He is an acknowledged expert on Islamic, project and development finance, reflected in accreditations from leading industry and legal journals. He has universally been awarded top tier rankings in various legal directories.
Rahail has worked on many of the most innovative finance transactions closed to date in those sectors in the MENA region and is regularly consulted by leading publications as well as banks, governments and regulatory authorities.
In addition to authoring numerous publications and books, he is also the consulting editor of 'Islamic Finance - A Practical Guide' and 'Sukuk and Islamic Capital Markets'.
Rahail was recently listed in The World Muslim 100 Power List for his contributions and influence on Islamic banking and finance.
Awards and recognitions
2020
Infrastructure and projects (including project finance) (UAE), Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2020
Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including islamic lending), UAE, Leading Individuals
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Banking and finance: Corporate finance (including islamic lending), UAE, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2019-2020
Capital Markets, UAE, Recommended
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2019
Capital Markets: Debt (Middle East-wide)
Chambers Global
2018-2019
Islamic Finance (Middle East-wide)
Chambers Global
2018-2019
Capital Markets: Debt (United Arab Emirates)
Chambers Global
2018-2020
Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance (United Arab Emirates)
Chambers Global
2018-2019
Banking and Finance
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2019
Capital Markets
Legal 500 EMEA
2018-2019
Islamic Finance, Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA
Education and admissions
Memberships
HM Treasury's Task Force on standardisation of Islamic finance contracts
Representative experience
Advising ACWA Power on the project financing aspects of the US$1.2bn Taweelah IWP in Abu Dhabi, the world's largest RO desalination plant to date.
Advising lenders to the ACWA consortium in relation to the Sakaka solar IPP project in Saudi Arabia.
Advising lenders to ACWA Power on Nadec City power expansion project in Saudi Arabia.
Advising lenders to ACWA on the Rafha & Jowf Solar PV Projects in Saudi Arabia.
Advising a lender in respect of a revolving credit facility.
Advising lenders to ACWA Power on the Al-Abdaliyah Integrated Solar Combined Cycle IPP in Kuwait.
Advising on project financings in the ports and telecoms sector, banks, sponsors and governments on international airport expansions, power projects including renewables.
Advising on hundreds of Islamic financings across the globe.
Advising on numerous sovereign financings, including the Government of Dubai, Bahrain, Qatar and Senegal.
Advising on some of the largest multi-sourced financings including Islamic, ECAs, DFIs and conventional and Islamic financial institutions.
Latest thinking and events
Awards and Rankings
Hogan Lovells Dubai team is recognized in award-winning Project Finance deal of the Year in the IFLR 2020 Middle East Awards
16 October 2020
Hogan Lovells Publications
A Comparative Guide: Impact of COVID-19 on the Infrastructure and Energy Sector
15 May 2020
Press Releases
Hogan Lovells advises ACWA Power on the US$1.2bn Taweelah desalination IWP in Abu Dhabi
18 October 2019
Hogan Lovells Publications
Our presence in the Middle East
29 May 2019
Media Mention
International law firms respond to changing landscape in the Middle East
15 May 2019
