Aurangzeb Maqsood

Biography

Aurangzeb Maqsood has over 10 years of working experience in project finance and banking, deeply involved in pivotal projects under Saudi Vision 2030 and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. His practice focuses on significant power generation, water desalination, and infrastructure projects across Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Pakistan. Aurangzeb is a distinctly preferred lawyer for project developers in the KSA market such as ACWA Power, Al Jomaih, Marubeni, Amaala, and Miahona Company; he has also advised governmental entities in KSA such as the Saudi Water Authority and the Saudi Power Procurement Company; and his expertise spans conventional and Islamic finance, where he has facilitated major transactions for major banks in Saudi Arabia including QNB, GIB, and BBK.

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Recent Experience

• REPDO 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors’ counsel on the Ar Rass Solar Energy Company 700MW solar power generation project located in Al Qassim, KSA.
• REPDO 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as the sponsors’ counsel on the Layla Solar Company 91MW project.
• REPDO 4: Acted for Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power Limited as sponsors’ counsel in relation to bidding, development, and financial close of the wind power generation projects.
• REPDO 5: Acted for Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power Limited as sponsors’ counsel in relation to bidding for the wind and solar power generation projects.
• REPDO 5: Acting for Al Jomaih Energy & Water Company as sponsors’ counsel in relation to the development and financial close of the Rabigh 2 300MW solar power generation project.
• REPDO 5: Acting for Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar as sponsors’ counsel in relation to the development and financial close of the solar power generation project.
• REPDO 6: Acting for Marubeni Middle East & Africa Power Limited as sponsors’ counsel in relation to bidding for the wind and solar power generation projects.

• Rabigh 2: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the Rabigh 2 water treatment project.
• Rabigh 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the Rabigh 3 water treatment project.
• Rabigh 4: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the Rabigh 4 water treatment project.

• PIF 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 2GW Ar Rass 2 solar power generation project.
• PIF 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 1.1GW Saad 2 solar power generation project.
• PIF 3: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 1.4GW Al Kahfah solar power generation project.
• PIF 4: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 2GW Haden solar power generation project.
• PIF 4: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 2GW Moya Renewable solar power generation project.
• PIF 4: Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors counsel in relation to the 1.5GW Nabah Renewable solar power generation project.

• Acted for Saudi Power Procurement Company as the government / offtaker’s counsel in relation to the 8.4GW Qassim and Taiba power generation projects.

• Acting for Saudi Water Authority as the borrower’s counsel in relation to the financing for Al Jubail and Al Khobar reverse osmosis technology conversion projects.

• Rumah Nairyah: Acting for ACWA Power Company as the sponsors counsel in relation to the power generation projects.
• Rumah Nairyah: Acting for Al Bawani in relation to the power generation projects.

• Amaala: Acted for Amaala as the project company counsel in relation to the Amaala Utilities projects.

• Acted for Al Jomaih Energy & Water Company and Almar Water Solutions B.V. as sponsors’ counsel on the Zuluf Water Treatment Project in KSA.
• Acted for Shanghai Electric Group Corporation, as sponsors of a coal-mining facility and a coal-powered power generation project, which was a priority CPEC project and a part of the Belt and Road Initiative.
• Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors’ counsel on the refinancing of the Shuaibah Water and Energy Company project.
• Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors’ counsel on the NEOM Green Hydrogen Project of a combined capacity of around four gigawatts of renewable power from onshore solar, wind, and storage.
• Acted for ACWA Power Company as sponsors’ counsel on the Shuaibah Three Water Desalination Project which once completed will be the world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination facility.
• Acting for ACWA Power Company as sponsor on the ASB1 and ASB2 solar power generation projects of more than 600MW.
• Acted for Al Jomaih Energy & Water Company in relation to the 470 MW Amiral Cogeneration greenfield industrial steam and electric cogeneration plant.
• Acted for X-Noor in relation to drafting the industrial-grade power purchase agreement.
• Acted for Miahona Company and Marafiq in relation to the Al Haer Sewage treatment project.