Ayesha Waheed practices principally in the project finance, infrastructure, and natural resources practice. She represents developers and lenders in oil and gas, power generation, and infrastructure projects, and has experience in all aspects of structuring, negotiating, and drafting finance and commercial documents in connection with international project financings and privatizations. She counsels companies that are developing and deploying new energy resources, including renewable energy. Ayesha is an active member of the firm’s energy industry team, international projects working group, and hydrogen working group.
Ayesha is recognized as a leading lawyer for Project Development and Banking and Finance by IFLR 1000; a thought leader and a global leader by Who's Who Legal; and a recognized practitioner by Chambers UK. She has been described in The Legal 500 UK as “commercial and pragmatic in approach and always a pleasure to work with” and “strong on large multi-source project financings.”
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Ayesha was a partner at another global law firm.
Oil & Gas
Mining
Power
Infrastructure
Ranked, Projects, UK-wide, Chambers UK (2017–2022)
Recommended, Industry Focus: Emerging Markets, The Legal 500 UK (2021–2023)
Recommended, Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas, The Legal 500 UK (2021–2023)
Recommended, Banking and Finance: Lender or Arranger Side, Russia, The Legal 500 EMEA (2021)
Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2020–2023)
Highly Regarded; Women Leaders, IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate (2023)
Global Elite Thought Leader, Project Finance, Who’s Who Legal (2019, 2020)
Best in Project Finance Award, Euromoney LMG (2019)
Highly Regarded, Banking, Project Development, and Project Finance, IFLR 1000 (2015–2019)
Project Finance, Who’s Who Legal (2017–2019)
Member, Mayor of London’s Infrastructure Advisory Panel (2020–2022)
Recognized, IFLR1000 Women Leaders (2021, 2022)
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