Our team has unmatched depth and operates across the energy and infrastructure sectors, advising lenders, governments and sponsors on innovative and high profile projects. We have expert knowledge of the government’s privatisation law and practice by virtue of our transactional and advisory roles on many projects based on the public-private partnerships that Oman has pioneered in the region. Our close familiarity with the privatisation, re-structuring, and regulatory frameworks governing diverse sectors enables us to provide valuable pre-bid advice to developers, lenders and their advisers.

Our projects team advises government entities, multi-national and national corporate, consortia, project sponsors, developers, construction companies and finance institutions on energy and infrastructure projects across the spectrum of industry sectors in Oman. Our lawyers have worked on most of the large-scale infrastructure projects undertaken in Oman to date in the power and water, petrochemicals, oil and gas, industry and manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications and tourism and hospitality sectors.

The group marshals the firm’s expertise in corporate, commercial and banking and finance law to offer clients with a fully- integrated service on all aspects of project work including advising on joint ventures, project structures, incorporation, construction contracts, development agreements and land law, legal due diligence, risk allocation, financing arrangements and related security packages.

As well as for technical ability and in-depth knowledge of local laws and regulatory issues, clients also value us for our network of contacts in government and business circles. This gives clients a critical advantage in identifying and ironing out any complexity or uncertainty that may arise in structuring, financing and developing large-scale infrastructure and development projects in this fast-evolving legal environment.