Tasneem Zakir has experience advising on energy and infrastructure transactions, including M&A and project development in the power generation, offshore wind, and nuclear sectors. Tasneem has supported clients on complex contractual negotiations, including power purchase agreements, supplier arrangements, EPC contracts across the United States, Europe, and the Middle Eastern. She has worked on fund establishment and investor negotiations, including matters involving private equity and infrastructure strategies. Tasneem's other corporate work includes cross-border M&A, strategic exits, and financial due diligence including in sectors such as digital infrastructure and student accommodation.
- Saudi Power Procurement Company on the development of four 1.8GW greenfield gas fired IPPs located in Taiba and Qassim.*
- An FTSE 100 company on its strategic exit from China.*
- The acquisition, diligence and negotiation by the purchaser of a portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation assets in the UK.*
- A leading global alternative asset manager on their investment in digital infrastructure through the acquisition of a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centres.*
- The designer and manufacturer of small nuclear modular reactor technology in connection with its bid to deliver one of the UK’s first small modular reactor.*
- Various offshore wind project developers on preferred supplier arrangements, transport and installation contracts, turbine supply agreements, EPC contracts.*
- The structuring, launch and closing of fund products across Europe, including work on Luxembourg-domiciled vehicles, ESG infrastructure strategies and institutional investments in private equity. Supported diligence and documentation processes for investor-side transactions involving pension funds and sovereign wealth entities.*
* Matters handled at prior firm
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Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Houston
- +18322002529
- Email me
- Speaks English, Lisan-ud-Da'awat, Hindi
- Practice area M&A corporate
Career & qualifications
- West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, India (B.A. LL.B), 2022
- Admitted as an Advocate, Bar Council of West Bengal, India, 2022
- New York University School of Law, (LL.M), 2023
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, Texas 2025
- Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law, New York 2025
- Joined Clifford Chance 2025