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Benjamin Kent

Benjamin Kent

Global 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

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Practice Areas

General Practice

Credit & Leveraged Finance

Energy Transition

Infrastructure

Latin America

Project Development & Finance

Career

Benjamin Kent is a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell’s General Practice Group, advising on a wide range of matters for both U.S. and non-U.S. clients across numerous industries.

Ben’s practice is focused on debt and equity financing transactions, including project, leveraged and acquisition financings, and includes M&A and joint venture work, particularly in the context of natural resources and infrastructure transactions.

Ben has been based in New York since 2014, having previously worked in the Firm’s Frankfurt and London offices, and his experience includes numerous cross-border and multi-jurisdictional financing, capital markets and M&A transactions in which he has represented a variety of borrowers, lenders, sponsors, underwriters, buyers and sellers.

Personal

Harvard Law School, LL.M., 2009

The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, B.A., 2008

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Projects - USA

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Individual Editorial

Benjamin Kent 's project finance practice is wide-ranging with experience in the financing and refinancing of mining, renewable energy and oil and gas infrastructure assets.

Mining & Metals - USA

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Benjamin Kent is an up-and-coming partner held in high regard by a client base of prominent mining companies. He routinely assists in major financing matters.

Strengths

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  • Benjamin is very responsive and has very strong commercial acumen and sophistication.

    ProjectsChambers Global Guide
  • Ben is very smart.

    Mining & MetalsChambers Global Guide

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