DLA Piper draws on its regional finance, projects and restructuring capabilities to advise lenders on high-profile project financings, and is also active on PPP procurement mandates across the water, power, sewage treatment and wider infrastructure sectors, combining transactional strength with regulatory and procurement expertise. Project finance lawyer Nacim Bounouara leads the team, relocating from London in 2024. He is joined by Robert Harker, experienced in development, bids, acquisitions and disposals, and Adam Haque, a project development specialist.
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- ‘Experts in the industry and the Saudi market.'
- ‘Rob Harker. Very helpful and responsive.'
Key clients
- Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC)
- Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies (AWPT)
Work highlights
Advising Saudi Water Partnership Company on its current procurement round for water projects in Saudi Arabia, including the Juranah ISWR, the Small Sewage Treatment Plant (SSTP) and Collection Network (CN) Projects and its Batch 1 Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) Projects.
Advising Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies (AWPT) in a series of transformative long-term operation and maintenance (LTOM) contracts being procured by the National Water Company (NWC)as part of Saudi Arabia’s National Water Strategy 2030 (NWS2030).
Supporting two consortia one led by ACWA Power and Saudi Electricity Company and one led by Al Jomaih in connection with the procurement, development and financing of the Taiba 1&2 and Qassim 1 &2 Combined Cycle Power Plant Projects with a combined capacity of 3.6GW (the Plants).
Practice head
Nacim Bounouara
Other key lawyers
Rob Harker; Adam Haque