King & Spalding LLP maintains a highly active UAE energy and natural resources practice, advising on many of the region’s largest and most strategically significant oil, gas, and low-carbon energy transactions. The team is deeply involved in multibillion-dollar mandates, including hydrogen and ammonia megaprojects, complex joint ventures, and cross-border acquisitions tied to major players in the sector. Global head of energy Dan Feldman and co-heads Tim Burbury and Simon Fraser steer the practice across both conventional and energy-transition matters, from upstream and petrochemicals work to cutting-edge hydrogen developments. Matt Hartsuyker's practice centres on high-value transactional work, while Brendan Hundt remains closely involved in the team’s growing pipeline of hydrogen-related deals.
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Dan Feldman leads the firm’s energy industry team, which comprises over 300 lawyers worldwide. Dan’s practice focuses on energy across the value chain, including oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), low-carbon energy (renewables, hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture and storage, battery systems and green industry), power, infrastructure and mining megaprojects around the world.
Mr. Feldman has 23 years of experience and has represented corporations, government entities and institutions globally, including Chevron, ADNOC, XRG, Woodside, PETRONAS, JERA , Masdar, Engie, NEOM, Fertiglobe, Reliance Industries Limited, ACWA Power, Emirates Global Aluminium, Fortescue, Moeve / CEPSA, JBIC, Dow Chemical, Air Liquide, Sembcorp, Keppel, Sojitz, KEPCO, OCP, Tree Energy Solutions, Raizen, Casa dos Ventos, Air Liquide, EverWind, Uniper and more.
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- NEOM EverWind Fuels Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Korea Electric Power Company
Work highlights
Advised ACWA Power on all aspects its USD693m acquisition of ownership interests in power generation, water desalination, and associated O&M companies in Kuwait and Bahrain from Engie SA.