Ashurst LLP’s UAE practice is primarily centred on project finance, acting for a stellar list of lenders and sponsors in energy, utility, and infrastructure projects throughout the Gulf. Team head David Charlier is a leading projects practitioner in the region, offering trusted advice to international and Islamic banks, export credit agencies, multilateral institutions, prominent industry players, and government bodies. Natasha Kavanagh, who maintains a robust conventional and Islamic finance practice, plays a key role in supporting major UAE and Saudi projects from the firm’s Abu Dhabi office.
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Key clients
- Plenary/Besix
- Engie
- ADNOC
- Deutsche Bank
- ACWA Power
- Red Sea Gateway Terminal Company Limited
- Vision Invest
Work highlights
- Advising ADNOC, as procurer, in relation to the development, design, engineering, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, insurance, operation, maintenance and transfer of two independent water treatment and transportation systems, comprising the seawater intake/outfall and nanofiltration plants in Al Nouf and Mirfa, the water transportation pipelines and the pumping stations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi on a build, own, operate and transfer basis.
- Advised the Plenary and Besix consortium on their successful bid for and project financing of the design, build, finance, maintenance and transfer of three new schools in Zayed City, Abu Dhabi.
- Acting for EWEC in respect of the development, financing, design, engineering, procurement, construction, permitting, testing, commissioning, insurance, ownership, operation and maintenance of the Ajban Solar PV Plant, a solar photovoltaic power plant with a maximum power export of 1,500 MW together with associated infrastructure and facilities, to be located on a site in the Ajban region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Charlier