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Contents

Our approach ................................................................................................................................... 3

Oil & gas .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Oil & gas experience ....................................................................................................................... 5

CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES ............................................................................ 5

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS............................................................................................. 10

PROJECT FINANCE, TRADE FINANCE, STRUCTURED FINANCE &

SECURITISATIONS............................................................................................................... 17

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES..................................................................................................... 24

DISPUTE RESOLUTION....................................................................................................... 26

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS ..................................................................................... 30

Our offices ...................................................................................................................................... 39

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Our approach

Watson, Farley & Williams is a leading international law firm with offices in major financial

centres in Europe, Asia and the USA.

We have the skills to manage a wide range of corporate and finance transactions, and disputes,

and to provide our clients with the high quality advice they require. We have teams which are

integrated across legal disciplines and offices so that a consistent level of service can be

provided on all matters, in each jurisdiction and in combination across borders.

We continually invest in developing our expertise and reputation in the sectors we know best:

Finance & Investment, Maritime, Energy, Natural Resources, Transport, Real Estate and ICT.

We establish candid, open relationships with our clients and take the time to understand their

businesses. We generally work in small, partner led teams where our sector knowledge and

experience enable us to provide effective, commercially focused advice.

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Oil & gas

Explorers, producers, traders, contractors, financiers and investors need legal advice from

market experts who understand financial opportunities and costs and who are absolutely at

home in the international marketplace. We provide premium advice to international clients who

are involved in the extraction, financing, trading and distribution of natural resources and bulk

goods worldwide.

Our lawyers act for a range of clients including:

• oil and gas exploration, development and production companies

• offshore contractors e.g. seismic operators, drilling companies, construction companies,

FPSO contractors and standby/supply vessel operators

• oil and gas transmission, storage and distribution companies

• developers and operators of power plants, electricity transmission and distribution

facilities

• operators of and investors in heat distribution systems

• governments or local governments wishing to involve the private sector in utility

activities

• banks

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Oil & gas experience

We provide a comprehensive legal service to our clients in the oil and gas sector. The following

is a selection of recent matters undertaken by our lawyers in this area:

CORPORATE FINANCE & SECURITIES

• Advising Pantheon Resources plc on a placing to raise around £4.5m

• Advising Irvine Energy plc on a placing to raise £1.1m

• Advising Resaca Exploitation on certain aspects of its listing on AIM with a market

capitalisation of ca £120m and related £53m placing

• Advising Oriel Securities Limited as nominated adviser and broker and Tristone

Capital Limited as global bookrunner and broker on the £50m AIM IPO of Valiant

Petroleum plc. Valiant intends to use the funds (together with existing debt facilities) to

reach first production on the West Don and Don South West fields and fund its 2008

drilling program and approved 2008 budgets for the Crawford and Causeway fields

• Advising Irvine Energy Plc on its acquisition of a 50% working interest in Niobrara oil

and gas project in Kansas, USA and a related fundraising to raise approximately £1.5m

• Advising Suntera Resources Limited on a private placement to raise US$400m in

private equity

• Advising Matra Petroleum Plc on the acquisition of OOO Arkhangelovskoe, the owner

of the Arkhangelovskoe exploration licence in Orenburg, Russian Federation for

55,000,000 new shares in Matra and the related issue of 135,000,000 new shares in Matra

to Delek International Energy Limited to raise £6.075m to fund initial drilling on that

licence

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• Advising on Italian aspects of the Australian Stock Exchange listing of Key Petroleum

Limited

• Advising Tower Resources Plc on a placing to raise around £1m

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas Plc on a placing to raise £625,000

• Advising a Cyprus company owning oil transhipment assets in relation to a US$46.5m

capital raising programme involving the issue of (i) redeemable preference shares and

(ii) convertible loan notes

• Advising JM Finn & Co on a placing raising £6.9m for Hallin Marine Subsea

International Plc

• Advising Pantheon Resources Plc on its listing on AIM and related placing raising

£10m

• Advising Oilex NL, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on its “fast-track”

secondary listing on AIM and creation of a stamp duty reserve tax exempt Depositary

Interest trading facility

• Advising Eclipse Energy Company Limited on a £5m pre-IPO fundraising for a UK

offshore hybrid generation project involving two gas fields to generate 90 MW and a

wind farm to generate 108 MW and the related restructuring of existing private equity

investment agreements

• Acted as special MI counsel in connection with the secondary offering of common units

by Teekay LNG Partners L.P. We also acted as special MI counsel in connection with

the initial public offering of StealthGas

• Advising Elixir Petroleum Limited, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on its

secondary listing on AIM, creation of a Depositary Interest trading facility and placing

raising £6.4m

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• Advising JM Finn & Co, as broker, and ARM Corporate Finance Limited, as nominated

adviser, in connection with Hallin Marine Subsea International PLC’s admission to

trading on AIM and on a placing raising £3.45m

• Advising Ascent Resources PLC on a placing raising £1.5m and related warrant issue

• Advising Naftrans Ltd, the owner of Batumi Oil Terminal in Georgia, and its

shareholder on the US$12.75m equity investment from the Great Circle Fund, a private

equity fund primarily funded by OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation) and

the US£8m investment from ENR Securities/MC Investment Trust (a private equity

fund for investments in the Former Soviet Union)

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation Plc on a placing raising £3.5m

• Advising Hardman Resources Ltd., listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and AIM,

on a secondary placing by way of accelerated bookbuild raising £65m and related

Depositary Interest issues

• Advising Global Petroleum Limited, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on its

“fast-track” secondary listing on AIM with a market capitalisation of £47m and creation

of a stamp duty reserve tax exempt Depositary Interest trading facility

• Advising Ascent Resources PLC on its admission to trading on AIM and on a placing

raising £500,000

• Advising an oil and gas exploration company with licences in West Africa on its

proposed admission to trading on AIM and related placing

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas PLC on various share placings and exercise of warrants

to raise over £2m, its acquisition of Wildlook Enterprises Limited and a 1-for-5 warrant

issue to shareholders

• Advising an Australian Plc on a Jordanian oil & gas sector takeover and subsequent

listing

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• Advising Hardman Resources Ltd., listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and AIM,

on an international share placing and entitlement issue to existing shareholders to raise

