Dzuhairi Jaafar Thani

Partner

Dzuhairi has extensive experience advising on the development and construction of industrial and commercial buildings, including data centres, semiconductor manufacturing facilities, oil and gas infrastructure and related facilities, and the development and construction of railway and highway infrastructure.

He has advised on various engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contracts, including those for railway systems, refinery and petrochemical plants and other oil and gas related facilities, and has also advised on the procurement of energy, including renewable energy, for the operation of data centres and semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

Dzuhairi is ranked in Projects, Infrastructure & Energy in Chambers Asia-Pacific, where he is commended for providing “practical, commercially-minded advice on issues raised” and for being “able to digest and advise on complex issues”. He is also recognised as a Recommended lawyer for Energy by Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal). In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, he is ranked as a Leading Partner in Real Estate and Construction and praised for his “in-depth knowledge of the industry”, with clients describing him as “very experienced in handling project contracts”. In IFLR1000, he is recognised as a Highly Regarded lawyer in Project Development”, where a client attests that “He is extremely experienced, knowledgeable and was attentive to assist us in the finalization of the contract”.

Work Highlights

• Advised numerous global data centre owners and operators on the development of hyperscale data centres and data centre campuses in Johor, Cyberjaya and Kuala Lumpur, including advising on contracts for the design and construction of such data centres and related infrastructure and facilities, and advising on agreements for the procurement of energy from Tenaga Nasional Berhad. The aggregate power load under executed electricity supply agreements for these data centre projects exceed 1.5GW.
• Advised a national petroleum company on various engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contracts, including those for refinery and petrochemical plants, and for a deepwater petroleum terminal including petroleum and petrochemical tank terminals and refrigerated gaseous tanks together with marine facilities and jetty and also on the construction, operation and maintenance of raw water facilities for an integrated refinery and petrochemical complex.
• Advising a major US technology company on the development and construction of a Centre of Excellence for the assembly, testing and manufacturing of solid-state drives and related facilities in Batu Kawan, Penang, including advising on the tender process, drafting, and negotiating the construction contract and administering the construction contract. The Centre of Excellence has an initial overall indicative project cost of RM1.5 billion to be constructed on a piece of land located in Batu Kawan Industrial Park measuring approximately 52.6 acres, and advising its various subsidiaries on their respective developments of semiconductor fabrication and related facilities in Taiwan, India and China, including advising on the tender process, drafting and negotiating the relevant consultancy and construction contracts.
• Advising a railway concessionaire on its concession agreement with the Government of Malaysia and legal issues arising from various other contracts in relation to the operations and maintenance of the express rail link between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station, including advising on land rights over corridor, train fare, contract renewal and power purchase agreement in relation to its participation in the net energy metering scheme – NEM NOVA implemented by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority, Malaysia.