Tatiana Monastyrskaya represents financial institutions, including investment banks, commercial banks and private equity firms in various types of finance transactions, with an emphasis on project finance.
Ms. Monastyrskaya represents the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Transportation in connection with energy and infrastructure projects, and private equity sponsors and developers in various tax equity transactions. Her representations include the following:
- Alberta Investment Management Corporation as lender in a $250 million term loan “warehouse” facility for an affiliate of D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments, L.L.C;
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, a syndicate of commercial banks, Islamic banks and Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE) in the $3.6 billion Ras Laffan C financing of the power and water desalination facility in Qatar;
- Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Union Bank, N.A. as lenders in a financing for Tenaska’s Imperial Solar Energy Center South, a utility-scale photovoltaic solar generating plant in southern California;
- BNP Paribas in connection with a refinancing of Northeast Wind’s portfolio of projects;
- Carlyle in connection with the acquisition of a joint venture interest in Philadelphia Energy Solutions from Sunoco;
- Citigroup Global Markets, Credit Suisse and HSBC Bank as joint bookrunners in a $2.23 billion senior secured Rule 144A/Regulation S bond offering by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) and guaranteed by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II);
- the Export-Import Bank of Korea, Korea Export Insurance Company, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse in the $4.3 billion Qatar Gas National Company Limited (Nakilat) ship financing;
- the 26 lead arrangers in providing $4 billion of senior debt facilities to fund the Qatargas 3 LNG project in Qatar, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum Corporation, ConocoPhillips and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.;
- Morgan Stanley in a number of transactions, including a high-yield term loan financing of an ethanol plant;
Ms. Monastyrskaya has been selected for inclusion in Chambers USA and Chambers Global, where she is noted for representing “investment and commercial banks, government departments and private equity funds on complicated project financings.”
She also was shortlisted for Up & Coming Energy/Projects Lawyer of the Year at the Chambers USA Women In Law Awards 2012. In 2018, Ms. Monastyrskaya was named as an official steering committee member of the Women In Infrastructure New York chapter.
Education:
- J.D., George Washington University School of Law, 2004 (Order of Coif)
- Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong, 2001
- M.A., Moscow State University, 1999 (with highest honors)
- B.A., Moscow State University, 1997 (with highest honors)
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