Frederick Lazell is an associate in the Project Development & Finance practice.

Frederick has extensive knowledge advising clients on energy projects across Europe, Africa and the Middle East and is a core part of the Energy Innovation and Global Hydrogen / Ammonia Industry teams. Frederick has also published numerous articles on Energy Innovation matters, including on multiple aspects of European regulation relevant to Energy Innovation and Hydrogen projects, and has become recognised as an active thought leader in the space.

• NEOM Company, Saudi Arabia’s new city gigaproject development company, on a $6.5 billion green energy joint venture with ACWA Power and Air Products that will incorporate the region’s largest wind and solar renewables production projects (4GW in total), as well as a ground-breaking green hydrogen / green ammonia export project. Awarded Green Project of the Year at the Global Hydrogen Summit, 2021
• Fortescue Future Industries on a transaction with E.ON for the sale of up to 5 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year, and numerous other mandates
• JERA on its program to import clean ammonia to Japan for co-firing in thermal power plants to decarbonise the Japanese electricity system
• Uniper on offtake from the Hyport Duqm Green Ammonia Project in Oman
• EverWind Fuels, a company established by the co-founder of Stonepeak Investment Partners, on Canada’s first green hydrogen / ammonia export megaproject, in Nova Scotia
• Casa Dos Ventos and Comerc (Brazil) on a joint venture to produce and market green hydrogen in Brazil
• Ardian on the development of a detailed overview of the regulatory environment for green hydrogen in Europe, Germany and the USA
• The Dow Chemical Company on its $150 million joint venture with Al Hejailan to establish a downstream petrochemicals facility in Saudi Arabia
• The consortium comprising GE, Saipem SpA, Lionworks and Yaatra Ventures on the Albertine oil refinery project in Uganda, the first oil refinery in East Africa
• Masdar and Bee’ah on the development and financing of the Sharjah Waste-to-Energy Project
• Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (BAPCO) on the development and financing of its $6 billion refinery upgrade and modernisation program, Bahrain
• Masdar on its development and financing of the 158 MW Čibuk 1 Wind Farm in the Republic of Serbia
• Masdar on a 230 MW Garadagh solar PV project in Azerbaijan, the first renewables IPP project to be developed in the country
• Masdar on the development and financing of the Asopia 65 MW Solar PV Power Plant in Greece
• United Chemicals Company Group on its joint venture with Borealis AG to develop a $3 billion gas separation unit project and a $6 billion polyethylene project in Atyrau, Kazakhstan
• Notore Chemical Industries on the $3 billion development and financing of the expansion of its fertiliser production facilities in Nigeria