Faisal Adnan Baassiri Law Firm in association with Ashurst LLP’s projects and energy team regularly works on complex projects across the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors. The practice also possesses strong capabilities on cross-border and precedent-setting projects, with clients such as Saudi Aramco and the National Centre for Privatization. The team’s leadership includes Riyadh-based Bilal Rana, who advises on high profile projects financing and PPPs; Jeddah-based Faisal Adnan Baassiri, who focuses on government privatisation projects in the transport and energy sectors, and Dubai-based David Charlier, who specialises in the development, financing and acquisition of energy and infrastructure assets.

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Key clients

  • ADNOC
  • Elite Construction Real Estate Development Company
  • National Centre for Privatisation and PPP
  • Emirates Water and Electricity Company
  • Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
  • JERA Power International B.V.

Work highlights

  • Appointed by Elite Construction Real Estate Development Company in connection with a bid by ESI, MES&S and ESEC submitted in response to a request for proposal issued by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, relating to the development of a residential compound.
  • Advised a consortium of commercial lenders concerning a bid submitted by TAQA and JERA for the financing portion of a project run by SATORP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeking to develop a greenfield industrial steam and electric cogeneration plant close to Jubail.
  • Advising EWEC and Tadweer on the structuring and procuring of a waste-to-energy facility to be developed in Abu Dhabi.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Bilal Rana, Faisal Baassiri, David Charlier

Other key lawyers

Joss Dare, Natasha Kavanagh, Grant Batten