Biography
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
Representation of Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a leading developer of sustainable lithium and renewable energy projects in Europe, on the completion of a fully integrated project and capital solution for Phase One of the Lionheart lithium and renewable energy project in the Upper Rhine Valley, Germany, combining an approximately €800 million equity investment with a €1.4 billion multi-source project financing package. This deal was recognised as "Transition Deal of the Year" by Project Finance International 2025.
Representation (ongoing) of Ivanhoe Mines in connection with US$450 million project financing, including senior debt, of the Platreef platinum-nickel-palladium-gold-copper-rhodium project in South Africa. The transaction includes Orion Mine Finance US$300 million streaming facility.
Representation of renewable energy producer Sunly AS on a €300 million portfolio financing to promote the construction of its 1.3 GW pipeline of solar, wind and battery energy storage system facilities across the Baltics and Poland. This deal was recognised as "Solar Deal of the Year" by IJGlobal 2024.
Representation of Saudi Aramco on the development and financing of the US$15.3 billion Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) joint venture with Petronas in Malaysia. This deal won multiple deal awards including "Asia Pacific Petrochemical Deal of the Year 2019" by PFI Awards, "Asia Pacific Petrochemicals Deal of the Year 2019" by IJGlobal Awards "Asia-Pacific ECA-backed Deal of the Year 2019" by TXF Awards.
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 DP World on the sale of an interest in Port of Banana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, to British International Investment (BII).
Representation of the existing lenders on the £715 million refinancing of AGS Airports Limited ("AGS"). AGS is owned by a joint venture between Ferrovial and Macquarie Group.
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 Boreal, a Norwegian ferry owner and operator, on their refinancing including establishment of a multi-creditor common terms platform.
Representation of a UK gas pipeline operator on the refinancing of its existing debt.
Representation of Helios Investment Partners on a financing of the floating vessels for a landmark US$7 billion LNG regasification project located in Tema, Ghana.
Representation of Southern Gas Corridor CJSC (SGC) on the sale and purchase agreement with MVM Group, an energy company owned by the Republic of Hungary, for the sale of a 5 percent stake in the Production Sharing Agreement for Shah Deniz offshore gas-condensate field and a 4 percent stake in Azerbaijan Gas Supply Company Limited (AGSC), the special-purpose vehicle established for the marketing and sale of natural gas produced from Shah Deniz gas-condensate field.
Representation of Saudi Aramco in connection with its proposed acquisition of an interest in Zhejiang Petrochemical's refining and petrochemical complex in Zhejiang province, China.
