LAWYER PROFILE

Joe Levin

Global 2026

Watson Farley & Williams

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

3 years ranked

Banking & Finance

Africa-wide

3 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Joe Levin is a partner in the London Projects Group at Watson Farley & Williams.

Joe advises lenders and sponsors on a number of project finance, acquisition finance, reserve-based lending and other structured financings and has a particularly impressive track record in the upstream oil and gas sector, advising E&P companies, traders and both multilateral and commercial lenders.

Joe advises on transactions across Europe and Africa and has most recently advised lenders on the acquisition financings of assets from oil majors in the UK North Sea, Egypt, Cameroon, Angola and Chad.

He is recommended for his trade finance and oil and gas expertise by leading directories Legal 500 UK and IFLR 1000 with the former styling him “very reactive, efficient and pragmatic”.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas - UK

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Joe Levin focuses his oil and gas practice on complex upstream finance transactions. He has considerable experience advising lenders on financing deals to support acquisitions and project development.

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Banking & Finance - Africa-wide

Spotlight

Individual Editorial

Joe Levin is a London-based partner whose work encompasses project and trade finance, with the twin streams of his practice converging in the oil and gas sector.

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Strengths

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Joe is good on the finance side.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Global Guide
Joe is great. He is a good communicator and is very personable.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Global Guide
Joe Levin is one of the nicest guys you will meet. He is very keen to provide a top-level service.
Banking & FinanceChambers Global Guide
It's an amazing group of lawyers at Watson Farley; they are very available and proactive. It's been a pleasure working with the incredible team lead by Joe Levin.
Banking & FinanceChambers Global Guide