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Ben Sulaiman
Work Department
Energy and Natural Resources
Position
Partner
Career
Ben heads Hogan Lovells’ global Oil, Gas & LNG group and is part of the firm’s Tier 1 (2021 Legal 500 UK) Energy & Infrastructure team in London.
He is a go-to expert for oil and gas matters and operates both in the UK and internationally on projects, transactions, and regulatory matters in the sector.
Ben leads the firm’s work advising the BP and SOCAR led consortium on all aspects of the US$45bn Shah Deniz 2 gas project and new 3,500km Southern Gas Corridor, one of the largest and most complex oil & gas projects of recent years. He regularly advises energy companies, investors, and governments on upstream projects, gas sales and transportation, LNG projects, oil & gas M&A, financing arrangements, and energy trading.
Languages
English
Memberships
Committee Member of IBA’s UK Energy Lawyers’ Group
Law Society of England and Wales
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Education
LPC, Nottingham Law School, 2003
Pg.D.L., Nottingham Law School, 2002
M.A., Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, 2001
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
(Next Generation Partners)Hogan Lovells International LLP acts for participants throughout the entire oil & gas sector, utilising the firm’s global reach to advise across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The team handles a full suit of matters, from advising on large-scale projects to anti-corruption advice, with particular expertise in disputes, especially high-value arbitrations. Co-head of the energy & natural resources group Sarah Shaw is vastly experienced in upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas M&A. Head of the oil, gas & LNG group Ben Sulaiman acts for the firm’s high-end clients in the space on transactional and regulatory matters. Ben Hornan is the go-to name on the team for disputes work in the oil, gas and mining sub-sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Oil and gas London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders