Prakruthi Gowda
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright (Middle East) LLP
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Biography
Prakruthi Gowda is a projects and project finance lawyer based in Dubai.
Prakruthi has extensive experience working on energy and infrastructure projects globally, including many first of a kind projects in the energy transition space. She advises Lenders and Sponsors on both commercial contracts and financing aspects of energy and infrastructure projects. She frequently advises financial investors on their investments in the energy and infrastructure sector as well as exits.
Prakruthi practices both English and New York Law.
Professional experience
Collapse all- West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences – B.A. LLB (Hons)
- Harvard Law School – LLM
- Attorney at Law, admitted in New York 2019
- Admitted as a solicitor England and Wales 2013
Climeworks - on the development and financing of a direct air capture plant in Iceland.*
Lekela Power - on the project financing of a 250MW onshore wind farm in the Gulf of Suez Egypt involving EBRD, IFC and OPIC as lenders.*
Actis, a leading global investor - in sustainable infrastructure, on the sale of BTE Renewables to Engie and Meridiam for a total enterprise value of US$1 billion.*
Bayobab, wholly-owned by MTN Group - on its partnership with Africa50 to develop a terrestrial pan-African fibre optic cable network connecting ten countries from the Eastern to the Western shares of Africa.*
Sonangol - on various petroleum receivables-based financings.
The banking syndicate (with HSBC leading as coordinating bank) - in relation to the refinancing of Glencore's 2020 revolving credit facilities totalling US$ 9.975 billion.*
IFC (acting for their own account and as Implementing Entity for GAFSP) - on their equity investment in Soufflet Malt Ethiopia SC, an Ethiopian agro-business company.*
Global Infrastructure Partners - on the acquisition and £4.46 billion hybrid project financing of a 50% interest in the 1.2 GW offshore wind farm from Ørsted.*
A joint venture partner - on the template carbon dioxide transportation and storage agreement in respect of the Northern Lights project in Norway.*
- A joint venture partner - on the development of carbon dioxide transportation and storage infrastructure in KSA.*