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Friday, November 27 - 2009

Freshfields advises Government of Bahrain on waste treatment plant contract

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the Government of Bahrain on its agreement with French company Construction Industrielles de la Mediterranée (CNIM) to build a new solid waste treatment plant in the country.

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The 25 year waste disposal agreement was signed with CNIM on 15 December in Bahrain. Under the agreement, CNIM will finance, design, construct and operate the waste treatment plant, worth approximately $300m, which will the first of its kind in Bahrain.

Construction is expected to begin by the end of 2009 and will take approximately three years.

Harnek Shoker from Freshfields' Bahrain office comments:
"We are delighted to have advised the Government of Bahrain on this concession agreement, which represents a significant step forward for the country's waste management programme."


The Freshfields team was led by Harnek Shoker and included associate Carlo Calabrese and legal assistant Dina Nassif.

In August this year Freshfields represented the Government on its third and largest $2bn Al Dur Independent Water and Power Project in Bahrain consisting of 1,234 MW power facility and a 48 MIGD desalination facility.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP is an integrated international law firm and operates from 28 offices in 16 countries, including all the main financial centres of the world. Our 2,500 plus lawyers provide unrivalled technical and commercial advice to the world's leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments, helping them deal with their most challenging and complex business issues and transactions.

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