Dan Giemajner

• Advising Masdar on its first-of-a-kind 140MW green hydrogen project in Austria, being developed as part of its joint venture with OMV.
• Advising SAF One Energy Management Ltd. on the development and financing of sustainable aviation fuel projects in Bahrain and India.
• Advising Virtus Minerals Inc. and Lloyds Metals and Energy on its acquisition of the Chemaf copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Advising NEOM on the SAR 4.5bn financing of a gigaproject in KSA, including in relation to a novel ECA-backed supplier financing arrangement.

Energy/Energy transition

• Advising the developer on its SAR 1.8bn development and financing of a greenfield data center project in KSA.
• Advising a government on the structuring and delivery of an integrated lithium value chain, including mine, process facility, lithium hydroxide refinery, CAM and battery manufacturing facilities.
• Advising World Energy on the offtake, design, construction and financing of its 3GW green ammonia production facility in Canada.
• Advising Masdar Green Hydrogen on various green hydrogen, ammonia and methanol projects.
• Advising the Government of the Republic of Serbia on the structuring, delivery and financing of a 1.2 GW solar and BESS project.
• Advising the developer on the design, construction and financing of a first of a kind sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility un the UAE.
• Advising the developer on the design, construction and financing of a petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia.
• Advising Cory and Sheen Parkside in connection with their thermal battery joint venture seeking to decarbonise heating by supplying district heat networks and industrials with low-carbon heat.
• Advising Standard Chartered Bank, Société Générale, Absa, Export Development Canada, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund Limited, CDC Group Plc and Hungarian Export-Import Bank Private Limited Company on the $450m project financing of a gas to power pr
• Advising the investor group on the financing and delivery of a standalone battery storage project in Senegal, West Africa.
• Advising the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the financing and development of Europe’s largest gas to grid biomethane facility in Denmark.
• Advising Turquoise Hill Resources on the development of its long-term power solution in connection with the $6bn development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia.
• Advising developers (Balfour Beatty, Urbaser, Cory, Diversified EfW Management) and funders (MUFG, SMBCE, Green Investment Group) on a range of waste-to-energy, biomass and waste processing projects across Europe using various technologies, including g
• Advising developers and funders on various solar and offshore wind projects across Europe and Africa.

Infrastructure

• Advising the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on the project financing of the Kingston Container Port in Jamaica.
• Advising Standard Bank and Stanbic on several first-of-a kind/first in-country PPP roads projects in Kenya, including the negotiations with the Government of Kenya, the international project financing and the procurement of a Chinese financing solution
• Advising the sponsors (comprising a consortium of Mitsui, HMM, NOL, CMA and DP World) on the €600m project financing of a new container terminal at the Port of Rotterdam, making it the largest port in Europe.
• Advising the EIB, Allianz, HSBC and MUFG on the design, financing, construction, operation and restructuring of a £1bn highways project in Scotland. The project was the first hybrid bank/bond financing of its kind.
• Advising the AfDB and DEG on the $340m project financing of the Main One Underwater Sea Cable, providing for the development of a 14,000km submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings in various West African cou
• Advising Meridiam in connection with the $1.12bn Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, involving the replacement of 558 bridges across the State of Pennsylvania.
• Advising the developer on the design, construction, operation and restructuring of a US$4bn ‘super hospital’ P3 project in North America.
• Advising on a range of telecoms projects across Europe and Africa, including data-centres, sub-sea cables, fiber roll-out and various telecom tower acquisition and development projects.
• Advising institutional investors (including Pensions Insurance Corporation and Aberdeen Investment) and monoline insurers (Assured Guaranty) on the financing of a number of 50-year concession agreements for the design, construction and operation of stu
• Advising Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Bank/Stanbic IBTC, African Development Bank and Africa Finance Corporation, on the project financing of a $1.5bn greenfield container port on the Lekki peninsula in Lagos State, Nigeria.
• Advising Standard Chartered Bank, Standard Bank and International Finance Corporation on the project financing of the Atuabo Oil and Gas Free Port in Ghana. The port will serve as an oil and gas logistics hub, servicing the offshore oil and gas industr
• Advising on the financing and development of numerous roads, schools, hospitals, airports and prisons in the PPP/P3 sector.
• Advising developer on the design, construction and subsequent restructuring of a US$3bn airport project in Russia.
• Advising on the financing and development of numerous schools, prisons, street lighting, primary care, fire and rescue projects in the PPP/P3 sector – clients include Equitix, Balfour Beatty Investments and Engie.

Mining and commodities

• Advising Virtus Minerals Inc. and Lloyds Metals and Energy on its acquisition of the Chemaf copper and cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Advising CBG (which is owned by Rio Tinto, Alcoa, Dadco and the Government of Guinea) on the $1.1bn expansion of its Sangaredi bauxite mine in western Guinea.
• Advising Anglo American in connection with the financing and offtake arrangements for an iron ore project in Ukraine.
• Advising Anglo American in connection with its offtake-linked secured financing to a Chilean copper-producer.
• Advising Turquoise Hill Resources on the $6bn development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine in Mongolia, including in relation to the project financing, inter-shareholder matters with Rio Tinto and the Government of Mongolia (including the cost ov
• Advising Nedbank and Rand Merchant Bank with a bridge facility and senior ECIC debt facility for the financing of the construction and development of the Kipoi copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Advising Aureus on the project financing of its New Liberty Gold Project in Liberia.
• Advising Cornish Lithium on the sale of offtake and marketing rights with respect to Cornish Lithium’s Trelavour mine in Cornwall, UK.
• Advising Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, European Investment Bank and FMO in connection with the financing and restructuring of the MOMA mineral sands project in Mozambique.
• Advising the lenders to African Minerals Ltd with respect on the financing and subsequent restructuring/enforcement in connection with the Tonkolili iron project in Sierra Leone.
• Advising Anglo Pacific Group on the acquisition of a royalty/stream from Denison Mines Corp., which owns and operates the Cigar Lake uranium mine and associate McClean Lake uranium mill.
• Advising Asanko on the project financing provided by Red Kite of its Esaase and Obotan gold projects in Ghana.
• Advising SGRF, the sovereign wealth fund of Oman, on the US$150m project financing of Bacanora Minerals' Sonora Lithium Project in Mexico.

List may include matters worked on prior to joining King & Spalding

Dan is an energy, infrastructure and natural resources lawyer, with more than 15 years’ experience structuring and executing complex cross-border projects and acquisitions for market leading clients around the world. Dan has developed a unique practice covering the most novel parts of the energy transition, while also focussing on mining and metals transactions across the globe. 

Dan's primary expertise includes project finance, acquisition finance and other forms of structured debt finance. Dan’s experience also extends to the commodity value chain, advising a number of corporates and trading houses on how to structure their projects, including their long-term offtake, feedstock and tolling arrangements.

Recognised in multiple legal directories over the years, Dan’s clients include developers, private equity sponsors, traders, governments, banks, funds, development finance institutions, export credit agencies, monolines and other financial institutions.

Dan has practiced in London, New York and Singapore.