Emma Short

Emma Short

Associate

Email

emma.short@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4135

Offices

London

V-CARD
Emma specialises in advising clients on project financing transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a focus on renewables and the financing of solutions for hard-to-abate sectors.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A BESS developer in relation to the financing of a BESS project in Scotland. 
  • The senior lenders and cover providers to Stegra on the EUR4.2bn financing for the construction of the world’s first large-scale green steel plant and Europe’s first giga scale electrolyzer in Boden, Sweden. 
  • The ECAs and commercial banks on the environmental and social aspects of the financing for the development of the Coral North FLNG project in Mozambique. 
  • IDB Invest on the 420MW hydrogen and ammonia project in Paraguay sponsored by ATOME, which will be supported by a 145MW PPA with ANDE, the national power company of Paraguay. 
  • A group of financial institutions, as lenders, on the USD910m IBRD guaranteed BITA water project financing to the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Angola for the BITA water production, transmission and distribution facilities and system in South Luanda. This is the largest ever dual ECA/World bank guaranteed financing in Angola.
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.