Energy & Natural Resources

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• Acquiring an international oil & gas business

  Advising Petro-Canada on the USD 2.1 billion acquisition of Veba Oil & Gas’ international operated and non-operated business having business operations in 12 countries.

  Germany

  Acquisition financing of a natural gas pipeline

  Advising CMG (a subsidiary of ENH) in relation to the limited recourse multi source financing of the acquisition of an interest in ROMPCO, the project financed SPV which owns the natural gas pipeline from the Temane and Pande gas fields in Mozambique to Secunda in South Africa

  Mozambique

  Acquisition of 96 mining licenses

  Advising one of the world’s largest commodities traders on the acquisition of 96 mining licenses in Brazil

  Brazil

  Aswan dam

  Advising on disputes in relation to the Aswan dam hydro power project in Egypt

  Egypt

  Cairn India Production Sharing Contract Arbitration

  Acting on a high value and large scale international arbitration under a Production Sharing Contract relating to tax levies with some USD 2 billion at stake.

  India

  CNOOC Ltd stock exchange

  Advising Merrill Lynch/Credit Suisse First Boston/Bank of China International on dual listing by IPO of shares and ADSs of CNOOC Ltd on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, raising USD 1.436 billion

  China

  Coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million

  Acting for a coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million, including USD 280 million SIAC arbitration against a power producer concerning the export of several million tones of thermal coal from Indonesia after the Indonesian Government imposed new export requirements

  Indonesia

  Construction contracts for the Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone

  Advising a mining and exploration company on construction contracts, including labour and material issues, as part of the Tonkolili iron ore project. Their flagship asset is the AIM listed Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone. At Tonkolili African Minerals has a confirmed JORC magnetite iron ore resource of 10.5 billion tonnes, the largest magnetite resource in the world. We are now advising them on the port and rail aspects of this project. This will establish facilities that will...

  Sierra Leone

  Delay to the conversion of a jack-up rig

  Representing a UAE based construction company in connection with an LCIA arbitration on claims for delay, disruption and variations in connection with the conversion of a jack-up rig into an offshore permanent production facility

  Qatar

  Eastern Petroleum Corporation acquires an oil field in Russia

  Advising a subsidiary of Eastern Petroleum Corporation on the acquisition of an oil field in Khanty-Mansiysk and the establishment of a JV company

  Russian Federation
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• USD 1.5 billion enhanced oil recovery project

  Advising a North American company on its USD 1.5 billion enhanced oil recovery project in North Africa. This included re-negotiation of the terms of the concession agreement, joint venture arrangements and conversion of the concession into a production sharing agreement, project structuring, joint venture arrangements with the National Oil Company, operational and commercial agreements and project financing arrangements.

  Algeria

  Aswan dam

  Advising on disputes in relation to the Aswan dam hydro power project in Egypt

  Egypt

  USD 20 billion Simandou South iron ore mining in Guinea

  Advising on the high profile, USD 20 billion Simandou South iron ore mining project. This project is one of the world’s largest untapped high quality iron ore deposits and the project includes the construction of a 700km railway and the development of a deep water port to the south of Conakry, Guinea’s capital. Once developed it is set to be the largest integrated iron ore mine and infrastructure project ever developed in Africa and it offers the potential to transform the development of...

  Guinea

  Acquisition financing of a natural gas pipeline

  Advising CMG (a subsidiary of ENH) in relation to the limited recourse multi source financing of the acquisition of an interest in ROMPCO, the project financed SPV which owns the natural gas pipeline from the Temane and Pande gas fields in Mozambique to Secunda in South Africa

  Mozambique

  Solar plant development in Nigeria

  Advising Nova Power on the feasibility study for the development of several solar plants in Nigeria including an audit of the regulatory system for the building and operation of a solar PPP in Nigeria, meetings with the authorities and proposing solutions to the issues identified

  Nigeria

  Construction contracts for the Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone

  Advising a mining and exploration company on construction contracts, including labour and material issues, as part of the Tonkolili iron ore project. Their flagship asset is the AIM listed Tonkolili iron ore project in Sierra Leone. At Tonkolili African Minerals has a confirmed JORC magnetite iron ore resource of 10.5 billion tonnes, the largest magnetite resource in the world. We are now advising them on the port and rail aspects of this project. This will establish facilities that will...

  Sierra Leone

  Mineral Exploration Company on transfer of employee rights

  Advising employees of a minerals exploration company in Tanzania on the transfer of employee rights to a new entity coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million.

  Tanzania

  Mtwara electricity project, Tanzania

  Advising on the Mtwara electricity project for the sustainable development and finance of Mnazi Bay natural gas reserves and construction of a power station and electricity supply infrastructure in Southern Tanzania

  Tanzania

• Petrobras divestment

  Advising on the sale of interests in Parque das Conchas Block BC-10 in the Campos Basin for USD 1.54 billion.

