Alexander Buckeridge-Hocking

Mr. Buckeridge-Hocking’s experience includes advising:

Lenders

• The lenders in connection with Gridserve’s £326 million project debt financing concurrent with in a £200 million accordion to back its sun-to-wheel EV charging network across the UK, which Project Finance International recognized as “Europe 2023 EV Deal of the Year”
• UK Infrastructure Bank and BBVA in connection with the up to £300 million capital expenditure bridge facility and HSBC on the £100 million bridge facility, each for Envision AESC UK Plant 2 Limited in connection with its gigafactory in Sunderland, UK
• Allianz Global Investors on the NOK3 billion PEPP note issuance in connection with the privatization of Fjord1, the owner and operator of a fleet of Norwegian ferries using low- or zero-emission propulsion
• EIB in respect of the US$1 billion participation in the US$5 billion expansion financing of its up to 42-GWh gigafactory and recycling and storage facility
• EIB on a US$1.6 billion financing package for Sweden’s Northvolt, a European sustainable battery developer and manufacturer specialising in lithium-ion technology for electric vehicles, to support the creation of Europe’s first home-grown gigafactory for lithium-ion batteries, which Project Finance International recognized as its 2020 “Europe Industrial Deal of the Year”
• The Export Import Bank of the United States, the Export Import Bank of China, and a syndicate of 15 commercial lenders on a US$8.5 billion project financing of a coal seam gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia
• Two export credit agencies from Japan and a syndicate of 29 commercial lenders on the US$7.4 billion project financing of the Cameron LNG liquefaction-export project in Hackberry, Louisiana, sponsored by Sempra, GDF SUEZ, Mitsui, and Japan LNG Investment (a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabashiki Kaisha)

Sponsors

• The sponsor in connection with a greenfield solar and BESS financing across nine sites and two jurisdictions
• Investors in H2 Green Steel, the proceeds of which will be used for the construction and development of H2 Green Steel’s flagship large-scale green steel plant in Boden, Sweden, recognized by Project Finance International as “Europe Sustainability Deal of the Year”
• The sponsors, led by TotalEnergies, on several ECAs’ US$20 billion financing to develop a Mozambique LNG project, which Project Finance International recognized as its 2020 “Global Multilateral Deal of the Year”
• The borrower on a climate-related loan that the IFC provided in connection with the borrower’s investments in North Africa
• Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) on its US$3 billion expansion financing (conventional and Islamic facilities) from several ECAs and commercial lenders, which TXF named its 2017 Middle-Eastern ECA Finance Deal of the Year
• The Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) on developing its US$7 billion Wa’ad Al Shammal greenfield phosphate project in Saudi Arabia and joint venture with the Mosaic Company and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC)