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Mr Colin Graham
Work Department
Projects Finance & Infrastructure
Position
Colin Graham is a partner in the energy group of Gide Loyrette Nouel’s London office. He has more than 20 years of experience and is particularly recognized for his expertise in development projects in the energy, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.
Colin’s practice covers corporate and commercial projects and M&A work, with particular specialisation in international Oil & Gas, LNG, Power and Resources. Colin has worked on major gas value chain project developments in recent years, including as project counsel for all aspects of the Shah Deniz phase II development, the Trans-Adriatic, Trans-Anatolian, Trans-Asia, Nabucco, South-East Europe and IGI-Poseidon gas pipelines including gas transportation, sales, operations codes and treaties.
In the LNG value chain, he has been active in LNG liquefaction and LNG trading projects, including LNG price arbitrations. Colin also has expertise on demand creation projects linking LNG regasification with gas-fired power, such as the Cameroon LNG project and recent LNG sales into West Africa and Latin America.
Colin also works in the electricity sector, particularly in the context of regulatory regimes and the development of nuclear, thermal and gas-to-power projects in emerging markets.
Colin is qualified in England & Wales, Hong Kong and Ontario (non-practicing). He is fluent in French, Mandarin and Spanish.
Career
Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel – London (2019)
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams – London (2017-2019)
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe – Londres (2014-2017)
Of Counsel, Hogan Lovells – London (2010-2014)
Senior Associate, Torys LLP – Toronto (2006-2010)
Associate, Herbert Smith – Hong Kong, Londres, Tokyo (1997-2005)
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Mandarin and German
Memberships
Member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). (Europe and Africa Committee)
Education
Called to the Hong Kong Bar (1999)
Solicitor England & Wales (2000)
Called to the Ontario Bar (2008)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP is led by Colin Graham; he has expertise in corporate, commercial and M&A work in power. An example of the cohort’s abilities in alternative energy, it its advising EDF on large-scale nuclear projects. Counsel Matteo Matteucci has particular experience working on cross-border M&A transactions in energy and natural resources-related M&A transactions.
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP is well known for its Africa-based transactional work in the oil & gas space, receiving praise for its bench of ‘sophisticated and industry-experienced professionals’. Practice head Colin Graham is a corporate and commercial specialist who is well-versed in international gas and LNG projects in particular.
Lawyer Rankings
- Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables) London > Projects, energy and natural resources
- Oil and gas London > Projects, energy and natural resources