Rory Wilson | Bracewell LLP

Rory is ‘a very responsive, professional, and capable lawyer ’ and an ‘exceptional details merchant. Thorough, diligent, persistent, hard-working.’”
The Legal 500 United Kingdom, 2027

Rory Wilson advises clients on finance transactions in the energy, infrastructure and natural resource sectors. He represents lenders and sponsors on multijurisdictional reserve-based lending, project finance, acquisition finance and syndicated lending transactions involving oil and gas, renewable energy and power assets.

In addition, Rory has in-house experience on both the lender and sponsor side. His background includes secondments to Energy Development Corporation in Manila and the corporate finance legal team at Standard Chartered Bank.

Rory has been recognised by The Legal 500 UK in Projects – Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (2027) and Finance – Emerging Markets (2025), where clients described him as “very friendly, personable – but intellectually rigorous and technically adept.” (2025).

Trafigura

representing Trafigura on a $1 billion prepayment agreement and associated commercial contract with the Republic of Gabon

Ecora Resources PLC

copper stream with reference to production at the Mimbula copper mine in Zambia, owned by Moxico Resources plc, for a total cash consideration of $50 million

Savannah Energy Plc

up to $60 million reserve-based loan facility to finance the all-share acquisition of Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Nigeria Limited, the holder of a 49 percent participating interest in the Stubb Creek Field, Nigeria
acquisition of Exxon and Petronas’ entire interests in the Doba oil field in Chad and their shareholding in the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline and Floating, Storage and Offloading vessel for a total consideration of up to $676 million

Navitas Petroleum

up to $150 million project financing of the Monument oil & gas field in the US Gulf of Mexico n/k/a Gulf of America

BlueNord

$1.4 billion reserve based lending facility with accordion option of up to $400 million

Lekela Power

acting for Mauritius Commercial Bank and ABSA Bank as arrangers, bookrunners and structuring banks for the multi-currency, structurally subordinated holdco financings to a consortium led by Infinity Power and AFC for the acquisition of Lekela Power and its $2 billion pan-African portfolio of renewable energy projects from Actis, a leading emerging markets private equity firm

Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

up to $150 million prepayment facility with Trafigura as lender, with repayments to be deducted from the price payable by Trafigura under commercial contracts for the purchase of crude oil from Gran Tierra’s producing fields located in Colombia

Lender

$300 million prepayment agreement in connection with forward sale of crude oil in Nigeria

Borrower

$300 million senior secured facility agreement with a multi-lateral bank

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

financing for Enerjisa Enerji to support its investments in the Turkish electricity sector
project financing for Zhangiz Solar in respect of the construction, development and operation of a solar photovoltaic power plant in Kazakhstan*

Navitas Petroleum and Beacon Offshore Energy

up to $1.4 billion development financing and reserve-based lending facilities in relation to the Shenandoah oil & gas field in the US Gulf of Mexico n/k/a Gulf of America

Africa Oil Corp.

$160 million term loan facility to refinance an existing loan facility and for general corporate purposes

Mercuria

financing for Tailwind Energy in respect of its acquisition of certain UK continental shelf oil and gas assets from EOG, Shell and ExxonMobil*

Lending syndicate

reserve-based facility in respect of an English company’s North Sea assets*
reserve-based facility for Neptune Energy to support its acquisition of Engie’s exploration and production business*

Nord Stream 2

project financing for the Nord Stream 2 sub-sea pipeline*

Kalyon

project financing for Kalyon in respect of the development, construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic panel factory in Turkey*

Energy Development Corporation

project financing (backed by EKF) in respect of the development, construction and operation of the Burgos Wind Farm*

Électricité de France /NNB

financing for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power project in the UK*

* Work completed prior to Bracewell