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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Tim Burbury is a senior projects partner based in Abu Dhabi where he leads the firm's Construction Practice and co-leads the firm's Projects Practice in the Middle East. Tim serves as Office Managing Partner in Abu Dhabi and served for 9 years on the firm’s AEC Committee.

For the last 25 years, Tim has represented sovereign wealth funds, State-owned entities, giga developers, energy and utility companies and strategic infrastructure clients and funds on their construction, infrastructure, energy, utilities and PPP projects and project financings.

Since 2019, Mr. Burbury has advised on one of the world's largest renewable energy and infrastructure giga projects, valued in the hundreds of USD billions, together with several other confidential Middle East giga projects.

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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 Roshn KEPCO

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.