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Noah Honch is a project finance lawyer specializing in cross-border energy and infrastructure projects and has extensive ECA-backed finance experience across a range of sectors, including renewable power (onshore and offshore wind, solar, battery energy storage systems), oil and gas (LNG, FLNG and FPSO), utilities (desalination plants, wastewater treatment plants) and mining. Noah's experience reflects a broad geographic reach, having worked on projects in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North America. Noah also has strong acquisition finance and general banking experience.
Noah is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and has practiced in London and Tokyo (not currently registered as a foreign law attorney in Japan). He is a former academic/archaeologist specializing in palaeodietary reconstruction and radiocarbon dating and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and presented his research at a range of international conferences.
LL.B., University of Law, London
Ph.D., The University of Oxford
M.A., Harvard University
M.Sc., The University of Oxford , Distinction
B.Sc., University of Lethbridge, summa cum laude with highest honors
England and Wales
British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
England & Wales (Admitted 3/16/2015; Reg #579994)
January 16, 2025
King & Spalding Advises Islamic Finance News’ 2024 Project & Infrastructure Deal of the Year
January 15, 2025
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Top-Tier Rankings in 2025 Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide
October 31, 2024
King & Spalding Advises EDF and Masdar-Led Consortium on Cutting Edge, AMAALA Multi-Utilities Infrastructure Facility
Project Financing
Masdar, EDF, Korea East-West Power Co., Ltd. and Suez International on the financing of the AMAALA giga project in Saudi Arabia to build and operate a multi-plant integrated utility system including solar PV, BESS, reverse osmosis and wastewater treatment plants, ancillary facilities and network systems (Awarded 2024 Islamic Finance News' (IFN) Project & Infrastructure Deal of the Year).
JBIC on the financing of the Mozambique LNG Project.
JBIC on the financing of the Barossa Gas Project, Australia.
See moreJanuary 16, 2025
King & Spalding Advises Islamic Finance News’ 2024 Project & Infrastructure Deal of the Year
January 15, 2025
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Top-Tier Rankings in 2025 Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide
October 31, 2024
King & Spalding Advises EDF and Masdar-Led Consortium on Cutting Edge, AMAALA Multi-Utilities Infrastructure Facility
Project Financing
Masdar, EDF, Korea East-West Power Co., Ltd. and Suez International on the financing of the AMAALA giga project in Saudi Arabia to build and operate a multi-plant integrated utility system including solar PV, BESS, reverse osmosis and wastewater treatment plants, ancillary facilities and network systems (Awarded 2024 Islamic Finance News' (IFN) Project & Infrastructure Deal of the Year).
JBIC on the financing of the Mozambique LNG Project.
JBIC on the financing of the Barossa Gas Project, Australia.
See moreJanuary 16, 2025
King & Spalding Advises Islamic Finance News’ 2024 Project & Infrastructure Deal of the Year
January 15, 2025
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Top-Tier Rankings in 2025 Legal 500 Asia-Pacific Guide
October 31, 2024
King & Spalding Advises EDF and Masdar-Led Consortium on Cutting Edge, AMAALA Multi-Utilities Infrastructure Facility
LL.B., University of Law, London
Ph.D., The University of Oxford
M.A., Harvard University
M.Sc., The University of Oxford , Distinction
B.Sc., University of Lethbridge, summa cum laude with highest honors
England and Wales
British Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
England & Wales (Admitted 3/16/2015; Reg #579994)