Profile
Nicholas Kramer, Head of Construction and Projects for the Middle East, is a projects and construction lawyer based in Dubai. He advises government entities, sponsors, lenders, developers, contractors and consultants on projects throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa. His practice spans a wide range of sectors, including conventional and renewable power, water and wastewater, transportation (roads, rail, metro, airports), digital infrastructure, industrial, healthcare, education, and commercial and residential developments.
Nicholas supports clients through all phases of project development, from procurement structuring, legal due diligence, tendering, contract drafting and negotiation, through to strategic advice during construction and operation and the resolution of related claims and disputes. He has considerable experience in the FIDIC forms of contract and is ranked in Chambers Global for UAE Construction (six years ranked).
According to Chambers Global (2025) “Nicholas Kramer is the construction guru in the UAE and Gulf region. He has the expertise and familiarity with every minute detail – he is the go-to man for front-end construction work.” Chambers Global (2024) states “Nicholas Kramer is an exceptional lawyer and runs everything excellently.”
Concentrations
- Construction, projects, and PPP
- Infrastructure, utilities, and energy
- Data centers
תחומי התמחות
ניסיון מקצועי
- Currently advising the successful bidder in connection with the development and financing of two wind farm projects in Oman, JBB Ali and Dhofar II, procured by PWP.
- Advised a Saudi developer on the construction, operation, offtake, and financing of multiple new data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised lenders to the successful consortium on LTOM Package 7, comprising the refurbishment and maintenance of 4 STPs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, procured by SWPC.°
- Advised lenders to the successful consortium on the award-winning US$2 billion Project Wave, desalination and water transmission pipeline project in Abu Dhabi, procured by ADNOC.°
- Advised the successful consortium on the award-winning Al Wakrah and Al Wukair STP PPP project in the State of Qatar.°
- Advised the lenders to the successful consortium on the award-winning Tanajib Residential Camp Expansion procured by Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised lenders to the successful consortium on the Namangan wastewater PPP in Uzbekistan.°
- Advised lenders to the successful consortium on the US$1.2 billion Taweelah desalination IWP in Abu Dhabi.°
- Advised a leading Brazilian food group on the design and build of a poultry manufacturing plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using the FIDIC suite of contracts.°
- Advised a UAE Ministry on and drafting a bulk power supply agreement between involving three UAE government entities.°
- Advised a major UAE airline on the design and construction of a new engineering facility at Dubai South, using the FIDIC suite of contracts.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidding consortium on the Riyadh-Qassim Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP 4) procured by SWPC.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidding consortium on the Jubail-Buraydah Independent Water Transmission Pipeline (IWTP 3) procured by SWPC.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidding consortium on the EWEC BESS project in Abu Dhabi.°
- Advised a bidding consortium on the REPDO Round 6 solar and wind projects procured by SPPC.°
- Advised a bidding consortium on the REPDO Round 5 solar projects procured by SPPC.°
- Advised a bidding consortium on the REPDO BESS projects procured by SPPC.°
- Advised a bidding consortium on the Saadiyat Island IWP in Abu Dhabi, procured by EWEC.°
- Advised lenders to a bidding consortium on the Madinat Zayed IWP in Abu Dhabi procured by EWEC.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidding consortium on the Rua Al Madinah District Cooling Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
- Advised lenders supporting a bidding consortium the ZATCA Customs Zone PPP Project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Kramer prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Limited.
הישגים ותפקידי מפתח
- Listed, Who’s Who Legal Global, “Recommended Lawyer,” Construction, 2024-2025
- Listed, Chambers Global, Ranked in Construction: Non-Contentious, 2020-2025
- Listed, The Legal 500, Infrastructure and projects; Construction, 2012-2025
- Listed, Construction Week, Power 150 – Top 10 legal consultants in the Middle East, 2024-2025
- The Law Society of England & Wales, 2004-Present
הכשרה מקצועית וכישורי שפה
- Legal Practice Course, College of Law London
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law (PGDL), College of Law London
- B.A. (Hons), Classical Civilisation, University of Leeds
- England and Wales
- Dubai Legal Consultant