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Hywel Davies
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Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

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Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas - UK

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Hywel Davies is a corporate lawyer who focuses his energy practice on the oil and gas sector, advising clients on M&A transactions, refinancings and equity raises. His clients include significant private equity investors and oil companies, among others. He is co-head of the firm's global infrastructure, energy and natural resources group.
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Hywel Davies is one of the best M&A lawyers in the oil and gas sector. He has laser-sharp commercial acumen.

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Hywel is without doubt one of the strongest lawyers operating in the UK upstream oil and gas business.

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For upstream M&A, Hywel is excellent.

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The quality of Hywel's work is unparalleled. He's an exceptional lawyer, and we go to him if we have anything really complex.

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Hywel Davies is an incredible, commercially-minded lawyer.

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