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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, Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and Asia, including project finance transactions, asset financings and pre-export and acquisition financings. Mr. McIntyre'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.

Admission & Affiliations

  • Qualified Solicitor, England and Wales, 2003
  • 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 - $1.7 billion Term Loan B, $725 million Term Loan A and $500 million revolving credit facility
  • Höegh LNG - $300 million project financing of a floating LNG storage and regasification unit to be operated in Southeast Asia
  • Bristow Group - $80 million asset based lending facility agreement and several aircraft financing and leasing transactions
  • 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
  • Brass LNG Ltd. - advising on financing and bankability aspects of the development of a two-train LNG project in Nigeria, including under the LNG sale and purchase agreements
  • 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
  • Saudi Electricity Company - advising on the Riyadh PP11 IPP project
  • 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
  • Commercial bank syndicate - $1.37 billion financing for Oman Refinery Company in relation to the merger of Oman Refinery Company and Sohar Refinery Company and the repayment of existing project finance facilities*
  • Commercial bank syndicate - $640 million financing for a methanol plant in Salalah, Sultanate of Oman*
  • Bonaventura consortium - financing for the Austrian A5 Motorway PPP by €425 million Ambac wrapped bonds, €325 million EIB Loan, €100 million junior bonds and €78 million mezzanine bonds*
  • Commercial bank syndicate and the Export-Import Bank of Korea - $1.25 billion financing of an aromatics plant in Sohar, Sultanate of Oman*

*Prior to Joining Baker Botts


Awards and Community

Recognised in The Legal 500 UK, 2015-2024 for Finance: Emerging Markets

Recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2024 as a "Leading Individual" in Emerging Markets