£70m making it the third largest AIM listed company by market capitalisation

• Advising in relation to equity investment and offtaker arrangements in relation to a

refinery and storage facility in the Middle East and related financing

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas Plc (listed on AIM) on two share placings and the

exercise of warrants to raise around £700,000

• Advising Hardman Resources Ltd., listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and AIM,

on a £9.4m share placing to UK investors

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas Plc (listed on AIM) on the proposed acquisition of the

entire issued share capital of Afrex Limited, including its African and Mediterranean oil

and gas exploration interests, and related fundraising and secondary listing of

Australian CREST Depository Instruments on the ASX

• Advising Hardman Resources Ltd, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on its

secondary listing on AIM with a market capitalisation of around £85m and creation of a

Depositary Interest trading facility

• Advising Aker RGI Holding ASA on its NOK 4bn take-over offer to acquire the 37%

shares in Aker Maritime ASA (listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange) not already owned by

it

• Advising Aker Maritime ASA (listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange) on its US$576m share

redemption offer

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas plc on its recommended takeover offer for Black Rock

Petroleum NL, an Australian company listed on OFEX, and its placing and admission

to trading on AIM

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• Advising Hardman Resources NL (listed on the ASX) on its proposed demerger of

Planet Oil International Plc

• Advising Aker Geo Seismic AS in the sale of the core of its seismic business including

its two seismic vessels to Compagnie Generale de Geophysique in France, for US$118m

in shares and cash, with advice on French, English and US Federal Law

• Advising Atlantis (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Geo-Services A/S on its take-

over offer to acquire the entire issued share capital of Sakhalin Petroleum PLC (listed

on OFEX)

• Advising Hardman Resources Ltd (listed on the ASX) on a rights issue

• Advising a listed UK company on its position in relation to a proposed take-over offer

• Advising EBRD in connection with a US$18m equity investment in a Polish refinery

• Advising a US overseas investment organisation on various investment transactions

involving entities in the former Soviet Union, particularly in the oil and gas sectors

• Advising Eurosov Energy PLC, listed on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange,

on its takeover by Sibir Energy plc, listed on AIM

• Advising EuroSov Energy Plc on its admission to the Official List of the London Stock

Exchange and related placing of shares raising £13m for a total initial market

capitalisation of £35m

• Advising Vanguard Petroleum Ltd (listed on ASX) on its group reorganisation and

demerger of EuroSov Energy Plc

• Advising Middlesex Holdings Plc (now Global Natural Energy Plc) in connection with

the acquisition by its subsidiary of 29.3% of Dominion Energy Plc with an option to

acquire up to 52% of its share capital

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• Advising the Government of Pakistan on the proposed privatisation of the Pakistan

State Oil Company

• Advising KBC Advanced Technologies Plc on its £34.2m placing and admission to the

Official List of the London Stock Exchange

• Advising London & Overseas Freighters Ltd, an oil tanker operator listed on NASDAQ

and the Official List, in connection with the US$105m tender offer by, and

amalgamation with, Frontline Ltd.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

• Advising Key Petroleum Ltd, a listed Australian oil producing company, on its

acquisition of production licences for two onshore oil fields in the South East of

England. The acquisition was structured as a share purchase of the UK licensee,

Midmar Energy Onshore Limited

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation plc on the recommended offer by Bayerngas

Norge AS for the entire issued share capital of Genesis. The offer was implemented by

way of a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 and valued

Genesis at approximately £15m

• Advising Galoc Production Company W.L.L (GPC) on its acquisition of an additional

interest in the Philippinesʹ Galoc oil field from Alcorn Gold Resources Corp. and

PetroEnergy Resources Corp. The Galoc oil field, the Philippinesʹ only major oil

development in nearly two decades, has produced over 1 million barrels of light sweet

crude since it started extended production testing in the last quarter of 2008

• Advising Gas Plus Erbil Limited and Gas Plus Khalakan on the acquisition and

acquisition finance of upstream assets in the Kursdistan Region of Iraq

• Advising Mitsui on its farm-in agreement and joint operating agreement, new company

establishment and corporate formalities with BHP in relation to exploration on the

Northern and Southern Blocks

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• Advising Matra Petroleum plc on the sale of its 40% interest in Gemstone Properties

Ltd (the owner of certain oil & gas concessions in Hungary) to HHE America Limited

for around US$670,000

• Advising New Age (African Global Energy) on the signing of a farmout agreement with

Lundin Petroleum AB for the acquisition of a non-operated interest in three production

sharing agreements in Ethiopia

• Advising the Arabian Oil Company on a farm-out of part of its interests in an Egyptian

production sharing contract

• Acting for a Norwegian start-up oil and gas company on the proposed acquisition of

the shares in a company holding an interest in a significant undeveloped Danish oil and

gas discovery

• Acting for a Norwegian start-up oil and gas company on the acquisition of two

companies holding interests in producing gas fields in the Irish Sea and the acquisition

of an interest in some Irish exploration licences

• Advising Elixir Petroleum Limited, listed on AIM and ASX, on its merger with Gawler

Resources Limited to form a UK/USA oil and gas exploration company

• Advising Avana Petroleum on an investment which has led to Avana Petroleum

acquiring an interest in a production sharing agreement in the Seychelles

• Advising Encana Corporation on the sale of the holding company that owns their

exploration and production assets in Chad

• Advising PetroMal LLC on its bid for a package of non-operated North Sea exploration

and production assets located in the UK, Dutch and Danish sectors. The deal was

structured as a cross border package deal including company and asset acquisitions

• Acting for an Africa focussed company on a bid for a company holding full value chain

gas to power assets in East Africa

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• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation on a placing and cash shell acquisition to

raise £10m from two strategic investors, Petroleum Geo Services ASA and Aker Capital

AS

• Advising Technip on its sale of Perry Slingsby Systems to SCF Partners, a private equity

business, for US$78m

• Advising Equatorial Biofuels Plc (previously Nardina Resources Plc) on its proposed

reverse takeover of Liberia Forest Products Inc

• Advising Irvine Energy Plc on its acquisition of 75% working interests in two South

