diff --git a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
index bc6095d434..db8842bd32 100644
--- a/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/system/small/test_dataframe.py
@@ -6296,3 +6296,20 @@ def test_agg_with_dict_containing_non_existing_col_raise_key_error(scalars_dfs):
 
     with pytest.raises(KeyError):
         bf_df.agg(agg_funcs)
+
+
+def test_empty_agg_projection_succeeds():
+    # Tests that the compiler generates a SELECT 1 fallback for empty aggregations,
+    # protecting against BigQuery syntax errors when both groups and metrics are empty.
+    import importlib
+
+    bq = importlib.import_module(
+        "bigframes_vendored.ibis.backends.sql.compilers.bigquery"
+    )
+    sg = importlib.import_module("bigframes_vendored.sqlglot")
+
+    compiler = bq.BigQueryCompiler()
+    res = compiler.visit_Aggregate(
+        "op", parent=sg.table("parent_table"), groups=[], metrics=[]
+    )
+    assert "SELECT 1" in res.sql()
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/base.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/base.py
index b95e428053..341b25ca1c 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/base.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/base.py
@@ -1394,9 +1394,17 @@ def _generate_groups(groups):
         return map(sge.convert, range(1, len(groups) + 1))
 
     def visit_Aggregate(self, op, *, parent, groups, metrics):
-        sel = sg.select(
-            *self._cleanup_names(groups), *self._cleanup_names(metrics), copy=False
-        ).from_(parent, copy=False)
+        exprs = []
+        if groups:
+            exprs.extend(self._cleanup_names(groups))
+        if metrics:
+            exprs.extend(self._cleanup_names(metrics))
+
+        if not exprs:
+            # Empty aggregated projections are invalid in BigQuery
+            exprs = [sge.Literal.number(1)]
+
+        sel = sg.select(*exprs, copy=False).from_(parent, copy=False)
 
         if groups:
             sel = sel.group_by(*self._generate_groups(groups.values()), copy=False)
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py
index 1fa5432a16..cd462f9e8f 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/ibis/backends/sql/compilers/bigquery/__init__.py
@@ -540,6 +540,15 @@ def visit_TimestampFromUNIX(self, op, *, arg, unit):
 
     def visit_Cast(self, op, *, arg, to):
         from_ = op.arg.dtype
+        if to.is_null():
+            return sge.Null()
+        if arg is NULL or (
+            isinstance(arg, sge.Cast)
+            and getattr(arg, "to", None) is not None
+            and str(arg.to).upper() == "NULL"
+        ):
+            if to.is_struct() or to.is_array():
+                return sge.Cast(this=NULL, to=self.type_mapper.from_ibis(to))
         if from_.is_timestamp() and to.is_integer():
             return self.f.unix_micros(arg)
         elif from_.is_integer() and to.is_timestamp():