Isabel Overton
Associate
Dubai
isabel.overton@lw.com
+971.4.704.6437
PRACTICES
- Banking
- Islamic Finance
- Project Development & Finance
- Saudi Arabia Practice
INDUSTRIES
EDUCATION
- LPC MSc in Law, Business and Management, The University of Law, 2017
Distinction - GDL, The University of Law, 2016
Commendation - B.A. in English Literature, University of Birmingham, 2014
With Honours Class II (Division I)
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
- English
PROFILE
Isabel Overton is an associate in the Dubai office and a member of the Finance Department.
She has experience in a broad range of financing transactions, including bank and project finance, capital markets, and Shari’ah-compliant structures.
Prior to joining Latham, Isabel worked as an associate at a Magic Circle firm based in Dubai.
EXPERIENCE
Isabel’s experience includes advising:
- The lenders on the refinancing of Al Dur Power & Water Company’s existing project financing arrangements in relation to the Al Dur IWPP project
- Pearl Petroleum Company Limited in matters relating to its US$250 million financing provided by a development bank
- Saudi Aramco on the development and project financing of a landmark carbon capture and sequestration project in the Middle East
- The ECAs and lenders on the refinancing and expansion financing of the Egypt Hydrocarbon Company's (EHC) 1,320 mtpd ammonia facility in Ain Sokhna, Egypt
- The commercial lenders and ECA in relation to a US$1 billion ECA-covered facility for an NOC
- Nakilat Inc. on various refinancings and other matters relating to its US$5 billion debt program
- Nakilat Inc. on the refinancing of Nakilat Maritime Corporation’s existing US$340 million facility
- Aramco Overseas Company on certain revolving credit and term loan facilities
- SACE S.p.A and HSBC as participant and agent on a new Push Program with a substantive facility aimed at supporting the Italian value chain in the food and beverage sector
- The commercial lenders, Islamic financiers, and ECAs on ongoing matters related to the ECA-covered and uncovered conventional and Islamic facilities for the Duqm refinery project
- Jabal Omar Development Company in relation to its SAR6 billion refinancing
- A GCC drilling company on the Shari’ah-compliant financing of its newbuild jack-up rigs
- Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) in relation to its US$1.2 billion conventional and Islamic facilities and its ECA-covered facilities
- ArcelorMittal Tubular Products Al-Jubail on its conventional and Islamic facilities, the 100% acquisition of a seamless pipe manufacturer, and the related debt-to-equity conversions of its shareholder loans
- Al Yamama Company for Trading & Contract on its bid for Saudi Aramco’s Haradh and Wudayhi Serviced Residential Compounds and Industrial Facilities Project
- Brookfield Private Capital in connection with the financing of its acquisition of a majority stake in Magnati — a payments business owned by First Abu Dhabi Bank
- The agents and account banks in relation to the US$585 million debt financing of a first-of-its-kind PPP road concession in Central Asia*
- Governments, including sovereign wealth funds, on various financing and refinancing matters
*Matter handled prior to joining Latham