Kansas Oil and Gas Development Projects and related placing to raise £4.25m

• Advising Matra Petroleum plc (previously Ming Resources plc) on its reverse takeover

of Inke Petroleum, a placing raising £8m and readmission to AIM

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation Limited on the reverse takeover of Genesis by

Zari Resources PLC valuing Genesis at £15.6m

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation Limited on the farm-out of an interest in a UK

exploration licence to a Norwegian company

• Advising Tower Resources PLC on the acquisition of Neptune Petroleum Limited,

which holds oil and gas exploration licences in Namibia and Uganda, for 200 million

ordinary shares valued at £4 million

• Advising the seller on the sale of an interest in a Russian oil & gas exploration licence to

Emerald Energy plc (listed on the Official List) for £18m to be satisfied by shares in

Emerald

• Advising Jose de Mello SGPS S.A. on the US$415m sale of its shipping business,

Soponata, to General Maritime Corporation

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• Advising Oceaneering International Inc (listed on the NYSE) on its US$48.4m

acquisition of Stolt Offshores’s drill support ROV (remotely operated vehicle)

businesses in Norway, Brazil and Angola

• Advising Oceaneering International Inc on its proposed US$108m acquisition of Subsea

7’s drill support ROV and associated subsea engineering businesses in the UK, Norway,

Brazil, Gulf of Mexico, West Africa and South East Asia

• Advising worldwide seismic specialist Petroleum Geo-Services ASA on the US$105m

sale of its Atlantis Group and its oil exploration and production interests in the Middle

East to China National Chemicals Import and Export Corporation (Sinochem)

• Advising on the proposed sale of a majority interest in an Italian oil and LPG terminal

• Advising a UK subsidiary of a US energy company on the sale of a package of oil and

gas production and exploration assets in the UK North Sea

• Advising on the proposed sale of US and UK oil field equipment supply companies

• Advising a leading Brazilian engineering and construction company Odebrecht S.A. in

relation to the sale of Odebrecht Servicos de Oleo e Gas Ltd, including its Brazilian oil

exploration and production interests, to Enterprise Oil Plc for gross consideration of

US$153m

• Advising Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd on the US$67.5m sale of its Subsea Well

Operations business to Well Ops (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of Caldive

• Advising Intec Engineering (UK) Ltd on the purchase of the FUEL subsea engineering

business from Smit Land & Marine Engineering Ltd

• Advising Petroleum Geo-Services ASA on merger control issues in the UK and

elsewhere in Europe, in relation to its proposed merger with Veritas, including

notifying the transaction and obtaining clearance from the UK Office of Fair Trading

(OFT)

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• Advising Bergesen d.y. ASA, Navion ASA and Advanced Production Systems DA on

the US$188m sale of the Pierce Field FPSO assets, including Pierce Production

Company Limited, to Bluewater Group

• Advising Black Rock Oil & Gas Plc (listed on AIM) on its acquisition of an oil

exploration licence from Otto Oil Pty Ltd and another one from Cadex Petroleum Pty

Ltd

• Advising Global Natural Energy plc (listed on the Official List) on its acquisition of an

initial 19.9% interest (with an option to acquire a further 40.1% interest) in a new UK

gas distribution group formed by the merger of Quantum Energy Group Limited,

Fortum Energy Plus Limited and Saracen Gas Limited

• Advising the purchaser on the proposed purchase of a shareholding in a Russian oil

exploration and development company for around US$30m (including assumed debts)

• Advising an investor in relation to the acquisition of an interest in a liquid storage

terminal and transhipment facility in Poti, Georgia

• Advising the administrators of Victoria Oil Field Development Ltd on the sale of its

extended well testing and mooring system business to Brovig Production Services

Limited, a subsidiary of Brovig Offshore ASA

• Advising an offshore energy services company on the proposed sale of a subsidiary

• Advising an offshore energy services company on the proposed sale of an interest in an

offshore oil and gas project, based offshore Morocco

• Advising a Danish company in connection with the acquisition of an English company

with a North Sea exploration licence

• Advising the UK subsidiary of a Brazilian offshore engineering and construction group

on the disposal of its engineering facilities at Lowestoft to the management of the

business

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• Advising Petroleum Geo-Services A/S on its acquisition of the Atlantic Power Group

from 3i and others for around US$52m

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation Limited on the reverse takeover of Genesis by

Zari Resources PLC valuing Genesis at £15.6m

• Advising a BVI company making a £2m investment in a Canadian corporation involved

in oil exploration

• Advising EuroSov Energy Plc on its acquisition of 25% of Russian oil company Magma

for around US$6m

• Advising the vendor on the sale of a shareholding in Moscow Oil Refinery Company

for around US$30m

• Advising Waterford Finance & Investment Ltd on the disposal of its interests in Russian

oil companies Evikhon, Yugan-neft and Yuganskoil to Dana Petroleum plc for around

US$40m

• Advising Waterford Finance & Investment Ltd on the disposal of a 20% interest in

Russian oil company Evikhon to Dana Petroleum plc for £4.5m

• Advising the purchasers on the acquisition of two companies with new oil tankers

under construction for a total of around US$70m

• Advising S Three Capital LLC in its US$19m acquisition and related financing of an

option to purchase a tanker on a long-term charter to a major oil company

• Advising an English company on the acquisition of a 100% shareholding in an

Indonesian company which provides consultancy services to the oil and gas industry in

Indonesia

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• Advising a Hong Kong-based group of companies dealing in equipment for the oil and

gas industry in connection with the sale of its business to a subsidiary of an American

public listed company

• Advising Trafigura Fuels Australia on the acquisition of liquid storage terminals in

Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, from Vopak including the financing of the

acquisition through a combination of project finance and structured commodity finance

• Advising Innogy on the disposal of oil and gas interests in the North Sea as part of a

divestment following their acquisition of Yorkshire Electricity Group

• Advising an oil company on the proposed purchase of the Santa Cruz oil field in

Argentina

• Acting for an oil company as the purchaser of a petroleum products distribution

business and associated service stations in Ecuador

• Advising an oil & gas company on the restructuring and subsequent sale of a majority

interest in the Natuna Sea oil and gas field in Indonesia

• Advising an international oil & gas company on the sale of oil & gas exploration

interests in Kenya

• Advising the vendor on the sale of an offshore drilling company

• Advising an international oil & gas company on the sale of oil & gas exploration

interests in Malta

• Advising a UK gas utility on potential acquisitions of Hungarian Gas Distribution

Companies

• Advising a UK oil and gas company on the disposal of an Indonesian oil & gas services

subsidiary

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• Advising a UK oil company on the takeover of an Indonesian oil and gas company

• Advising an international E&P company on US$215m sale of Saudi Oil & Gas interests

to Sinochem

• Advising an energy services company on the acquisition of the drill support remotely

operated vehicles business from Halliburton and DSND for US$108m

• Advising an oil and gas services company on sale of Tunisian Oil & Gas Holdings.

