Jonathan Finklestone
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Projects & Energy
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About
Provided by Jonathan Finklestone
Practice Areas
Project Finance
Commercial Lending
Energy Related Regulation
Tender Law
Transportation
Project Finance
Infrastructure
Career
Jonathan Finklestone heads the firm’s Project Finance Group.
His practice covers a wide range of project and infrastructure financings in various project structures and delivery systems (BOT, BOO, DB, PPP, 3P, PFI and others) in transportation, water desalination, telecommunications, conventional energy, renewable energy and social infrastructure.
He regularly advises project companies, banks and financial institutions in the development and financing of infrastructure and energy projects.
Jonathan has extensive experience and has been involved in many of the largest project financings in Israel, including the Green Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail Network, the Green and Red Lines of the Jerusalem Light Rail Network, Highway 6, Desalination Projects, Pumped Storage, Renewable Energy and Storage Projects. Many of the Projects have won international awards.
His transactional work has been recognized by numerous legal publications, including Chambers Global, Legal500, Who’s Who Legal and IFLR1000, where he is listed as a Band 1 practitioner in Israel Projects & Energy. Clients characterize him as an “amazing lawyer” with “excellent deal-making abilities” and “vast local and international experience”, citing his “commercial attitude” and the fact that he demonstrates “industry knowledge and has excellent connections”.
In the past, Jonathan served as a project finance attorney at Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York.
Languages Spoken
Hebrew
English
Education
University College London, England
LL.B.
1990
Chambers Review
Global
Jonathan Finklestone heads Meitar's project finance group and is an acclaimed lawyer whose work includes representing banks and developers across Israel in large-scale domestic and international project financing mandates. His experience spans energy projects, infrastructure development and renewable storage facilities.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan is a star and a delight to work with. He is commercially savvy and knows how to close the most complicated of deals."
"Jonathan is a star and a delight to work with. He is commercially savvy and knows how to close the most complicated of deals."