Benjamin Forbes

Ben counsels clients on energy and infrastructure projects. He advises both borrowers and lenders in financing transactions. His experience includes drafting and negotiating project documents; engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts; offtake contracts; and supply contracts.

• Acted for the sponsor in relation to the development and £250 million financing of a material recovery facility in the United Kingdom.
• Acted for a fund in relation to the $46 million purchase of the project company owning a wind power project in Egypt.
• Acted for the project developer in relation to the $5 million initial phase financing (including a carbon credit offtake) of Africa’s largest mangrove restoration project in Mozambique.
• Acted for the project consortium in relation to the structuring of a public private partnership (PPP) hospital project in Saudi Arabia.
• Acted for the arranger, agent, and security agent in relation to a $15 million loan provided to partially fund the purchase of an aircraft by the borrower (an asset manager).
• Acted for the lessor in relation to the $150 million sale of aircraft to three separate buyers and the novation of the leases of such aircraft to various international airlines.
• Acted for multiple airlines in relation to various financings of aircraft purchases (totalling $200 million) under a Japanese operating lease call option (JOLCO) structure, including of aircraft models new to the airlines’ fleet.
• Acted for an airline in relation to the financing of a $55 million aircraft purchase under a French tax lease structure.