PROJECT FINANCE, TRADE FINANCE, STRUCTURED FINANCE & SECURITISATIONS

• Advising a Middle Eastern bank in respect of a €95m letter of credit and loan facility to

an oil trader to finance trading in oil and petroleum products

• Advising an international oil trader on a US$45m advance payment arrangement for

the purchase of oil products from Cubametales/Cupet, the Cuban state oil producer

• Acting for Rabobank on a review of its standard form facility and security

documentation relating to trade finance facilities

• Advising on a US$50m reserve-based reducing senior facility and US$10m junior

facility to fund new drilling in new offshore oilfields in northern Greece

• Advising Irvine Energy Plc on its US$50m development loan facility for its oil and gas

exploration and production assets in Kansas and Oklahoma

• Advising Citibank as mandated lead arranger, agent and security trustee in connection

with a US$850m pre and post delivery financing for an ice-class drillship to be

constructed for the Stena AB Group at Samsung in Korea. The financing involved

Norwegian and Korean export credit support as well as commercial bank financing.

This was the fourth in a series of drillships ordered by Stena and financed by Citibank

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• Acting for an international oil and gas services company in relation to the raising of

additional finance in relation to a project involving a mobile offshore production unit

by means of a private equity financing under a leasing structure involving a Sharia-

compliant head lease and sub-lease

• Advising Standard Chartered Bank on a US$25m reducing reserve-based facility to

fund oil exploration and drilling work by Aegean Energy SA in the North Aegean Sea

in Greece

• Advising a bank on structured receivables financing to an African state owned oil

exporter

• Acting for the owner in connection with the financing of a newbuilding jack-up drilling

rig

• Advising Nord LB in relation to the financing of power generation facilities at the

Caythorpe onshore gas field in Yorkshire, UK

• Acting for Bluewater in the negotiation and documentation of their US$850m secured

revolving credit facility involving lead arranger ING, Bluewater and six major oil

companies. The firm has represented Bluewater since 1994, and this credit facility is the

culmination of a series of complex structured debt, lease and bond financings which

Bluewater has successfully implemented to expand its floating production and other

core business over that period

• Advising DVB Bank AG in a US$15m newbuilding delivery financing in respect of a

platform supply vessel being constructed in Brazil for UP Offshore Apoio Maritimo

Ltda., a Brazilian company controlled by Ultrapetrol of Argentina. This is the first of

four such vessels being built in Brazil for the Ultrapetrol group

• Advising Trafigura on sale and purchase arrangements with Singapore and Indonesian

counterparties and preparing documentation in relation to the purchase of petroleum

products under a renewable term pre-financing facility of US$260m

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• Advising Trafigura Beheer B.V. as special English law counsel on the US$300m

securitisation of oil sale receiveables, sponsored by Societe Generale

• Advising on a silent participation in a proposed US$150m financing of a UK listed oil &

gas exploration company

• Advising a leading French bank on a US$100m pre-export finance facility for Egyptian

General Petroleum Corporation

• Acting for Exmar in connection with the design, construction and financing of a floating

production storage and offloading unit built in Spain and time chartered to CPTL for

operations offshore Libya

• Advising Royal Bank of Scotland on the financing of a series of 12 product tankers

chartered to BP Shipping

• Advising Nordea Bank on a US$230m syndicated loan to Exmar to refinance its 19

vessel gas carrier fleet

• Advising NIB Capital and Bank of Scotland on the US$51m financing package to

convert an Italian tanker into a floating production and storage platform (FPSO) for the

Woollybutt Field, Western Australia, operated by Agip

• Advising R & B Falcon Group on a US$245m defeased lease of the semi-submersible

drilling rig “Deepwater Nautilus”, engaged on a services contract for Shell Deepwater

for use initially in the Gulf of Mexico

• Acting for CEXIM in relation to a loan facility made to Sevan Production AS, a wholly

owned subsidiary of the Norwegian company, Sevan Marine ASA. The loan facility

assisted Sevan Production in its acquisition and construction of a FSO being built by

Yantai Raffles Offshore Ltd and China National Aero-Technology Import & Export

Xiamen Corporation

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• Advising a FPSO and mooring systems technology and service provider on four

separate leases and the related debt financing secured on their FPSOs, operating on the

UK continental shelf and elsewhere; and their subsequent structured acceleration and

termination in 2005

• Advising Amerada Hess Limited on the UK tax, commercial, contractual and security

aspects of a sale and leaseback of its part interest in a semi-submersible rig operating in

the North Sea

• Acting for Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd in connection with the negotiation and

purchase of a US$160m Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up rig from Sembcorp

Marine’s PPL shipyard

• Acting in DBS’s financing of the Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 deep drilling jackup rig

which is to be constructed at Jurong Shipyard on behalf of Petrojack AS. The rig

contract price was in excess of US$100m

• Advising a sponsor on the US$300m lease financing for the topsides of the US$300m

FPSO, “Blue Holm”, contracted for the Canadian oil company, Talisman

• Advising African Export-Import Bank on a revolving invoice discounting facility, in

order to provide finance for corporates carrying on business with oil majors in Nigeria,

Angola and other eligible African countries

• Advising Trafigura on a US$5m advance payment facility made to the US subsidiary of

a Georgian entity for the provision of transportation services for gasoil across

Azerbaijan and Georgia, secured by an assignment of the transporter’s open credit

balance from time to time with Azerrail

• Advising Petroleum Geo-Services, the multinational marine seismic company, on the

