Sam Anastasiou

Advising:

• A Saudi gigaproject developer on all aspects of the procurement and construction of a proposed futuristic city in Saudi Arabia's north-western region, including the procurement of strategic quantities of key materials for use in its construction projects (ongoing).
• A Saudi gigaproject developer on the development, financing and construction of a winter sports venue in north-western Saudi Arabia to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games (ongoing).
• A consortium on its bid for the Amaala Multi multi-utilities project PPP In Saudi Arabia.
• The sponsors in relation to their bid to design, finance, build and operate a 72,500RT District Cooling Plant in Diriyah Gate, Riyadh
• a leading Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund on the development of a suite of bespoke template construction contracts for use in Saudi Arabia on various mega and gigaprojects.
• A consortium of contractors on the procurement and delivery of works, services and materials for the design and construction of mined tunnels, systems and stations of the City Rail Link project in Auckland, New Zealand, currently New Zealand’s largest rail infrastructure project.
• The New Zealand Ministry of Health (Te Whatu Ora) in relation to the construction of a new hospital in Dunedin, Otago.
• A publicly listed New Zealand client on the construction of a data centre.
• Sanford Limited on the construction of a flagship building in the Wynyard Quarter, Auckland and the construction of a processing facility in Blenheim, New Zealand.
• The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on a panel agreement for the delivery of temporary accommodation for victims of Cyclone Gabrielle.
• The Wellington Company Limited on the construction and sell down of three residential housing developments in Wellington, New Zealand.
• New Zealand electricity and telecommunications operators on the management of their infrastructure portfolios, tenure of infrastructure and legislative obligations.
• Value Partners Group on the purchase of several mixed-use residential/commercial buildings in Wellington, New Zealand.

Sam Anastasiou advises developers, sponsors, lenders and government entities on their most complex and, often, first-of-a-kind large-scale construction programmes and power, utilities, transport and digital infrastructure projects primarily in the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Sam guides clients through the entire life cycle of these projects, including structuring, tendering, procurement, development, financing, negotiation and contractual claims management. He has extensive experience with the full suite of project documents and regularly advises on complex EPC turnkey arrangements, PPPs, supply agreements, services contracts and other relevant corporate and security documentation. Sam also has significant experience negotiating contracts for strategic materials and equipment critical to enabling project delivery.

Sam joined King & Spalding in 2023 from a specialist projects practice in New Zealand, where he gained experience advising a range of public and private sector clients on front-end construction, real property and general commercial issues arising on infrastructure, utilities and commercial property projects.