Biography
Hajra Tahir is an associate in our Project Development and Finance group based in Riyadh. Hajra joined the Firm as a trainee in the London office in 2024 and completed a six-month secondment in Riyadh. Hajra has experience representing regional and international banks and financial institutions on complex cross-border financing projects alongside sovereign procurers and commercial sponsors in various public private partnership projects in both the London and Riyadh market.
Experience
Relevant experience includes:
- Representation of USAID and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation on the US$ multi-billion Aqaba to Amman Water Desalination & Conveyance Project (formerly the Red Sea Dead Sea Project), the largest water generation scheme to be implemented in the history of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- Representation of lenders on a €1.37 billion refinancing for global renewable energy producer with over 4 GW of operating capacity, Sonnedix, involving the refinancing of 1,040 MW worth of existing and new solar PV assets across France, Italy, Poland, and Spain.
- Representation of a consortium in the tendering and construction of a 136 km highway in Saudi Arabia.
- Representation of a chemical company in an acquisition refinancing in relation to the acquisition of a chemical plant in the Netherlands.
Professional Highlights
England and Wales, Solicitor
Legal Practice Course
University of Law
LLB
University of Manchester
Urdu
English