White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Christopher W. Langdon

Practice Experience

Christopher Langdon, a projects lawyer based in our Riyadh office, is focused principally on project finance and development, and has extensive experience in joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, earn-ins, off takes and concessions, whilst acting for corporates, commercial banks, and international financial institutions.

Prior to relocating to our Riyadh office, Chris worked at our London office, including a secondment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Christopher has sectoral expertise in mining and metals, along with upstream oil and gas, in emerging markets in numerous jurisdictions around the world.

Recent and current representative transactions include:

Representation of the lead arrangers in connection with the $2bn 144A Reg S bond and $4.67bn bank financing of the EMAL Aluminium smelter project, the world's largest aluminium smelter, in Abu Dhabi;
Representation of Rio Tinto Alcan in connection with its joint venture with the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Ma'aden, to develop a US$7 billion integrated aluminium "mine-to-metal" aluminium project, including bauxite mining, alumina refining, power generation and aluminum smelting, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
Representation of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad in connection with the development and financing of an aluminum smelter located in Sarawak, Malaysia;
Representation of the sponsors, Qatar Petroleum and ConocoPhillips, on the US$5.8 billion Qatargas 3 LNG project financing;
Representation of VTB Bank Europe in connection with the £50 million project financing for the re-opening of the Hatfield Colliery in Doncaster;
Advising Alcan in connection with the development and financing of the proposed $3 billion Coega aluminium smelter project in Port Elizabeth South Africa (including the recently-signed 1355 MVA 25-year electricity supply agreement with Eskom);
Advising Rusal Limited in respect of alumina supply agreements and aluminium offtake agreements in connection with BNPB/ Khaz aluminium smelter financing in Russia;
Advising listed mining company in limited recourse financing of 2.8 million tpy alumina refinery, bauxite mine and related infrastructure in Guinea;
Representation of BHP Billiton plc in various transactions including: a number of joint ventures in respect of diamond assets in Angola; structuring potential acquisition of Brazilian copper/ cobalt project; mining project development in Turkey, comprising an equity subscription, option and joint venture agreement, technology agreement, and product supply agreement with UK public company; funding agreement and joint venture arrangements in respect of Irish mining project;
Representation of a international mining company as borrower with assets in Mexico, Brazil, Australia, inter alia, in US$75 million syndicated credit facility;
Advising Moroccan mining company in respect of restructuring, equity subscription, long term copper concentrates off-take agreement and pre-payment facility;
Advising international diversified mining company in respect of the acquisition of iron ore and steel production assets in South Africa;
Advising international diversified mining company in respect of the acquisition of chromium mining assets in South Africa;
Representation of a major South African mining company, Goldfields Limited, in various transactions including: joint venture with UK listed company in respect of Bulgarian gold mining project; acquisition from Swedish listed company of Finnish mining assets; equity subscription and options relating to Tanzanian mining project;
Advising a mining company in respect of mining joint venture in Democratic Republic of Congo;
Representation of an international diversified mining company in negotiating first ever mining concession in Serbia;
Representation of commercial lenders and lead arrangers in respect of project financing of Asacha gold mine in Russia;
Representation of IFC and Government of Mozambique in connection with US$123 million tender of exploration concession for Moatize Coal Project in Mozambique;
Representation of the lead arrangers, ANZ Investment Bank on its US$31 million bridge and US$100 million project financing of the Chinguetti oilfield in Mauritania - the first ever limited recourse financing in Mauritania;
Advising International Finance Corporation (IFC) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in respect of financing of ammonia project in Russia;
Representation of international mining company in negotiating first ever mining asset privatization in Kosovo;
Representation of a listed Finnish mining and smelting corporation in US$1.1 billion business combination with listed Swedish mining and exploration corporation;
Representation of a listed oil and gas company in US$30 million syndicated limited recourse revolving borrowing base credit facility in respect of West African hydrocarbon project;
Representation of a UK listed resource company with West African mining assets in US$30 million merger with listed resource company by way of offshore three-cornered merger; and
Representation of EBRD in various matters, some highlights including: Euro 50 million syndicated limited recourse credit facilities to Latvian and Estonian borrowers with Finnish sponsor in respect of greenfield construction project; syndicated limited recourse credit facilities to Czech mobile telecommunications company; $70 million sovereign credit facilities to Republic of Ukraine in connection with financing of motorway reconstruction and development; limited recourse credit facility to Kazakh borrower with Turkish sponsor in respect of greenfield construction of Almaty office complex; limited recourse facility to textile manufacturer in Romania; multiple bank to bank credit facilities in Western Balkans and under energy efficiency program in Bulgaria and Georgia; and the EBRD trade facilitation programme.

Bars and Courts
Barrister and Solicitor, Province of Ontario, Canada, 1999
Solicitor of England and Wales, 2001

Education
LLM, University of London, 2005
LLB and BCL, McGill University, Joint Common/ Civil Law National Program, 1997
B. of Soc. Sci., conc. Political Science/ English, University of Ottawa, cum laude, 1991

Languages
English
French
Japanese

Citizenship
Canada