US$240m securitisation of its multiclient seismic data library, one of the first

securitisations of intellectual property rights outside the music industry

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• Advising Trafigura on a prefinancing facility made in respect of the purchase of gasoil

and mogas under, and secured by an assignment over, a production sharing

arrangement in Uzbekistan

• Advising Trafigura on a US$10m prepayment of a Russian oil producer in relation to

the delivery of crude oil

• Advising Trafigura on a US$40m advance payment facility made to a Peruvian

subsidiary of an Argentinean oil producer against the delivery of crude oil at a fixed

price from Peru

• Advising Trafigura in relation to a US$30m prefinancing of fuel oil made to an

Ecuadorian producer, structured as a sleeve with an Italian intermediary counterparty

• Advising Trafigura in relation to a US$15m stock financing facility and repo

arrangement and a pre-export finance facility for the US$40m prepayment of gasoline

made to a Uruguayan producer

• Advising Trafigura in relation to a $137m advance payment credit arrangement made

against future deliveries of crude oil from Cuba, together with the later refinancing of

this into a structured arrangement with three separate facilities. This was to fund the

importation of crude as well as the purchase of receivables on sales of refined products,

during which security was taken over the whole of one of Havana’s state owned

refineries

• Advising TransCanada Pipelines on its proposed acquisition of the Slovak gas storage

sector in Slovakia

• Advising TransCanada Pipelines on its proposed acquisition of the Slovak oil

transmission company

• Advising National Fuel Gas Corporation on its proposed investments in the Czech gas

distribution sector

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• Advising National Fuel Gas Corporation on its bids to acquire gas distribution

companies in the Hungarian privatisations in Hungary

• Advising a US offshore contractor on the lease finance of two drill ships valued at

US$660m, the first leases of their kind following changes to UK tax law in the Finance

Act of 1997

• Advising the lessee on UK leases of a series of newly delivered seismic vessels (value

approximately US$350m)

• Advising the lessees on three separate leases of floating production storage and offtake

(FPSO) units and two separate leases of “topsides” for other FPSOs (aggregate

transaction value in excess of US$1.5bn) and the five transactions consisting almost all

of the lease financings done in relation to FPSOs operating on the UK Continental Shelf

• Advising the indenture trustee in a medium term note program for a major Brazilian oil

producer

• Advising the Singapore branch of a Dutch bank on a US$150m loan to the Ministry of

Petroleum and Natural Resources of the Government of Pakistan, including in relation

to the current rescheduling of sovereign debt in conjunction with the IMF

• Advising the Singapore branch of a leading Dutch bank on a US$200m short term oil

imports facility for an Indian oil company

• Advising a leading US bank in the silent confirmation of the payment obligations of

south east Asian buyers under oil purchase contracts with western oil majors

• Advising a leading Swiss bank on financing arrangements for an oil major to support

the export of oil and gas from Trinidad

• Advising a major French utility company on the first euro dual play feature convertible

bond issue for a global amount of €2.8bn

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• Advising a major component manufacturer in a £190m acquisition of a French company

involved in the diesel business

• Advising the lender on the Emerald North Sea oilfield project financing

• Advising French banks on a project financing for the construction and maintenance of

oil stocking and distribution facilities in Benin

• Advising African Multilateral Development agency/bank on a global discounting

facility for state owned oil company in Cameroon

• Advising an international energy trader on a US$180m structured financing of oil

imports secured in part over receivables in Cuba

• Advising a French bank on oil import/export arrangements and loan/security

documents for transactions secured in part over receivables in Cuba

• Advising an international energy trader on a 30 year concession on an LPG bottling and

distribution project in Cuba and related joint venture with the Cuban State

• Advising an international energy trader on the structured financing of a petroleum tank

farm and related throughput arrangements in Georgia

• Advising an energy trader on pre-financing and purchase of oil products from

Pertamina in Indonesia

• Advising French banks on a US$100m project financing for the construction and

maintenance of oil stocking and distribution facilities in Ivory Coast

• Advising French banks on a US$40m project financing for the construction of oil

refining facilities in Ivory Coast

• Advising the lender on a $260m structured US/Norway synthetic lease financing of drill

ship for an oil major

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• Advising an international energy trader in relation to a US$35m pre-export trade

finance facility negotiated in respect of a prepayment to be made against the export of

crude oil from Peru

• Advising a US and UK bank on pre-export financing of crude oil exports from Russia

• Advising French banks on the project financing of new oil refining facilities in Tanzania

• Advising an oil services company on a bid for an FSO project with PTT in Thailand

• Advising the lessor on the lease out lease back of an oil rig operating on the UK

continental shelf.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

• Advising an Arabic joint venture on their partnership with BP in relation to a US$1bn

investment in a negotiated EPSA covering the largest area awarded in Libya

• Advising a major Norwegian shipping company on a joint venture to supply LNG

vessels

• Advising a major Japanese shipping company on a joint venture to supply LNG vessels

• Advising Golar LNG Limited on its A$11.5m investment in, Australian Stock Exchange

listed, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited

• Advising Genesis Petroleum Corporation Plc on its joint venture with Petroleum Geo-

Services ASA in Genesis Petroleum Europe Limited

• Advising Global Natural Energy plc and its affiliate, Flenwood Limited, on the disposal

of Flenwood’s 45% interest in Corona Energy Holdings Limited, a UK gas distribution

business, to Macquarie International Investments Limited

• Advising KBC Advanced Technologies plc on the transfer to it and licensing by it of

intellectual property rights in HYSYS.Refinery

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• Advising Puma Energy on various joint ventures to build, own and operate oil storage

facilities together with supporting throughput arrangements and related financing in

Paraguay, Honduras and Brazil

• Advised an offshore contractor in relation to a joint venture between the offshore

contractor and operator and Brazilian oil and gas drilling, exploration and production

company in relation to long-term charter and operating contracts for floating

production storage and offloading vessels operating in the Espardarte, Roncador and

Marlim Sul fields offshore Brazil. Advice was also provided to the offshore contractor

for the acquisition of a 20% share in the operating and owning companies by the

Brazilian company and the financing thereof

• Advised an offshore operator during its negotiations with a ship owner in connection

with a joint venture in respect of the construction, acquisition, management and

operation of a dynamically positioned deepwater construction, installation and anchor

handling vessel. This also involved assisting the parties in their negotiations with the

shipyard and documenting the terms of the construction of the vessel, the joint venture

agreement, and the chartering and operating agreements for the vessel

• Advising Global Process Systems Inc on its joint venture arrangements for the design,

fabrication and supply of a mobile offshore processing unit to Petrofac for use in the

