Dewey & LeBoeuf has taken the lead role on the $700m (£463m) financing of the Ekibastuz Power Station in Kazakhstan, one of the largest coal-fired power stations in the world.

The deal secures the financing of the construction of a third unit for the power station that will increase its capacity by 50% and was closed in a ceremony today (5 July) attended by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and the Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.