Profile
Angela Croker heads the Project Finance Practice for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). She advises regional and international financial institutions, corporations and governments on a broad range of banking matters. Her primary focus is the project financing of energy and infrastructure projects, and she has deep experience structuring and negotiating complex financings for energy transition initiatives, PPPs and landmark infrastructure developments. Well-known for guiding both conventional and innovative projects through all stages of development, and she plays a key role in advancing critical energy transition and public-private partnership agendas in the region.
In 2023, Angela was awarded Banking, Finance & Restructuring Lawyer of the Year at the LexisNexis Women in Law Awards. She is also ranked in Chambers Global 2024-2025 for her Middle East-wide Projects & Energy experience.
Concentrations
- Project financing
- Infrastructure, utilities, and energy
Capabilities
Experience
- Currently advising a decentralized decarbonization infrastructure business in relation to the portfolio financing of its assets across the GCC.
- Currently advising a sponsor in connection with two wind farm financings in Oman.
- Advised lenders to the US$ 2 billion award-winning project financing of ADNOC and TAQA’s Project Wave, which comprises a new seawater treatment facility and distribution to provide sustainable water supply for ADNOC’s onshore operations in Abu Dhabi.°
- Advised lenders to the US$ 1 billion award-winning project financing of EWEC’s Al Ajban PV3 Project, a 1.5GW solar photovoltaic IPP in Abu Dhabi.°
- Advised the lenders project financing the Saudi National Water Company’s LTOM Package 7, comprising the refurbishment and maintenance of 4 STPs in the Al Ahsa Governorate.°
- Advised the lender to a Chinese conglomerate in connection with a US$ 300 million trade facility made available to the local subsidiary of a sovereign oil company.°
- Advised a Saudi developer on the portfolio financing of multiple new data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the REPDO Round 6 solar projects.°
- Advised a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the REPDO Round 6 wind project.°
- Advised a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the REPDO Round 5 solar projects.°
- Advised a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the REPDO BESS projects.°
- Advised the lenders supporting a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the EWEC BESS project in Abu Dhabi.°
- Advised the lenders supporting a sponsor consortium in connection with its bid for the Al Khazna IPP in Abu Dhabi, procured by EWEC.°
- Advised the exiting lenders in relation to the refinancing of the 300MW Sakaka wind project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised lenders in relation to the financing of a portfolio of district cooling plants by Saudi Tabreed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised lenders in relation to the financing of a Saudi Tabreed’s district cooling project at King Salman Park, procured by the King Salman Park Foundation.°
- Advised a sponsor consortium in relation to the Saadiyat Island IWP in Abu Dhabi, procured by EWEC.°
- Advised Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Company LLC (IHC) in relation to certain financing aspects of its AED 1.8 billion acquisition of 50% of Kalyon Enerji.°
- Advised the lenders to one of TotalEnergies’ subsidiaries in the United Arab Emirates on the financing of 30 rooftop solar projects in Dubai.°
- Advised the new lenders in connection with the refinancing of the Ras Laffan C IWPP in Qatar.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidder consortium in connection with the Jubail 4/6 IWP procured by SWPC.°
- Advised lenders to a consortium led by ACWA Power on the financing and development of the Taweelah RO IWP procured by EWEC.°
- Advised lenders to a consortium led by ACWA Power on the financing and development of the Naqa’a desalination plant in Umm Al Quwain, procured by FEWA.°
- Advised lenders to ACWA Power and Gulf Investment Corporation on the financing and development of the 900MW DEWA Phase V solar project in Dubai.°
- Advised lenders in relation to ACWA Power’s equity bridge financing for the Tashkent Riverside PV+BESS project in Uzbekistan.°
- Advised lenders to the successful consortium in connection with the Jubail 3B IWP procured by SWPC.°
- Advised lenders on the financing and development of the Jeddah Airport 2 ISTP Project, comprising the construction and operation of a 300,000m3/day wastewater treatment plant.°
- Advised lenders on the Shuaibah-3 Second Water Expansion Project, a 250,000 m3/day seawater desalination expansion near Jeddah.°
- Advised IbVogt and Infinity in relation to the financing of their 30MW and 50MW solar PV projects being financed by EBRD as part of the Round 2 FiT program in Egypt.
- Advised a consortium comprising IbVogt, Infinity and Solizer in relation to a 50MW solar PV project in Egypt, the first non-recourse financed Round 1 FIT project to close.°
- Advised the Dubai Electricity & Water Authority in connection with all aspects of the 900 MW Phase III and the 200MW Phase II of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Croker prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig Limited.
Recognition & Leadership
- Honoree, LexisNexis Women in Law Awards, “Banking, Finance & Restructuring Lawyer of the Year,” 2023
- Listed, Chambers Global Guide, Projects & Energy, 2024-2025
Credentials
Education
- LPC, College of Law London
- LL.M., Maritime Law, King's College London
- LL.B., Law, Southampton University
Admissions
- England and Wales
- Dubai Legal Consultant
Languages
- English, Native
- Greek, Native
- French, Conversational