Experience
  • ADNOC / XRG on all aspects of its multi-billion dollar investment into ExxonMobil’s U.S.$7 billion Baytown low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production facility in Texas.
  • NEOM on all aspects, from initial MOU to financial close, of the U.S.$8.4 billion NEOM Green Hydrogen Project, the world’s first green ammonia export megaproject to take FID and sign definitive offtake and financing agreements. The project involves the world’s largest single-phase renewables project (4GW in total) as well as a ground-breaking green ammonia / green hydrogen project, including 2.2GW of alkaline electrolysers supplied by Thyssenkrupp Nucera.
  • The Dow Chemical Company on all aspects of its U.S.$20 billion Sadara petrochemicals joint venture with Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia.
  • A supermajor on all aspects of the development of a multi-gigawatt gas-fired power project to supply a hyperscaler’s AI data center in the USA.
  • PETRONAS in relation to its U.S.$28 billion RAPID integrated refinery and petrochemicals project in Pengerang, Malaysia, including the U.S.$7 billion acquisition of an interest by Saudi Aramco in parts of the project.
  • Emirates Global Aluminium on the Guinea Alumina Project, a U.S.$1.6 billion bauxite mining project in Guinea, West Africa. This was the largest mining project financing ever in West Africa and was awarded Global Multilateral Deal of the Year 2019 by PFI.
  • JERA on its joint venture with CF Industries to develop the U.S.$4 billion “Blue Point” low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia export facility in Louisiana, U.S., which won the Japanese government’s high-profile contract for difference award in 2025.
  • Three of the most advanced Indian green hydrogen derivative production projects.
  • Chevron on its development of low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia projects on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
  • Moeve (formerly known as CEPSA), one of Spain's largest energy companies, on the EUR1 billion Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, Europe’s largest green hydrogen project to take FID, in partnership with Masdar and Enalter.
  • One of India’s largest energy conglomerates on a $3 billion green ammonia offtake agreement with one of Asia’s largest trading companies.
  • JBIC on the financing of the U.S.$3.5 billion Facility D IWPP in Qatar, from bid stage to financial close.
  • JERA on its program to import clean ammonia to Japan for co-firing in thermal power plants to decarbonize the Japanese electricity system.
  • Reliance Industries Limited on Saudi Aramco’s acquisition of an interest in its oil-to-chemicals business.
  • EverWind Fuels on all aspects of a U.S.$6 billion green hydrogen and ammonia export megaproject, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Hy24 on its investment into Atome’s flagship 260,000 tonne-per-year low-carbon fertiliser plant in Villeta, Paraguay, one of Latin America’s first and largest green hydrogen projects to take FID.
  • One of India’s largest energy companies on green methanol and green ammonia export projects in the country.
  • A leading global supermajor on regulatory matters relating to low-carbon business and projects in South Korea (including the CHPS programme), Japan (including the hydrogen CfD programme), Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, the U.S, and Kazakhstan.
  • The lenders on the U.S.$12.5 billion joint venture for the Jazan IGCC / ASU project, the largest grey hydrogen project in the world. Awarded Global Deal of the Year by the PFI Awards, 2021; and MENA Hybrid Energy Deal of the Year at the IJGlobal Awards 2021.
  • One of Singapore’s largest energy companies and two of Japan’s largest energy companies in a joint venture to develop a green ammonia export project in India.
  • One of Singapore’s largest energy companies on its programme to import clean ammonia into Japan for decarbonization of its power sector.
  • OCP on a green ammonia pilot project with Shell in Morocco.
  • Uniper on offtake from the Hyport Duqm Green Ammonia Project in Oman.
  • Casa Dos Ventos, Brazil’s largest renewable energy company, on a joint venture with TotalEnergies to produce and market green hydrogen hydrogen and ammonia in the Port of Pecem, Ceara, Brazil.
  • Ardian, one of France’s leading investment companies, on hydrogen investment and incentive strategic matters.
  • ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia’s leading renewable energy company, on green hydrogen projects in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Scatec, one of Europe’s leading renewable energy companies, in joint venture with Fertiglobe and Orascom on the Egypt Green Hydrogen Project, which in 2024 won the first competitive public tender for import of green ammonia into Europe under the H2Global / Hint.co programe.
  • Engie, Fertiglobe and Masdar on a joint venture to develop the UAE’s first green hydrogen and ammonia project.
  • One of Spain’s largest energy companies on a green hydrogen and ammonia export project in Brazil.
  • A supermajor international integrated energy company, on the world’s largest offshore carbon capture and storage exploration and development projects, offshore Western and Northern Australia.
  • Masdar on multi-hundred megawatt renewables (solar and wind) projects in the UAE, Serbia and Azerbaijan.
  • Tree Energy Solutions on various green hydrogen e-methane / e-NG projects globally.
  • Raizen, one of Brazil’s largest energy companies, on global regulatory matters relating to its biofuels business.
  • Emirates Waste to Energy on the GCC’s first waste-to energy project, which was commissioned in 2022.
Bio

Dan Feldman leads King & Spalding’s energy industry team, which comprises over 300 lawyers across 26 offices worldwide. Dan’s practice focuses on energy and infrastructure across the value chain, including oil and gas (upstream, midstream and downstream), low-carbon energy (renewables, hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture and storage, battery systems and green industry), power, infrastructure and mining megaprojects around the world.

Dan has 23 years of experience and has represented corporations, government entities and institutions globally, including Chevron, Woodside, JERA, Uniper, ADNOC, Brookfield, Engie, NEOM, Fertiglobe, Reliance Industries Limited, XRG, Masdar, ACWA Power, Emirates Global Aluminium, Hy24, PETRONAS, Fortescue, Moeve / CEPSA, JBIC, Dow Chemical, Air Liquide, Sembcorp, Keppel, Sojitz, KEPCO, OCP, Tree Energy Solutions, Raizen, Casa dos Ventos, Air Liquide, EverWind, and more.

Dan has been recognized by Chambers Global, Legal500, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Law360 as a leading lawyer. In 2025 he was named a Law360 MVP for energy, one of five in the world, and Law Middle East’s “Rainmaker of the Year”, as well as their nominee for “UAE Lawyer of the Year”. He has previously been named a Law360 MVP for project finance. He advised Project Finance International “Deals of the Year” in 2023 (the U.S.$8.4 billion NEOM Green Hydrogen Project, on which Dan advised NEOM), 2021 (the U.S.$12.5 billion Jazan IGCC, on which Dan advised the lenders) and 2020 (the U.S.$2 billion Guinea Alumina Project, on which Dan advised the sponsors).

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