Benjamin Rodin
Biography
Overview
Benjamin Rodin is an associate in the Project Development and Finance Group in London. He joined the Firm as a trainee in 2021 during which time he spent six months in our Singapore office. He also completed a secondment to the investment banking legal team at Nomura in London.
Prior to his legal career, Benjamin worked in consulting at a Big Four firm in Moscow, Russia and Tbilisi, Georgia.
Experience
Representative experience includes:
Finance
Representation of DP World Limited and its subsidiary DP World Middle East Company Limited on a SAR1.28 billion project financing for the development and upgrade of the South Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port located in Saudi Arabia.
Representation of the export credit agencies and a large syndicate of international and Taiwanese commercial banks on the restructuring of wpd's 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan.
Representation of a UK gas pipeline operator on the refinancing of its existing debt.
Project development
Representation of Saudi Aramco on its acquisition of a 10 percent interest in Shenzhen-listed Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng) for RMB24.6 billion (US$3.6 billion).
Representation of a petrochemical supplier in respect of a lubricants supply agreement.
Representation of the government of a South Asian state on contractual interpretation in respect of a construction agreement for a municipal waste facility.