King & Spalding’s team specialise in complex and novel energy transition projects, giga projects, district cooling and PPPs. The team is engaged by high-profile clients, including NEOM and its subsidiaries, City Cool and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. The team is led by a seasoned duo: Abu-Dhabi-based Dan Feldman, who has a strong track record in high-profile energy and utilities projects, and Tim Burbury, a specialist in energy and infrastructure giga-projects and PPPs who divides his time between Abu Dhabi and Riyadh. Further expanding the team’s offerings, Simon Fraser and Matt Hartsuyker both joined in December 2023 from Faisal Adnan Baassiri Law Firm in association with Ashurst LLP.

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Key clients

  • City Cool
  • Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
  • Dubai's Department of Economy & Tourism
  • NEOM
  • NEOM Investment Office
  • Oxagon
  • ENOWA
  • Emerge
  • Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company
  • Électricité de France
  • Vision Invest
  • Events Investment Fund
  • Roshn
  • KEPCO

Work highlights

  • Advised Masdar, EDF, Suez International and Korea East-West Power as sponsors on their successful bid through to financial close, on the finance, design, build and operate a multi-plant integrated utility system for the AMAALA Red Sea PPP project.
  • Advising KEPCO on its successful bid through to financial close, on the project development and financing of Aramco’s Jafurah co-generation project in Saudi Arabia.
  • Advised City Cool on its successful bid to financial close, on the design, build, finance, maintain and operate a 72,500TR district cooling facility as part of the flagship Diriyah Gate development in Saudi Arabia.  

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Tim Burbury
King & Spalding

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dan Feldman, Tim Burbury

Other key lawyers

Simon Fraser, Matt Hartsuyker