Kamilla Azamat

Partner, London
kamilla.azamat@whitecase.com

Biography

‘Kamilla Azamat coordinates the work of different teams for different workstreams. Being an Uzbek with experience over a decade gives her incredible leverage and earns the reputation of a key advisor for the Government on whose expertise it may rely.’
Legal 500 UK, Emerging Markets 2023

Overview

Kamilla Azamat is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance Group. Now based in London, Kamilla has previously worked in the Washington, DC office of the Firm. She also serves as the Executive Partner of the Tashkent office.

Kamilla represents sponsors, borrowers and financiers on international project finance and other types of financing transactions globally.  

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar
New York State Bar
Education
LLM
American University, Washington College of Law
LLB (Hons)
University of World Economy and Diplomacy
Languages
English
Russian
Turkish
Uzbek

Experience

Energy
Project Development and Finance
Financial Institutions

Divestment of upstream interests in Azerbaijan
Representation of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) on the sale of a 15% participating interest in the Absheron gas-condensate field (located in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea) to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

UzGTL
Representation of the financiers on a landmark US$2.3 billion financing for the development, construction and operation of the first gas-to-liquids plant in Uzbekistan.

Major IPP Project
Representation of the lenders on the financing of a major US$multi-billion IPP project in South Africa.

Petro Rabigh Phase 2 expansion project
Representation of Saudi Aramco in connection with the Petro Rabigh Phase 2 expansion project in Saudi Arabia.

KPI
Representation of Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries on the US$2 billion development and financing of a petrochemical project in Kazakhstan.

Beineu-Shymkent Gas Pipeline
Representation of Beineu-Shymkent Gas Pipeline LLP in connection with the US$2.5 billion financing of the gas pipeline construction by China Development Bank Corporation and Bank of China Limited in Kazakhstan.

Norbe VIII and Norbe IX
Representation of the lead arrangers in the financing of the US$1.7 billion Norbe VIII and Norbe IX offshore oil drillships for operation in Brazil.

HISPASAT Amazonas 3 Satellite
Representation of the Export-Import Bank of the United States in connection with the financing of the purchase of the HISPASAT Amazonas 3 Satellite by Hispasat, S.A. and Hispasat Canarias, S.L.U.

ODN I and ODN II
Representation of the lead arrangers in the approximately US$1 billion financing of the ODN I and ODN II offshore oil drillships.

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