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Sharon Carey

Senior Associate
About
Sharon Carey is a banking and finance lawyer with over ten years’ experience gained in Australia and South Africa. She has experience focusing specifically on the Project Finance space and has worked on deals throughout Africa, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, 2021

EXPERIENCE

  • North East Link advised preferred bidder in its winning bid and project finance in respect of USD11bn infrastructure project to construct a new motorway in Victoria's eastern suburbs.*
  • Darlington Refinance in respect of the refinancing of a 333MW solar farm. *
  • Lilyvale representing the lender group on the refinance of a 100 MW solar farm. *
  • Sebastopol representing the lender group on the refinancing of a 90 MW solar farm. *
  • Various bilateral and syndicated facilities, hedging agreements, regulatory advice and restructuring matters. Acting for both lenders and borrowers. *
  • Sydney Desalination Plant advised sponsors on their AUD1.66bn debt facilities. 
  • ACWA Power on the 300MW Sakaka IPP photovoltaic solar project. Sakaka IPP is the first ever utility scale renewable energy project under the National Renewable Energy Program of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The project won “Middle East and Africa Power Deal of the Year” at the PFI Awards 2018. *
  • ENGIE on the financing of the Fadhili project which is a combined cycled gas power plant with a capacity of 1,507 MW, located in the east of Saudi Arabia, northwest of Jubail Industrial City. *
  • Al Ezzel Power Company on the USD243m new financing facility for the Al Ezzel Power Company, a key electricity supplier in Bahrain. The project won “Middle East and Africa Refinancing Deal of the Year” at the PFI Awards 2018. *
  • Roggeveld represented Building Energy on the development and financing of a 140MW wind project under round 4 pf the REIPP programme in South Africa. *

* Denotes experience from previous firm

Languages
  • English
Education
  • Australian Law Degree Conversion, Deakin University, 2021
  • Master of Laws in Banking Law, University of South Africa, 2021
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of South Africa, 2011

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Law Society of Western Australia
  • Asia Pacific Loan Market Association

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