Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas
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Linklaters has acted on many of the largest, most complex, multi-jurisdictional and cutting-edge energy transactions around the world to date. With more than 50 partners and over 200 other lawyers dedicated to energy work across our network of 29 offices, alongside our alliances with firms in Asia and South Africa, Linklaters can provide full global coverage to meet our clients’ needs.
As well as our track record in developed economies our lawyers around the world have unrivalled experience in advising on transactions in emerging markets across Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, ensuring that Linklaters is seen as the “go to” for the world’s top energy and natural resources corporates, governments, regulatory bodies and investors.
Chambers Review
Linklaters draws on an extensive global network of energy lawyers to offer a stellar service to clients in power, renewables, and oil and gas matters. The team offers expertise across a range of areas, including project finance, development, corporate issues and disputes. The firm is also well respected for providing regulatory advice in the water and nuclear sectors. It frequently leads in big-ticket matters across the energy industry, including major waste-to-energy, LNG and offshore wind projects. The firm fields significant expertise in developments in Africa and CEE. Its lawyers are instructed by an array of impressive clients, including multinational oil and gas companies, export credit agencies and international financial institutions and investors.
Work Highlights
- Linklaters advised a group of commercial lenders, ECAs and multilateral financial institutions on the development and CAD5.2 billion green financing of the Baltic Power offshore wind farm owned by ORLEN and Northland Power.
- Linklaters advised BAPCO, a refining company wholly owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain, on the USD4.2 billion conventional and Islamic financing of its expansion and upgrading project.
Strengths
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"Linklaters is fantastic. The team has great local market knowledge and it is incredibly responsive, commercial and detail-orientated."
"Linklaters has a lot of experience, not only in energy projects, but also in M&A. The firm also has a very strong regulatory team which allows it to provide very comprehensive advice."
"The Linklaters team is very smooth. The firm provides a Rolls Royce service."
"Linklaters has a fantastic ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters by identifying the key issues and being able to explain them clearly to all stakeholders."
"Linklaters is fantastic. The team has great local market knowledge and it is incredibly responsive, commercial and detail-orientated."
"Linklaters has a lot of experience, not only in energy projects, but also in M&A. The firm also has a very strong regulatory team which allows it to provide very comprehensive advice."
"The Linklaters team is very smooth. The firm provides a Rolls Royce service."
"Linklaters has a fantastic ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters by identifying the key issues and being able to explain them clearly to all stakeholders."
Notable Practitioners
Julian Davies is the head of the water practice at the firm. He regularly represents UK water companies and investment firms in financing, restructuring and regulatory matters.
"Julian Davies is very experienced. He has a wise head on him and provides strong advice."
Mark Nuttall maintains a significant water practice, acting for various UK water companies. He advises on significant financing mandates, including price control issues. He is also leader of the firm's structured finance group in London.
"Mark Nuttall is very knowledgeable and completely practical. He is a robust and sensible lawyer."
Co-head of the firm's global green energy group Richard Coar enjoys a leading reputation for his renewable energy practice, which spans project development, acquisitions and portfolio restructuring mandates in the sector. He frequently assists with transactions involving significant offshore wind farm and waste-to-energy developments.
"Richard is very knowledgeable and able to bring lenders and sponsors together on complex issues."
"Richard pays close attention to our needs and addresses them methodically."
Jeremy Gewirtz is a well-regarded lawyer with a practice focused on acquisition, financing and investment mandates pertaining to both conventional and nuclear power plants. He regularly advises sponsors, lenders and equity investors.
Charlotte Morgan is an energy lawyer noted for her proficiency across both project financing and regulatory matters in the power sector. She is particularly adept at assisting clients with projects in the nuclear space.
"Charlotte is all over the detail of everything. She is very good."
Mark Russell is a respected oil and gas lawyer who frequently advises on project financings and M&A transactions in the upstream space. He represents both sponsors and lenders, including high-profile supermajors.
"Mark Russell is always available and comes up with very good ideas and solutions. He is a fantastic energy lawyer."
Richard Ginks is a partner in Linklaters' energy and infrastructure group and has a strong practice assisting clients with project financing transactions. He regularly assists both sponsors and lenders with deals involving wind farms and waste-to-energy plants.
"Richard provides client-oriented, high-quality advice. He is highly experienced, flexible, fully available and committed."
"Richard has very good commercial vision."
Daniel Tyrer holds a venerable reputation as a leading project finance lawyer. As part of his varied practice he is notable within the oil and gas sector for his handling of very large deals primarily relating to petrochemical and LNG production.
"Daniel is smart, pleasant and technically brilliant."
"Daniel Tyrer can really pull together a large-scale, complex, multi-source financing with a varied sponsor and lender group. Technically and commercially, he is exceptionally strong."
Francesca Matthews has a notable practice in renewable energy. She is often engaged on the development and financing of wind and battery storage projects.
Jack Allen-Fitt is an up-and-coming partner noted for his capable handling of downstream project finance mandates. Based between London and the UAE, he is particularly prominent on deals in the Middle East.
Maryam Adamji is valued for her work advising on significant and particularly complex projects within the power sector. She holds experience advising on project development mandates relating to interconnection and nuclear power generation.
"Maryam Adamji is a commercial, forthcoming person."
"Maryam Adamji is an excellent technical lawyer. She is commercially-minded and quick on the uptake."
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