09 July 2025Publication
New Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework
Brief analysis of the European Commission's Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework: CISAF) with key takeaways.
We act on some of the largest and most complex natural resources projects globally, with a particular focus on projects in emerging markets. We help our clients deal with the life-cycle of issues from early stage development and all forms and stages of finance to project related disputes.
Our clients include banks, joint venture project companies, governments, specialist private equity funds, commodity trading companies and global natural resources companies.
Our core services include:
- Development and construction of projects and project financing
- Dispute resolution
- Equity capital markets Financing, debt capital markets
- M&A
- Holdco and funds financings
- International joint ventures
- Limited recourse senior debt
- Mezzanine financings
- Prepayment facilities
- Private and public international arbitration
- Royalty and streaming financings
- Trade and receivables financings
Our experience
Liquified Natural Gas
Advising International Finance Corporation, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Commercial International Bank (Egypt) in connection with the project financing of a bulk liquids terminal for the import and storage of gasoil, LPG and LNG and berthing of two floating storage and regasification units at Sokhna Port, Egypt.
Government of Kenya
Advising Government of Kenya, Ministry of Petroleum on the commercialisation of the large oil discovery in the Lokichar basin, Kenya. The initial project, known as the Early Oil Project Scheme, is to truck the oil in heated trucks to Mombasa Port for refining and export. The second project, running in parallel, is to build a dedicated heated oil pipeline and pumping stations to new oil terminal facilities at Lamu Port.
Brookfield
Advising on the sale, purchase agreements and the equity arrangements of Petroleo Brasileiro SA natural gas pipeline unit to a group of investors led by Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc for approximately $5.2bn
Key contacts
If you have any questions, contact a member of the Natural Resources team for assistance:
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