Power and Infrastructure
We Know Energy ®. Every one of our lawyers has deep experience in energy and is passionate about the sector. We speak the language, providing our clients with the right advice efficiently and diligently, wasting no time getting up the curve.
We advise on all aspects of the power industry, including renewables and infrastructure, water treatment, water purification, district cooling and public private partnership projects from early stage project development, through to project financing, acquisitions and disposals.
We have experience advising on projects that combine different financing techniques, co-financings involving development finance institutions, export credit agencies, commercial( international and domestic) and Islamic banks.
Our power experience includes advising:
• Developers
• Lenders( including export credit agencies, development finance institutions and multilateral agencies, international and regional commercial banks and Islamic finance institutions)
• Governments and state-owned entities
• Private equity and infrastructure funds
• EPC, LTSA and O & M contractors.
• Facility E IWPP— Marubeni Corporation and Kyushu Electric consortium with respect to its ongoing negotiations with KAHRAMAA regarding the development and financing of the $ 3 billion 2.6GW and 100MIGD IWPP in Qatar
• Alcazar Energy Partners— successful disposal of Alcazar Energy’ s regional portfolio of renewable energy projects
• Al Kharsaah IPP— Marubeni Corporation and Total regarding the development, implementation and financing of the 800.15 MW Al Kharsaah Solar PV Independent Power Project in Qatar. Al Kharsaah reached financial close on 22 July 2020 notwithstanding COVID-19 related impediments and complications.
• REPDO Round 3- Saad 300 MW IPP and Wadi & Ad Dawasir IPP— Lenders to the Jinko Power-led consortium as the preferred bidder( targeting financial closing in Q2 2022) and advising TotalEnergies and Tamasuk consortium as sponsors’ counsel regarding their successful bid for, negotiations, financing and( ultimate) closing of this deal.
• Shuqaiq IWPP M & A— Aljomaih Energy and Water Company as the successful purchaser of ACWA Power’ s entire stake in the $ 1.8 billion Shuqaiq 2 IWPP
• NEOM Construction Villages PPP, KSA— Consortium of KSA lenders in respect of their support for a bid for the development and operation of the NEOM Construction Villages in the NEOM international zone in the North Western part of the Kingdom
Principal Contacts
Andrej Kormuth Partner, Dubai
Oliver Irwin Partner, London bracewell. com