Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Acting as counsel for Catrion in connection with all aspects of their participation as the developer for a project to design, build and operate state of the art catering and laundry facilities to service the Red Sea Giga Project.
  
• Acting as sole external legal advisors to SPPC throughout the tendering and award process of a major project involving the transition away from liquid fuel in favor of natural gas and renewables.
  

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• Advising NEOM Company on the development of a major part of the NEOM development, i.e. the construction and operation of 250-kilometer-long high-speed rail network connecting the NEOM airport and the NEOM The Line.
  
• Advising the ENOWA on the acquisition of the power network of SEC in the NEOM region.
  
• Advising the Ministry of Health in respect of a public private partnership pursuant to which the Ministry of Health will request the private sector to build and then provide facility management in respect of 150 primary health centers all over the Kingdom.
  

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• Advising the well-known strategic alliance, Masdar and EDF (as Emerge Limited) alongside Suez International and Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd in their successful bid to finance, design, build and operate a multi-plant integrated utility system including Solar PV, BESS (Battery Energy Storage System), Reverse Osmosis and wastewater treatment plants, ancillary facilities and network systems as a part of the AMAALA project.
  
• Advising a sponsor consortium on their successful bid to design, build, finance, maintain and operate a 72,500TR district cooling facility as part of the flagship Diriyah Gate development in Saudi Arabia
  
• Advising Dow on its $20 billion joint venture with Saudi Aramco to develop and finance the Sadara Integrated Chemicals Project in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, which is the world’s largest ever industrial project completed in a single phase
  

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• Advising Saudi Arabia Railways, the national railway company of Saudi Arabia, on the tender for the lead design consultancy services contract for the Saudi Landbridge Railway Network, one of the largest railway projects ever undertaken in the Middle East (comprising more than 1,500 kms of new track) and one of the biggest globally.
  
• Advising Saudi Aramco on the development of a 9 million MTCO2 /annum CCS project in Saudi Arabia with Linde, SABIC, and Air Products. This is the largest CCS project of its kind outside of the US and a very significant project for the energy industry in the middle east and globally.
  
• Advising Al-Ula Development Company on its joint venture with KUN Investment Holding to develop and finance the Aman Hegra in Al-Ula. The Aman Hegra project will include an expansive Aman resort, with 42 hotel and villa keys and 30 branded private residences available for purchase. This groundbreaking development marks an important moment in Saudi Arabia’s tourism and hospitality landscape, aligning with the Kingdom’s vision 2030.
  

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• Advised TotalEnergies as co-sponsor with Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) (together, the Sponsors) on the project financing of the Amiral petrochemical complex
  
• Advised Saudi Electricity Company on the 3.9GW Taiba-1 and Qassim-1 IPPs.
  

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• Advised The Mosaic Company on the sale of all its 25% shareholding in Saudi mining joint venture company, Ma’aden Wa’ad Al-Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC), to Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden), in exchange for the issue of new shares in Ma’aden
  
• Advised ACWA Power Company, the world’s largest private water desalination company and a pioneer in green hydrogen, on several projects in Saudi Arabia
  
• Advised the consortium of Marubeni and Ajlan & Bros in relation to the development of a wind power plant as a part of the Renewable Energy Project Development Office Round 4 (REPDO 4) projects.
  

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• Advising Saudi Water Partnership Company on its current procurement round for water projects in Saudi Arabia, including the Juranah ISWR, the Small Sewage Treatment Plant (SSTP) and Collection Network (CN) Projects and its Batch 1 Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP) Projects.
  
• Advising Alkhorayef Water and Power Technologies (AWPT) in a series of transformative long-term operation and maintenance (LTOM) contracts being procured by the National Water Company (NWC)as part of Saudi Arabia’s National Water Strategy 2030 (NWS2030).
  
• Supporting two consortia one led by ACWA Power and Saudi Electricity Company and one led by Al Jomaih in connection with the procurement, development and financing of the Taiba 1&2 and Qassim 1 &2 Combined Cycle Power Plant Projects with a combined capacity of 3.6GW (the Plants).
  

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• Advising the sponsors of the Taiba II IPP, including Electricite de France, AlJomaih Energy and Water, Buhur for Investment and Ajlan & Brothers in connection with the project financing of a 1,800MW combined cycle gas turbine independent power plant in Taiba, Saudi Arabia, including its financing aspects and arrangements.
  
