Theresa Staub

Associate, London

Biography

Overview

Theresa is a newly-qualified associate in the Firm's Project Development and Finance Group. During her recent training contract she has widely supported our Project Development and Finance practice with various financing and development matters in the energy sector across the UK, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Theresa is currently on a secondment to our Hamburg office, working closely with one of our local partners and our European colleagues on various energy projects.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
Education
Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School
LLB
University of Bristol
LLB (Hons)
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
Languages
English
French
German

Experience

Representative experience includes:

Representation of The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and a syndicate of lenders on a US$190 million revolving reserve-based lending financing, with an accordion option of up to US$300 million, made available to VAALCO Energy, Inc., a Texas-based leading Africa-focused oil and gas operating company, secured by its assets in Gabon, Egypt and Côte d'Ivoire.

Representation of African Development Bank (AfDB), Trade and Development Bank and Finnfund as lenders on the financing of the 35MW geothermal power project in Kenya. Menengai is a greenfield geothermal project and part of the first phase of the wider Menengai complex, one of the largest geothermal fields being developed in Kenya.