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Overview

Stuart McIntyre advises clients in international finance transactions and projects. He has extensive experience in advising lenders and sponsors on major energy and infrastructure projects in the UK, Europe, the CIS, the Middle East and Asia, including project finance transactions, asset financings and pre-export and acquisition financings. Stuart's practice focuses on cross border finance transactions across a range of asset classes and sectors. He has experience in advising on the financing of pipelines, refineries, LNG floating storage and regasification units, petrochemical plants, motorways and other assets and infrastructure. He also advises on financings for the acquisition of companies and assets and other lending to corporates and state-owned enterprises.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • Qualified Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, London 2000
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, The College of Law, London 1999
  • B.A., University of Hull 1997

Experience

  • Formula One - $2.7 billion Term Loan B, $840 million Term Loan A and $500 million revolving credit facility
  • Formula One – $850 million incremental Term Loan B and $150 million incremental Term Loan A in connection with the acquisition of by Liberty Media Corporation of MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (f.k.a. Dorna Sports, S.L.), the exclusive commercial rights holder of the MotoGP World Championship;
  • MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group - $232.5 million Facility A, €800 million Facility B and €100 million revolving credit facility
  • MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group - €150 million incremental Term Loan A and €52 million incremental revolving credit facility commitments
  • Bristow Group - amendment and extension of its $70 million asset based lending facility agreement
  • National oil company - $220 million prepayment financing in connection with its acquisition of assets in Central Africa
  • Höegh LNG - $300 million project financing of a floating LNG storage and regasification unit to be operated in Southeast Asia
  • Three International Financial Institutions - $215 million parallel convertible loan financings (including Dollar and Soum-linked loans) to a state-owned bank in Uzbekistan in connection with its privatization
  • International financial institution - $130 million parallel loans to a major Ukrainian agricultural group to refinance its outstanding bond and finance capex spending
  • International financial institution - €550 million syndicated loan to one of the largest glass manufacturers in Türkiye
  • International financial institution - $110 million loan agreement and €40 million convertible loan note agreement for a real estate group in Romania and Bulgaria
  • International financial institution - restructuring of a $120 million financing advanced to a Ukrainian agricultural group
  • International finance institution and social investment fund - $40 million (including a local currency linked tranche) financing for a bank in Uzbekistan
  • International Financial Institution - $60 million financing for a fertilizer company in Pakistan 
  • International financial institution - $200 million syndicated financing for a leading bank in Oman
  • International financial institution - restructuring and settlement agreement in respect of a $100 million financing advanced to a Lebanese bank
  • International financial institution - $200 million financing for an Armenian bank
  • International financial institution - $200 million financing for a financing leasing company Türkiye
  • International financial institution - $50 million financing (including Dollar and Soum-linked loans) to a bank in Uzbekistan
  • International financial institution - $90 million parallel loans to a leading finance company in the Sultanate of Oman
  • International financial institution - €56 million green loan to a city enterprise in Croatia
  • Lender - $500 million multi-currency debt and guarantee facilities for an oil field services group with assets and security in Russia, the CIS and the Middle East
  • Formula One - $3.6 billion term loan refinancing, $200 million term loan add on and $500 million revolving credit facilities
  • International Financial Institution - $50 million convertible loan financing (including Dollar and Soum-linked loans) to a state owned bank in Uzbekistan in connection with its privatization
  • International Financial Institution - €245 million loan (including a Turkish Lira-linked loan and syndicated B Loan) to one of the largest glass manufacturers in Türkiye
  • International Financial Institution - $120 million syndicated financing to the leasing subsidiary of a major Turkish bank
  • Oil and Gas field services group - $4.65 billion financing consisting of a $2.26 billion senior secured term loan facility, a $1.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility and a $1.39 billion senior secured letter of credit facility
  • Oil and Gas field services group - $1.7 billion superpriority secured credit facility, $2.8 billion debtor-in-possession facility and an exit financing consisting of $2.44 billion in letter of credit capacity and $544 million of term loan debt on emergence from Chapter 11