• Advising Saudi Binladin Group Company Limited (SBG), one of the largest contractors in the region, in relation to all aspects of the Jeddah Tower Project, the world’s tallest skyscraper.
  
• Advising the sponsors of the Qassim II IPP including Electricite de France (EDF), AlJomaih Energy and Water, Buhur for Investment and Ajlan & Brothers in connection with the project financing for the first gas-fired IPPs since 2016 in Qassim, Saudi Arabia, with a capacity of 1,800MW, including its financing aspects and arrangements.
  

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• Advised a consortium of commercial Lenders in relation to 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, design, construct, operate and maintain a greenfield industrial steam and electric cogeneration plant close to Jubail in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  
• Advised a consortium of Saudi lenders in connection with the financing of an industrial steam and electricity cogeneration plant to be developed by a joint venture company owned by TAQA and JERA.
  

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• Advising SIDF, SACE, KEXIM, K-SURE, JBIC, CESCE, Euler Hermes, Bpifrance AE and the commercial lenders on the financing of the US$15bn Amiral Petrochemicals Complex (sponsored by Saudi Aramco and Total) which is scheduled to begin operations in 2027.
  
• Advising SPPC on the procurement of four greenfield 1.8 GW combined cycle gas fired IPPs located in the Taiba and Qassim regions of Saudi Arabia.
  
• Advising Hassana Investment Company on its acquisition of a minority interest in Rabigh Arabian Water & Electricity Company from ACWA Power.
  

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• Acting for the Government of Kuwait (Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects) on the procurement of two large scale (2000 MW) integrated IWPPs, alongside EY as financial advisors and Atkins as technical advisors.
  
• Acting for the Sponsors in relation to the development and implementation a 93MWac/120.9MWdc solar green field captive solar power plant (“Solar Plant”), including the design, construction, ownership, financing, operation and maintenance of the solar green field captive power plant, situated in the Sultanate of Oman.
  
• Acting for National Water Company in relation to the phase 2 procurement process for the privatisation of sewage treatment plants in KSA.
  

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• Advised Al-Moammar Information Systems Company on the drafting and negotiation of operation and maintenance agreements for six data centers across Saudi Arabia, with a combined capacity of 24 megawatts and an initial value of USD 320 million.
  

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• Advised the lenders (Banque Saudi Fransi, Alinma Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai and Saudi Investment Bank) in relation to financing of the Juranah ISWR project located in Makkah, KSA.
  
• Advising Jinko, as the winning bidder, on the development and financing of the 400MW Tabarjal Solar PV project in Saudi Arabia as part of the Kingdom’s Round 4 Solar Projects as part of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP), supervised by the Ministry of Energy.
  
• Advised the lenders in relation to financing of the US$937 million 120MIGD Hassyan independent water project located in Dubai, with ACWA Power as lead developer alongside DEWA and EIG.
  

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• Advised the financiers in relation to all aspects of the project financing provided to the winning consortium of Al Jomaih and Total Energies in respect of the 300MW solar power plant to be built and operated at Rabigh, Saudi Arabia being procured as part of the « REPDO Round V » strategic procurement process.
  
• Advising the successful bidder on a water transmission pipeline project with a length of approximately 587 kms between Jubail and Buraydah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  
• Advised the consortium of Acciona Agua, Tawzea and Tamasuk (“Sponsors”) on the development of three new wastewater treatment plants (“ISTPs”) of 375,000m3 per day, 150,000m3 per day and 90,000m3 per day in Madinah, Buraydah and Tabuk respectively in Saudi Arabia (“MBT” projects).
  

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• Acted as local legal counsel to the lenders in connection with the Ras Tanura Independent Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWWTP) project, a critical infrastructure development aligned with Saudi Arabia’s objectives to increase private sector participation in essential utility services.
  
• Acted as local legal counsel to the lenders in relation to the Amiral Project, the major petrochemical expansion of the existing Jubail Refinery undertaken by SATORP, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and TotalEnergies.
  
• Acted as local legal counsel in connection with the Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP2) project between Rayis and Rabigh, one of the strategic infrastructure initiatives under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, aimed at enhancing water security and supply efficiency across the western region of the Kingdom.