Prior to joining McDermott, Shah Jahan worked for other leading international law firms.

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• Advising on the development of a 70 MW solar PV + data center project in El Salvador.
• Advising on the development of a 32 MW solar PV project in El Salvador.
• Advising on the development of an 1,800 MW hydroelectric project and five data center projects in North Africa.
• Advising on the development of a 1.2 GW solar PV + 400 MWh BESS project in Serbia.
• Advising on the development of a 2GW solar PV + 400MWh BESS project in Angola.
• Advising on the development of a 400,000 Mtpa biomass project in the state of Washington, USA.
• Advised an equity investor in connection with a 250 – 500MW electrolyser (green hydrogen and green ammonia) facility in the Middle East*
• Advised the lenders in connection with the US$1 billion Sudair 1,500 MW solar PV plant*
• Advised a lender in relation to the expansion of the GCC Interconnector to Basra, Iraq*
• Advising three DFIs on the financing of Ethiopia’s first independent power plant (geothermal)*
• Advised multiple sponsors and lenders in relation to Egyptian FiT projects (solar and wind), totalling US$1.5 billion*
• Representing the management team (former NY private equity) of a US$500 million energy platform / fund with a 3 – 5 GW renewable energy pipeline (focused on Middle East and Africa)*
• Advising the Government of Uzbekistan and the International Finance Corporation in relation to the procurement of a 1,600 MW baseload CCGT power plant and a 650 MW peaking plant*
• Assisted the majority shareholder and project company in various confidential matters regarding the Qurrayah IPP (net generation capacity of 3,927 MW, making it the largest CCGT IPP in the world)*
• Advising a supermajor on the development of a gas- fired power plant in the Caribbean which will be supplied by associated gas

Oil & Gas and Hydrogen

• Advised a consortium led by BP and SOCAR on one of the world’s largest energy projects, the US$40 billion Shah Deniz 2 gas project in Azerbaijan, including managing legal risk for portfolio of 10 EU buyers*
• Advised Pertamina on the JTB Gas Development Project Development & Financing. This involves advising on various matters relating to the development of the project including on the project financing documents (both conventional and Islamic tranches) for the LIBOR transition and expansion / refinancing.
• Represented a major oilfield services company on its entry in, and exit from, the Fortuna FLNG Project in Equatorial Guinea*
• Represented a Japanese consortium in relation to a potential investment in the Tanzania LNG project*
• Advising on the development of a crude MDI and PMDI refinery located at the Sadara Complex, KSA.

Water

• Advising a developer in its bid for a wastewater project in Uzbekistan*
• Advising a developer in relation to the Taweelah RO desalination IWP in Abu Dhabi*
• Advising a lender to ACWA Power in relation to the Jubail 3A water desalination project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

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