Profile: Noam Ayali

Project Finance

Biography: Project Finance

Noam Ayali's practice focuses on the acquisition, development, financing and operation of energy infrastructure projects. He represents energy companies, project sponsors and developers, multilateral agencies, commercial banks and equity investors, in connection with upstream oil and gas projects, cross-border oil and gas pipelines, and gas-related energy infrastructure projects around the world. His practice also involves advising project sponsors and lenders in connection with political risk insurance matters related to project financings. He has been involved with energy projects in the United States, Latin America, Russia, the Caspian Region, the Middle East, Africa and Asia and has experience with production sharing agreements, concession and licensing, international operating agreements, unincorporated joint ventures and farm-ins/outs.

Mr Ayali is also extensively involved in the renewable energy industry, representing one of the leading global geothermal companies in connection with its US and international acquisitions, bank and capital markets financings (including debt offerings under Rule 144A and Regulation S) and SEC matters.

During his tenure at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mr Ayali represented the IFC in connection with oil and gas projects in Russia, Central Asia and Latin America, and in connection with mining transactions in Russia and China. He was also involved in project financings in Latin America, and worked on establishing new national and regional equity investment funds and trades receivables financings.

Mr Ayali received his LLB from Tel Aviv University Law School in 1988 and his LLM from Boston University, Morin Center for Banking Law Studies in 1990. He is a member of the New York, District of Columbia, and Israel Bar Associations, the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, and is on the advisory board of the Institute for Energy Law.