Isabel Overton

Associate

Dubai
isabel.overton@lw.com
+971.4.704.6437

PRACTICES

  • Banking
  • Islamic Finance
  • Project Development & Finance
  • Saudi Arabia Practice

BAR QUALIFICATIONS

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

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