Robin Mizrahi

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Representing Sithe Energies and Industrial Promotion Services (an affiliate of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development) in connection with the development and the $682 million debt financing of the 250 MW Bujagali hydroelectric power project on the River Nile in Uganda. This is one of the largest power sector project financings in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a financing involving 10 lenders before syndication.
• Represented the Morocco state-owned utility Office National de l'Electricité (ONE) in connection with a tender for the Safi project, an approximately 1320 MW coal fired IPP to be located in Morocco. The cost of the greenfield project is estimated at over $2 billion.
• Representing ONE in connection with a tender for the Tarfaya 300 MW wind power project, which has an estimated cost of $450 million.
• Represented a consortium formed by AES and Mitsui in connection with their successful bid for a 370 MW gas fired power project at Almanakher, Jordan, which is to be Jordan's first independent power project (IPP).
• Representing AES in connection with the development of a 330 MW coal fired IPP on Borsod, Hungary.
• Represented Globeleq in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in the Songo Songo project, a natural gas pipeline and 148.5 MW power plant in Tanzania, and the subsequent 70 MW expansion of the project.
• Represented AES Kyivoblenergo and AES Rivneenergo, two Ukrainian electricity distribution companies, in connection with the financing by the IFC of a five-year investment plan.
• Representing Sithe, PSEG and Marubeni in connection with the development and financing of the 470MW Radès gas fired power plant, Tunisia’s first IPP.
• Represented ABB Structured Finance in connection with its financing of a portion of the equity for the approximately $900 million Ohanet gas processing facility in Algeria.
• Representing Aldwych in connection with the development and financing of the 358 MW Ruhudji hydro electric power project in Tanzania. Project costs are estimated at $1 billion.
• Represented Société Générale, Bank Hapoalim, Nedbank, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) in connection with the financing of a gold mining project in Uzbekistan.
• Advising AES in connection with its acquisition of a controlling interest in Sonel, Cameroon’s integrated electricity utility, and its bid for Senelec, Senegal’s integrated electric utility.
• Advising a developer in connection with its bid for a 2000 MW power project in Algeria.
• Represented AES in connection with its acquisition of Enron’s majority interest in the 290 MW barge-mounted electricity generation project to be located at the Egbin power station near Lagos, Nigeria.
• Represented Globeleq and Eskom in connection with the privatization and management of the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company.
• Represented Globeleq in connection with its acquisition of the Kelvin independent power project in Johannesburg.
• Represented Siemens Westinghouse in connection with the sale of its interest in a power plant in the Mojave Desert in the United States.

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