King & Spalding LLP has made a significant impact on the UAE oil and gas market since its recruitment of Simon Fraser and Matt Hartsuyker, alongside the appointment of team head Dan Feldman as the firm’s Global Head of Energy in January 2024. Fraser brings prolific sector knowledge and M&A capabilities and is a key driver behind the firm’s growing body of mining and minerals work, often working closely with Hartsuyker who has a similarly M&A-focused practice. Feldman, together with co-head Tim Burbury, a construction and infrastructure specialist, leads the team on both conventional oil and gas and energy transition ventures, including first-of-its kind hydrogen projects, significant joint ventures, investments, carve-outs, and large-scale co-generation facilities. Brendan Hundt is also notable for his active involvement in hydrogen-related deals.
Key clients
- NEOM
- Everwind Fuels
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
- Korea Electric Power Company
Work highlights
- Advising ADNOC, the largest company in the UAE, acquiring a significant interest from ExxonMobil in project companies that will produce low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia in ExxonMobil’s Baytown refining and petrochemical complex in Texas.
- Advising NEOM, from project inception to financial close on all aspects of the world’s largest green hydrogen and green ammonia production facility, a $8.4bn megaproject in Oxagon, Saudi Arabia.
- Advising ADNOC on the structuring and implementation of the carve out, consolidation and operationalisation of its previously directly held gas businesses.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tim Burbury, Dan Feldman