Cendor Field, which is located offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Our role involved the

drafting and negotiation of a joint venture agreement between the various joint venture

parties to the MOPU supply project

• Advising EuroSov Energy Plc on a memorandum of understanding between EuroSov

and Central Fuel Company of Moscow, Russia, owned by the City of Moscow

Government, to establish a joint venture company, Central Fuel Neftegaz, to pursue

exploration, development, production and trading activities in the former Soviet Union

• Advising the UK joint venture company on the joint venture arrangements between it

and three Norwegian oil/shipping companies, for a North Sea Oil project

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• Acting for Sevan Marine ASA in respect to the registration of an FPSO vessel under

Singapore flag, structuring of a general partnership with a UK joint venture partner and

obtaining exemption under section 13A of the Singapore Income Tax Act

• Advising IM Skaugen A/S, a listed Norwegian company, on the formation of a US$90m

joint venture with GATX for the purchase of 4 new ethylene gas carriers under

construction in China, with options for a further six vessels

• Advising a French oil industry service company on a joint venture with an African

national oil company

• Advising an offshore drilling contractor on a joint venture for the construction,

marketing and operation of a semi-submersible drilling tender barge

• Advising an energy trader on all aspects of a joint venture with an Argentinean

conglomerate to establish a downstream energy company, including the transfer of

existing energy projects throughout Latin America to a new joint venture entity

• Advising a UK plc on joint venture arrangements relating to a production sharing

agreement with SOCAR (state oil company), Amoco and Monument Oil for the

exploration of the Inam Block offshore Azerbaijan

• Advising an international energy trader on the structuring and documentation of a joint

venture with a local chain of petrol stations in Brazil

• Advising an energy trader in relation to a joint venture for the storage and

transportation of hydrocarbons in Congo.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Advising clients on a claim under an all risks cargo policy of insurance following

damage sustained to a jack-up rig whilst being transported from Galveston Texas to

Luwut Malaysia. Addressing, in particular, issues of fortuity and inherent vice

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• Acting for PGS Offshore Technology in relation to a claim for a £2m “sailaway” bonus

under an EPC contract for the design, engineering, procurement and construction of an

FPSO. The case turned upon whether the head construction contractor, Aker Oil & Gas

(UK) Limited, had earned the performance bonus by substantially completing its scope

of work on the date of sailaway, and required an assessment of the scope of carry-over

work to be performed offshore

• Acting for SANA the Italian owner of the semi-submersible oil production platform

known as P36 in long-running High Court proceedings against Petrobas (represented

by Linklaters in London) concerning upgrade works to the rig which capsized and sank

off Brazil in 2001. The case involved complicated technical issues relating to the

construction and financing of the rig and was worth in excess of US$350m

• Acting for Aban Loyd Chiles in a dispute with ITC of Holland over the failure of ITCʹs

semi-submersible barge to dock Aban’s rig, the Aban II. Claim centred on which party

was responsible for the failure, and required an investigation into the technical reasons

for failure of the docking operation

• Advising Moscow Oil Refinery in relation to London arbitration proceedings

commenced by Fiber Technologies International Ltd worth in excess of US$300m and

relating to the design and construction of a Russian polypropylene plant

• Acting in an LCIA London arbitration in a US$85m dispute on behalf of a Canadian

owner/operator and two state owned Asia oil & gas companies in relation to a central

oil and gas operating platform fabricated in Vietnam and commissioned offshore in the

Malaysian oil field

• Advising a contractor in relation to the bankruptcy of Tuscan Energy, the operator of

the Ardmore field in the North Sea Corporation

• Acting for the Government of India in the worldʹs largest and Indiaʹs first investment

treaty arbitration. The multi-billion dollar claims arose out of the Dabhol Power Project

in Maharashtra which was built by a US consortium led by Enron, GE and Bechtel.

Further advising the Government of India on the overall settlement of the complex

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Dabhol disputes which had been ongoing for the last five years and negotiating two

separate settlements with GE and Bechtel

• Advising an international oil and gas exploration company on a dispute relating to oil

fields located in the South China Sea

• Advising KBC Advanced Technologies plc, a major US and international oil refinery

software consultant/provider, on a dispute with AEA concerning a multi-million dollar

software programme

• Advising an FPSO operator against a North Sea licence holder in High Court litigation

relating to the terms of an FPSO operating contract. The key issue concerned the

payment obligations of the licence holder in circumstances where the FPSO was taken

off the field for essential maintenance and repair. This dispute, worth in excess of

£16m, was ultimately resolved by the Court of Appeal

• Advising a Dutch engineering company in a Commercial Court dispute about the

contract price for an FPSO-related design, engineering and construction project. The

project concerned the removal and refurbishment of a gas compressor unit and its

installation and commissioning on board a North Sea FPSO. The case was eventually

settled following proceedings in the Commercial Court and a CEDR mediation

• Acting for an Iranian marine construction company in an ICC arbitration brought by a

European oil company (represented by Herbert Smith in Paris). The claim relates to an

EPC contract for the design, construction, installation and commissioning of two

offshore wellhead platforms

• Advising Talisman Malaysia Ltd on a multi-million dollar construction arbitration

dispute concerning an offshore oil platform in South East Asia built by Hyundai Heavy

Industries

• Advising an Italian company on an offshore drilling platform dispute

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• Advising ING Barings on the successful defence of a US$5m commission claim by

Westminster Oil & Gas in respect of the US$800m financing of the Cabinda oil field in

Angola

• Acting for Congolese interests in High Court proceedings relating to a payment for a

cargo of oil being shipped from the Congo, and purchased by Glencore

• Advising owners of a very large shipment of oil in a highly publicised dispute with the

Thai Customs Authority arising out of the seizure and detention of their shipment

• Advising Sinochem on its successful claim against Mobil for approximately US$14m

under a crude oil sale contract

• Advising a multi-party joint venture company in the offshore energy sector in relation

to a dispute between its shareholders with various cross-holdings within the group

• Advising PGS Offshore Technology in relation to substantial claims arising out of the

