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Our global team of English, French and Russian-speaking lawyers based in Dubai, Paris, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Tokyo deliver deep insight and strategic support for international clients in Central Asian countries on their most-important transactions. Backed by a 24-office network, our service draws on decades of guiding oil and gas, power, infrastructure, renewables, and mining clients in these regions.

We provide strategic advice to international clients including developers, banks, energy, infrastructure and construction firms, major corporates, and commodity traders in the region.

Moreover, our firm has long-established dedicated regional groups consisting of lawyers with experience in working on major projects in Kazakhstan.

As one of the world’s premier law firms, we have extensive experience leading cross-border matters in jurisdictions where we are not locally qualified, calling on deep links with local counsel.

Experience

TotalEnergies

on the Mirny project which is a major wind power plant project for the construction of 1GW onshore wind farm combined with 600 MW battery storage system in Kazakhstan.

Voltalia

in relation to a project to design, construct, finance, own, operate, and maintain a 100 MWs PV power generation plant in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan, for which it has been selected as the winning bidder.  HSF is advising Voltalia on the Financial Close of the project.

TotalEnergies

on the development and financing of the two solar pv projects in Uzbekistan, including the negotiation of various project documents (PPA, Government Support Agreement) and drafting and negotiation of the financing documentation nd closing process with lenders (likely to be DFIs and IFIs active in the country

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Balkhash Thermal Power Plant

a project company owned by Samruk-Energy and Samsung, on the construction, development, operation and financing of a 1,320MW coal-fired power plant in Kazakhstan, including EPC and O&M contracts, capacity purchase contract, coal supply contract

Ekibastuz GRES in Kazakhstan

(a joint venture between Samruk Energy and Inter RAO UES) on the construction of its third energy block, including the preparation and negotiation of an EPC agreement and other project and finance documentation

Air Marakanda

advising lenders in relation to financing for Air Marakanda (as borrower and private partner) for  the purposes of modernisation and management of the Samarkand International Airport in the Republic of Uzbekistan, implemented on the basis of a public-private partnership, the first PPP airport modernisation project in Uzbekistan

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Partner, Germany

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