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Tuesday, November 24 - 2009

Freshfields advises the Government of Bahrain on Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has represented the Government of Bahrain on the proposed development of the $2bn Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project in Bahrain consisting of a 1,234 MW power facility and a 48 MIGD desalination facility.

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Construction will begin shortly and will be completed in two phases. The first phase will generate a power capacity of 600 MW by the summer of 2010 with the remainder of the power plant and the desalination plant in operation by June 2011. The project is the third and largest independent power and water project in Bahrain and constitutes a major step in the modernisation and privatisation of the electricity and water sector in the country.

Harnek Shoker, head of the Bahrain office, who led the Freshfields team said,

"We are very pleased to continue our long-standing relationship with the Ministry of Finance and the Electricity and Water Authority of the Government of Bahrain. We are privileged to represent the Government of Bahrain once again on its largest water and power project in the Kingdom."


The Freshfields team also included senior associates William Breeze and William Coleman, associate Carlo Calabrese and legal assistant Dina Nassif.

In 2007 Freshfields advised the Government of Bahrain on the $738.2m sale of Al Hidd water and power plant to a consortium of International Power, Sumitomo Corporation and Suez Tractebal, which was the first privatisation of an existing power and water generation asset in Bahrain. In 2005 the firm also represented the Government of Bahrain on the development of the El Ezzel 1000 MW independent power plant.
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For more information contact:

Harnek Shoker, head of Bahrain office
T +973 3 963 8704

Sophie McCourt, PR executive
T +44 20 7427 3902

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