US$500m Banff Field FPSO project in the North Sea. The claims, which were brought

against the two major contractors responsible for the design, construction and

installation of the subsea equipment and topsides process facilities, led to complex

litigation in the Technology & Construction Court and, in one instance, the Court of

Appeal. The litigation raised numerous difficult technical issues concerning the quality

of engineering and design, as well as allegations of delay and negligent project

management on the part of the contractors. As a result of the very large volume of

documentation produced during the proceedings, we adopted a computerised

document management system, which has since become standard practice in such large

construction cases

• Acting for Bluewater N.V. against Amerada Hess Limited in High Court litigation

relating to the terms of an FPSO operating contract

• Advising on a dispute concerning the engineering and construction of a gas

compression plant on a floating oil production vessel. This claim was being pursued in

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the High Court in London, but was settled prior to mediation (after close of pleadings

and disclosure of documents)

• Acting for Transocean in a London arbitration against operators in two adjacent oil and

gas fields off Mumbai

• Representing Northern Offshore ASA in Commercial Court proceedings and arbitration

against British Gas arising out of a contract for drilling wells offshore Indonesia

• Advising an Iranian oil trader on a case brought by Vitol in the Commercial Court in

London involving the sale of Iranian crude and foreign exchange transactions

• Advising a contractor in connection with a £10m claim for a bonus payment under an

offshore construction contract

• Acting for Talisman Malaysia in a drilling rig dispute arising from the failure of the

drilling equipment and the collapse of a jack-up leg.

COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

• Advising Hardman Resources NL (the ASX and AIM listed oil and gas company with

producing assets offshore Mauritania and exploration assets in Uganda) through our

London and Paris offices in relation to the re-negotiation of certain of their production

sharing contracts with the Mauritanian government

• Advising Standard Chartered Bank on a US$25m reducing reserve-based facility to

fund oil exploration and drilling work by Aegean Energy SA in the North Aegean Sea

in Greece

• Advising the owners of a oil product transhipment terminal situated on the black sea in

connection with commercial contracts and ultimately the sale of the terminal and

related port facilities

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• Advising an oil and gas company on the placement, employment and operation of an

FLNG unit in Australia and Indonesia respectively. Areas covered included

import/export, ownership structures, tax issues, registration/deregistration of the

FLNG, compliance with the laws of the relevant jurisdiction and international

convention compliance

• Advising the client on its investment in New Age African Global Energy, the primary

upstream oil & gas Africa focused investment vehicle, backed by Och Ziff Capital

Management and Tokyo Sexwale

• Advising Sasol Synfuels International on its commercial arrangements, including the

marketing of diesel and naptha, for the Oryx Gas to Liquids plant in Qatar

• Advising Excelerate Energy on the commercial and construction agreements for a

unique gas import project into the port at Teesside, UK. The worlds first project enabled

on board, in port regasified LNG to be delivered straight into the NTS to boost the

UKʹs natural gas supply in times of shortage. Excelerate Energy has invested in 9

customised ships (with others on order) which transport LNG but also have the

capability to convert LNG to natural gas on board, a relatively new technology which

allows flexibility in offtake options. The project was the first for Excelerate Energy

outside the US and the first of its type in the world. Due to its unique characteristics,

advice was required in relation to complex and innovative commercial arrangements,

including close liaison with UK government and regulatory departments. We won The

Lawyer’s Infrastructure Team of Year 2007 Award for our work on this deal

• Advising on a project involving the construction of two gas pipelines within Oman and

the acquisition of the pre-existing state gas pipeline network

• Advising Edison S.p.A. on the construction and implementation of an Italy to Greece

Gas pipeline Project

• Advising BW Shipping in its purchase of eight 76,000-dwt Panamax product/crude oil

tankers from Germanyʹs AL Ships. Purchased for a total price of US$449m, the

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acquisition represents BW Shippingʹs re-entry into product tanker ownership, following

its exit from the sector in 2004

• Advising Global Process Systems Inc in relation to the conversion and operation of a

mobile offshore production unit for the Maleo Joint Venture in East Java, Indonesia.

This included advising on all aspects of the loan documentation, project structure,

project documentation and liasing and coordinating Indonesian counsel. The asset is

worth approximately US$60m

• Advising a Norwegian company on a possible project to construct a gas pipeline

connected to a buoy capable of receiving delivery of gas from an LNG regasification

vessel

• Advising a number of shipowners and offshore oil & gas operators (including Teekay,

I.M. Skaugen’s Norgas Carriers and a number of Fred Olsen group companies) in a

series of high profile transactions for the establishment of an increased presence in

Singapore for the purpose of operations under the Approved International Shipping

Enterprise (AISE) scheme. The AISE scheme provides, inter alia, tax exemption for

income arising from the operation of ships/offshore assets and also the establishment in

Singapore enables relevant operators to take advantage of the increased profile and

activity of shipping and offshore oil & gas operations in Asia

• Advising World Petroleum in connection with the documentation of security

arrangements in favour of Trafigura to address delayed payment of purchase price due

to Trafigura for products supplied and on-sold by World Petroleum to Pertamina. The

amount outstanding and due to Trafigura was approximately US$22.5m

• Advised an offshore contractor and operator on the conversion and supply of a very

large floating production storage and offloading vessel for use in the Oveng field

offshore Equatorial Guinea, including advice to the in-house legal and commercial

teams on the terms of a bid for the conversion, installation, chartering and operating

and maintenance contracts

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• Advised an offshore contractor in relation to the termination by a field operator of

charter and operating contracts in relation to a floating production and storage vessel

deployed offshore the Democratic Republic of Congo. This also included negotiating

and documenting the termination arrangements and negotiating the terms of the

agreements for the supply, including the upgrade and installation, of the unit to

another offshore project in the Yoho field offshore Nigeria, and the unit’s associated

sale to the field operator

• Advised an offshore contractor in relation to US$25m long term supply and

maintenance contracts in respect of a fleet of floating production storage and offloading

vessels deployed offshore Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Brazil.

