Tom Rhys Jones
Tom is an Associate in the Energy Transactions and Projects team in London. Tom’s practice is centred around projects and construction with a focus on energy transition projects and transactions.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Tom has assisted.
Experience Highlights
The senior lenders on $5bn green loan financing arrangements for the expansion of a lithium-ion battery manufacturing gigafactory in Sweden
Commercial and Islamic banks in connection with financial completion and sponsor joint revolving loans and facility agreements for a $2 billion independent power project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The bondholders on the refinancing of the bridge facility in connection with a global investment firm’s acquisition of a 49% interest in a subsidiary of a state-owned middle east oil and gas company
Advised an equity investor on its acquisition of an equity interest and the related partnership agreements for a large hydrogen-to-e-methanol project in Northern Europe
Advised the sponsor and project company on a proposed 6-MTP green integrated steel plant in Abu Dhabi
The lenders in the acquisition of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels owned by New Fortress Energy (NFE) by a newly formed joint venture between funds managed by Apollo Global Management and NFE
The tax equity financiers in connection with an offshore wind project in Massachusetts
The lenders (including ECAs and Islamic finance institutions) in connection with the approximately $12.5 billion financing for the Sadara integrated petrochemicals complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
A renewable power company in its negotiations with the Zambian government to secure operating rights and regulatory approvals to provide renewable electricity to rural communities in Zambia
Represented lenders on the financing of a 505MW wind project in Egypt
Credentials
- The University of Cambridge, Undergraduate Diploma in International Relations, 2021
- The University of Law, LPC MSc Law, Business and Management, 2019
- The University of Law, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2018
- King’s College London, BA (Hons) English, 2017
- UK Youth Delegate for Green Economy to the ASEAN+ Summit 2023
- Guest speaker at the British Council Sri Lanka’s International Youth Climate Conference 2023
- England and Wales
- Italian (Basic)