  Brazil

  Acquisition of 96 mining licenses

  Advising one of the world’s largest commodities traders on the acquisition of 96 mining licenses in Brazil

  Brazil

  Hydropower plant

  Providing pre-contentious advice in relation to a tunnelling contract for the Alto Maipo Hydropower Plant Project, Chile

  Chile

  EPC USD 2 billion oil refinery upgrade

   Advising on a bespoke EPC contract for the USD 2 billion upgrade of the Cartagena oil refinery

  Colombia

  MARPOL/APPS investigations

  Advising a drilling company under investigation since 2012 for alleged MARPOL/APPS and related record keeping violations, including successful voluntary disclosure, implementation of standard record keeping procedures and adoption of robust compliance and audit program for fleet of rigs operating in the Gulf of Mexico and internationally

  United States

  Wind farm financing

  Advising the lenders in financings of several wind farms in Riverside and Kern Counties, California

  United States

• Federal Court proceedings for collapse of underground mine workings

  Acting for the insurers of a large consulting engineering firm in relation to Federal Court of Australia proceedings which alleged that they were responsible for the collapse of underground mine workings.

  Australia

  Hallet 1 Wind Farm Project

  Acting for an EPC Contractor in relation to the preparation of EPC contracts, supply contracts and subcontracts for the construction of 45 wind turbines (95 MW) at the Hallet 1 Wind Farm Project in Australia

  Australia

  CNOOC Ltd stock exchange

  Advising Merrill Lynch/Credit Suisse First Boston/Bank of China International on dual listing by IPO of shares and ADSs of CNOOC Ltd on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, raising USD 1.436 billion

  China

  Cairn India Production Sharing Contract Arbitration

  Acting on a high value and large scale international arbitration under a Production Sharing Contract relating to tax levies with some USD 2 billion at stake.

  India

  Coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million

  Acting for a coal exporter in various arbitrations valued at USD 500 million, including USD 280 million SIAC arbitration against a power producer concerning the export of several million tones of thermal coal from Indonesia after the Indonesian Government imposed new export requirements

  Indonesia

  USD 125 million secured financing of copper mining-smelting enterprise

  Advising a bank on a USD 125 million secured financing to a Kazakhstan copper mining-smelting enterprise (involving collateral including the pledge of raw materials, bank accounts and vehicles)

  Kazakhstan

• Delay to the conversion of a jack-up rig

  Representing a UAE based construction company in connection with an LCIA arbitration on claims for delay, disruption and variations in connection with the conversion of a jack-up rig into an offshore permanent production facility

  Qatar

  Investment of USD 10 billion for mine construction in Saudi Arabia

  Advising Amwal Al Khaleej on its investment in a USD 10 billion project for the construction of an alumina mine in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

   

  Saudi Arabia

  Yemeni USD 10.9 billion Production Sharing Agreement ICC Arbitration

  Successfully acting on a multi-billion dollar arbitration concerning the Republic of Yemen's national wealth and in relation to a 20-year old Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) regarding the Marib Block 18 oil field in the Yemen. Reported in The American Lawyer as the 2nd largest contract dispute and the largest ICC arbitration in their 2007 Arbitration Scorecard.

  Yemen

• Maritza East III Power Plant

  Advising a consortium of two major international contractors on an innovative restructuring of the engineering and construction contracting arrangements for the 840 MW Maritza East III Power Plant in Bulgaria

  Bulgaria

  Onshore wind portfolio

  Assisting Iberdrola Renovables in relation to the establishment of its onshore wind portfolio in France including the acquisition of several wind projects (600 MW portfolio) and supervising all transactional, corporate, regulatory matters

  France

  Acquiring an international oil & gas business

  Advising Petro-Canada on the USD 2.1 billion acquisition of Veba Oil & Gas’ international operated and non-operated business having business operations in 12 countries.

  Germany

  Eastern Petroleum Corporation acquires an oil field in Russia

  Advising a subsidiary of Eastern Petroleum Corporation on the acquisition of an oil field in Khanty-Mansiysk and the establishment of a JV company

  Russian Federation

  Negotiating licence with oil major

  Representing a leading UK change management consultancy specialising in the oil & gas sector, in complex negotiations with an oil major relating to the licensing of copyright and confidential information embodying our client's proprietary technology and project management methodologies

  United Kingdom

  North Sea offshore radioactive incident

  Defending a major offshore oil & gas contractor in a criminal prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive, following a radioactive source incident on an offshore platform in the North Sea.

  United Kingdom

  Offshore wind charter party dispute

  Advising a contractor in LMAA arbitration proceedings regarding a charter party dispute following damage caused to the leg of an offshore wind farm jack-up installation vessel off the coast of Northumberland in the UK

  United Kingdom

  Smart metering

  Advising Energy UK and the UK gas and electricity supply market on the creation of the Central Delivery Body to promote smart metering and associated industry codes

  United Kingdom