This also involved assisting the in-house legal and technical teams of the offshore

contractor and fleet owner in negotiating the contracts with the equipment suppliers,

including Rolls-Royce Power Engineering, Alstom Power, Siemens and Solar Turbines,

and ExxonMobil as field operator

• Advising a Norwegian shipping and energy group in relation to the corporate

restructuring of its offshore oil and gas business involving seven semi-submersible oil

rigs, one drill ship and related rig and crew management service providers. We

advised on the structuring and documentation of the sale and purchase arrangements,

the restructuring of the group’s US$405m existing debt, the transfer of assets based in

five different jurisdictions, advising on employment and other relevant commercial and

operational arrangements and advising on various tax, regulatory and other legal issues

• Advised Marathon Oil in connection with the development of the Alvheim field in the

Norwegian sector of the North-Sea, including advice and assistance in the preparation

of the suite of EPCI contracts and bid documentation in respect of the acquisition of an

oil tanker, and its conversion into a floating production storage and offloading vessel.

Further assistance was provided during the negotiation of the terms of the contracts for

the supply of the topsides and process facilities, turret, mooring and swivel system and

STP buoy and various long-lead items, such as the main power generation units and the

water injection pumps, with various contractors including Vetco Aibel AS and APL AS

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• Advised an offshore drilling contractor in connection with the provision of a drilling rig

for deployment offshore West Africa in relation to the development of the Akpo field,

reviewing the bid documents, including the pro forma drilling contract, and assisting

the drilling contractor in negotiating the contract terms with the field operator

• Advising a Norwegian shipping and energy group in connection with the restructuring

of and relocation of its oil tanker business and the related restructuring of its US$250m

existing debt. The transaction involved the structuring and documentation of the

transfer of shares and assets (valued in excess of US$240m) based in a variety of

jurisdictions, the restructuring of the commercial arrangements relating to such assets

and advising on various regulatory, tax and legal matters arising in connection

therewith

• Advising a large contractor in connection with the development of a North Sea oil and

gas field, utilising an innovative FPSO vessel. During the negotiations, we advised on

all the major contracts, including topsides, turret, sub-Sea and installation and vessel

management, helping to ensure that the risks in the project were identified, understood

and minimised from the start. We also advised on the clientʹs insurance matters. Once

work on the project had started, we continued to assist with contractual issues

arising during the construction phase

• Advising Aker Geo Seismic AS in the purchase of the seismic vessel “Atlantic Horizon”

from the Eagle Geophysical Group under Chapter II bankruptcy protection in the US,

with advice on US Federal, Liberian and English Law

• Advising Trafigura Pte Ltd on, negotiating and documenting storage, collateral

management, sale and purchase and security arrangements in relation to the storage

and management of petroleum products to be stored on board the “Kadriah I”, a VLCC

tanker converted into a floating storage facility and located at Port Tanjung Pelepas,

Malaysia

• Advising Trafigura Pte Ltd on, negotiating and documenting commitment, guarantee

and storage agreements relating to Trafiguraʹs commitment to use storage facilities to

be constructed in Johor Bahru by Tanjung Langsat Port Sdn Bhd

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• Advising a French oil major on the restructuring of operations based in Singapore

• Advising Vitol in connection with a proposed farm-in to an existing production licence

offshore Indonesia

• Advising BJ Services Company in connection with operations in Thailand and

Cambodia

• Advising Talisman Malaysia Limited in connection with the bareboat charter and

operation contract for an FSO on a field offshore Malaysia

• Advising Trafigura in relation to various long term natural gas supply contracts with

delivery points including Bacton, NBP, Zeebrugge Hub and Zeebrugge Flange

• Advising large industrial users and producers on long term purchase agreements of

natural gas. General advice in relation to the Network Code including liability,

penalties, operational matters, flexibility bidding and code communications in the UK

• Advising Trafigura in relation to work-out strategies under natural gas arrangements

with various companies post-Enron

• Advising on transhipment agreements for oil products between a US oil major and a

Black Sea oil terminal

• Advising a UK gas utility on the Bombay natural gas distribution project

• Advising a UK gas utility on a gas distribution/transmission project in Malaysia

• Advising an international oil company on Malaysian E&P licensing issues

• Advising an offshore drilling contractor in connection with the sale of a self-erecting

drilling tender assist barge

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• Advising a major French oil company on its corporate restructuring in Singapore, India

and Cambodia (including franchising agreements)

• Advising Dutch and Norwegian offshore contractors in relation to their contractual

documentation for the acquisition, conversion and chartering of a number of FPSOs for

use in the North Sea and elsewhere

• Advising the owner of a floating production and floating storage facilities in the North

Sea in connection with the development contract, conversion contracts for the FPF and

FSU and all other subcontracts and advice including litigation during the course of a

much delayed project

• Advising an English contractor in connection with the EPC and operation contract for

production facilities to be installed on a tanker for installation as an FPSO on a field

offshore Ireland, including the head contract with the field operator

• Advising a UK company in connection with a one year extended well test in the North

Sea including contracts with the field operator and a number of subcontractors

• Advising an FPSO operator in connection with the contracts for procurement of the

topsides facility, subsea and installation contracts for an FPSO project in the North Sea

• Advising the owner of a semi submersible drilling rig in connection with its conversion

into an FPF in South Africa, including issues arising with the conversion yard

• Advising a contractor in relation to a shuttle tanker offshore system from an FPSO in

the North Sea

• Advising an energy trader on crude oil transportation arrangements in Azerbaijan

• Advising a French oil major on restructuring of Cambodian operations

• Advising an oil & gas trader on the supply of LPG to Ecuador

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• Advising a UK gas utility on gas a distribution/transmission project in Indonesia

• Advising a European energy company on a pipeline gas purchase contract for the

import of gas into Jordan

• Advising a UK gas major on the negotiation of the Karachaganak production sharing

agreement and gas transportation agreements with the Government of Kazakhstan and

Gazprom

• Advising a gas purchaser on the gas supply contract for gas to be used in a proposed

iron ore reduction/steel plant in South Africa

• Advising an EPC contractor on offshore oil & gas drilling contracts in Thailand

• Advising a UK developer on the IGDAS Gas distribution project for the city of

Istanbul, Turkey

• Advising a UK gas major on negotiating gas sales and transportation agreements for

the sale of gas through the Interconnector Pipeline to various European purchasers

• Advising an international energy trader on the structuring of a 12 month sleeved

contract for the purchase of Russian gas.

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Our offices

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