Victoria Long

Victoria Long

Of Counsel
Baker & McKenzie Limited
Not admitted to practice law in this jurisdiction

Biography

Victoria Long is a counsel in Baker McKenzie’s Banking & Finance Practice Group in Bahrain.

Practice Focus

Victoria focuses on international banking transactions and has wide-ranging experience in syndicated and secured loan financings. She advises both financial institutions and corporates and has experience spanning corporate, leveraged, acquisition and project finance. Victoria is English law qualified.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Acted as legal counsel to the Egyptian Government, acting through the Ministry of Finance, on a USD 2 billion syndicated financing transaction comprising a conventional commercial facility (USD 1.490 billion) and an Islamic facility (USD 510 million).

  • Acted as legal counsel to an international bank in connection with the refinancing of multicurrency syndicated facilities for a Turkish corporate.

  • Acted for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. as borrower in relation to a COVID response term facility provided by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

  • Acted for Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E. as borrower in relation to term and revolving credit facilities provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

  • Acted for Oman Oil Company S.A.O.C. on its inaugural USD 1.85 billion corporate revolving credit facility and subsequent increases and refinancings.

  • Acted for Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production LLC on its USD 1 billion crude oil pre-export financing and its subsequent amendment and extension.

  • Acted for Oman Gas Company S.A.O.C. on a USD 1.1 billion term loan facility entered into as a bridge to a regulated asset base financing.

  • Acted for Salalah Methanol Company LLC on the USD 728 million combined project financing of its ammonia expansion project and refinancing of its methanol plant.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Law Society of England and Wales - Member

Admissions

  • England & Wales~United Kingdom

Education

  • University of Cambridge (BA (Join Hons))
  • University of Cambridge (MA)
  • (PgDL)
  • (LPC)

Languages

  • English

Previous Offices

  • Cairo