  • International Financial Institutions - $120 million project financing for the creation of an agricultural enterprise and associated infrastructure in Uzbekistan
  • International Financial Institution - $100 million financing to a Turkish Bank to finance mid-cap enterprises that are women-inclusive businesses
  • International Financial Institution - $110 million financing for a major Turkish manufacturing group
  • International Financial Institution - $75 million convertible loan financing to a state owned bank in Uzbekistan in connection with its privatization
  • International Financial Institution - €50 million financing to a bank in Serbia
  • International Financial Institution - $20 million financing to a bank in Uzbekistan
  • International Financial Institutions - $35 million project financing for the modernization and operation of a phosphate plant in Uzbekistan
  • International Financial Institution - $30 million secured financing to a real estate and construction group in the Middle East
  • International Financial Institution - $35 million Uzbekistan Soum-linked convertible loan to a bank in Uzbekistan in connection with its privatization
  • International Financial Institution - €30 million convertible loan to a bank in Ukraine in connection with its privatization
  • Borrower - $35 million borrowing base facility for a US technology group
  • International Financial Institution - $100 million financing to a bank in Turkey
  • EuroChem - €200 million financing from a club of European banks
  • Lender - $1.5 billion financing for the amalgamation and delisting of a Scandinavian listed oil company
  • International financial institutions - advising two international financial institutions on the sale of their equity in a Russian rail car operator and associated debt restructuring arrangements
  • International financial institutions and syndicate of commercial banks - advising on a EUR 123 million secured financing to European food processing and pharmaceutical group
  • International financial institution - $120 million financing to a Ukrainian grain trader
  • International financial institution - advising on the $250 million financing of a Ukrainian agro-industrial group
  • Airline - $150 million financing from commercial bank group
  • SUEK - $1.3 billion pre-export finance facility from a commercial bank syndicate
  • Lender - $150 million facility agreement and RUB 15 billion facility agreement for a Russian property group in relation to commercial property in Moscow
  • Lender - $175 million financing of the acquisition of a shopping and business centre in Russia
  • Lender - €80 million financing of the acquisition of real estate in Russia
  • Lenders - €40 million re-financing of facilities for the acquisition of real estate in Russia
  • International financial institution - $17.5 million financing to a Ukrainian packaging company
  • Lender - $1.2 billion multicurrency secured financing to a shareholder of an industrial group
  • Transneft - $10 billion loan from China Development Bank in order, in part, to finance the construction of a spur to Russia's Eastern Siberia - Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline
  • Rosneft - $15 billion loan from China Development Bank in connection with the supply of oil via the ESPO Pipeline
  • International financial institution - $25 million secured financing to a Ukrainian agro-industrial group
  • International financial institution - $49 million multicurrency secured financing to a food and beverage producer in Kazakhstan
  • International financial institution - $30 million secured financing for the development of housing projects and a hotel in Georgia
  • International financial institution - $30 million secured financing to a telecommunications company in Tajikistan
  • Lender - Rub 3.65 billion financing for the acquisition of a Russian drilling company
  • International financial institution - $20 million secured financing to a Belarusian company for the construction of commercial real estate in Belarus
  • Lender - $310 million financing for the acquisition of shares in a Nasdaq listed company
  • International financial institutions - parallel participated loans to a Russian bank in an aggregate amount of $250 million
  • International financial institution - $25 million financing to a Ukrainian food producer for its expansion program
  • Lender - $80 million loan to the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • International financial institution - €120 million loan to a Russian conglomerate
  • International financial institutions - €120 million parallel loans from 4 international financial institutions to fund the modernization of the Garadagh Cement Plant in Azerbaijan
  • International financial institution - financing of and equity investment in a Russian pharmaceutical group
  • Lender - $75 million loan to the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan
  • International financial institution - $30 million multicurrency secured financing to a food and beverage company in Kazakhstan
  • Liberty Media Corporation - advised on the acquisition of its interest in Formula One, the iconic global motorsports business, from a consortium of sellers led by CVC Capital Partners

Awards and Community

Recognised in The Legal 500 UK as a "Leading Individual" in Emerging Markets, 2024, 2025 & 2026