Jason Fox practises in the area of banking and projects work. He has been involved in financings in a wide range of sectors but specialises in financing upstream oil and gas projects.
He also lectures and writes widely on project finance and is listed on The Lawyer "Hot 100" 2007 for Finance. He is identified by Practical Law Company – Which Lawyer 2008? as recommended for Energy and Project Finance. Commentators confirm that Jason Fox is a “visible and talented” practitioner who has made a real impact with his work in oil, gas and power project financings (Chambers Global 2008). He is listed in the 2008 Legal Expert for Bank Lending.
Credentials
- BNP Paribas as mandated lead arranger in relation to a $300m financing for the upstream oil and gas interests in Nigeria of Addax Petroleum
- ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas and Bank of Scotland as mandated lead arrangers in relation to a US$850m financing of Tullow Oil and Energy Africa's UK and West African oil and gas interests
- Centrica as Toller on the 860MW gas-fired Spalding Power Project
- TXU in connection with the Tolling Arrangements for the Barry Power Station in Wales
- Northern Electric on its supply and distribution asset swap with Innogy
- J P Morgan as arranger and agent bank in relation to a syndicated US$600,000,000 Senior Secured Reducing Revolving Credit Facility made to Paladin Resources plc
- J P Morgan as arranger and agent bank in relation to a US$600m financing for Intrepid Energy
- Atlantis Technology in connection with Limited Recourse Financing for an offshore Tunisian oil field
- BHP Billiton on a proposed project financing of its Algerian oil and gas interests
- Credit Mutuel, CIC and Natexis on a US$250,000,000 financing for Pride Offshore Inc, a leading provider of offshore oil rigs
- BNP Paribas on a £525 million financing for Perenco UK
- RBS, BoS and Mizuho Bank on a $560 million financing for Marubeni Oil & Gas