Rouzbeh Fazlinejad

Mr. Fazlinejad is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Oil & Gas Group and is responsible for the MENA and APAC regions. He is primarily focused on the coverage of NOCs, independents, as well as small and mid-cap energy companies across the value chain. Mr. Fazlinejad has more than 20 years of experience advising companies on merger, acquisition, joint venture, divestiture, restructuring, and capital markets transactions. Mr. Fazlinejad is based in the firm’s Dubai office. Before joining Houlihan Lokey, he was Head of M&A at Berenberg, where he focused on growing the investment banking platform and maintained relationships with the global energy and infrastructure industry. Prior to Berenberg, he served as Head of European Energy and Infrastructure at TD Securities. In addition to his investment banking career, Mr. Fazlinejad was a founding member of Ortus Petroleum, an oil and gas venture in the U.K. North Sea. Mr. Fazlinejad holds a B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Emory University and the Cass Business School.

Session Overview

Tuesday, 5 November

15:30

15:30 - 16:15

Securing energy finance to deliver a pragmatic and equitable energy transition for emerging economies

To achieve a just and equitable energy transition capital must be accessible, available, and affordable. The UAE Leaders’ Declaration on a Global Climate Finance Framework and ALTÉRRA are examples of the collaborative mechanisms aiming to mobilise capital and reduce risk, but progress still needs to be made. Barriers to investor confidence range from developing economies’ high borrowing costs, real and perceived investment risks, limited creditworthy off takers, and uncertain regulatory environments, all of which need to be addressed to attract and secure critical funding.

Attendee insights:

In the lead up to COP29, join a multilateral stakeholder group to progress dialogue around viable, sustainable, and innovative finance structures to enable a pragmatic and equitable energy transition. Participants will provide insights on finance structures, the development of domestic capital resources, and how to facilitate international private finance flows.