King & Spalding integrates the firm’s global capabilities across a range of sectors to lead on prominent mandates across the Kingdom in projects and energy. Recent work includes some of the most notable transactions in the petrochemicals and power industries for clients including Dow and ACWA Power, and advice on infrastructural concerns related to domestic gigaprojects. The firm has a notable presence in the renewable energy sector and leads on bids for the operation of district cooling plants. Tim Burbury leverages experience in construction and transactions to lead on PPP project and international investments, and Dan Feldman specialises in mandates relating to the energy transition.
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Key clients
- City Cool
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company,
- Dubai's Department of Economy & Tourism
- NEOM, the world's largest giga project developer
- NEOM Investment Office
- Oxagon
- ENOWA
- Emerge (Saudi JV between Masdar and EDF)
- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
- Electricity de France (EDF)
- Vision Invest
- Events Investment Fund
Work highlights
Advising the well-known strategic alliance, Masdar and EDF (as Emerge Limited) alongside Suez International and Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd in their successful bid to finance, design, build and operate a multi-plant integrated utility system including Solar PV, BESS (Battery Energy Storage System), Reverse Osmosis and wastewater treatment plants, ancillary facilities and network systems as a part of the AMAALA project.
Advising a sponsor consortium on their successful bid to design, build, finance, maintain and operate a 72,500TR district cooling facility as part of the flagship Diriyah Gate development in Saudi Arabia
Advising Dow on its $20 billion joint venture with Saudi Aramco to develop and finance the Sadara Integrated Chemicals Project in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, which is the world's largest ever industrial project completed in a single phase
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Practice head
Tim Burbury; Dan Feldman