Phil Hanson
Partner
Partner
Dubai
Phil is a Partner in the Projects and Project Finance division.
Phil acts for sponsors, lenders (including export credit agencies, multilaterals and Islamic banks) and procurers across a broad range of international project finance and development work.
He has advised on projects across the Middle East and surrounding regions, specialising in the energy and infrastructure sectors, with a particular focus on power, water and wastewater, social infrastructure and transport.
Phil is rated as a "Rising Star Partner" by IFLR1000, and is ranked for Projects & Energy (Middle East-wide) by Chambers Global.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- the Abu Dhabi Waste-to-Energy Project – the world’s most advanced waste-to-energy facility and the first to be developed in Abu Dhabi
- the Rayis-Rabigh (IWTP2) ("PPP Deal of the Year", PFI Awards 2024 and "Water Deal of the Year – Water Transport, MENA", IJGlobal Awards 2024) and Jubail-Buraydah (IWTP3) ("PPP Deal of the Year", PFI Awards 2025) Independent Water Transmission Pipeline projects – the first and second water transmission pipelines of their kind in the Middle East region
- the Khazna (PV4) Solar IPP in Abu Dhabi ("Renewables Deal of the Year", PFI Awards 2025)
- the Manah I Solar IPP in Oman ("Renewable Energy Deal of the Year – Solar – MENA", IJGlobal Awards 2023)
- the Fujairah F3 power project (awarded "Power Deal of the Year" for the Middle East and Africa region, PFI Awards 2020 and "MENA Power Deal of the Year", IJ Global Awards 2020)
- power projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Turkey, Bangladesh, Greece and Mozambique
- the Yanbu 4 water project ("PPP Deal of the Year" for the Middle East and Africa region, PFI Awards 2021 and "Utility Project of the Year", Middle East Energy Awards 2022), and other water and wastewater projects in Oman, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE
- the Noor 2 Street Lighting project in Abu Dhabi
Background
Phil holds a Master of Arts in French and German from the University of Oxford.
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