Sarah Shaw > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

Hogan Lovells International LLP provides a full-suite of legal services to oil & gas clients, spanning exploration, development and production – with the group’s recent deal flow including project development, construction, financing, M&A, litigation and ESG matters, among others. Adrian Walker has over 25 years experience in the space and co-leads the team alongside global co-head of energy and natural resources Sarah Shaw.

Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s ‘multidisciplinary and multicultural team’, which is led globally by Philip Robb,  possesses ‘extensive legal knowledge’, allowing it to act on blockbuster M&A deals for an impressive array of global energy players, asset managers and senior lenders. The team shows a real strength creating investment platforms, as well as establishing other platforms in the UK focused on digital infrastructure assets. Beyond this work, the group has advised companies and private funds on investments in projects across Latin America, Africa and Europe.  Finance partner Andrew Gallagher‘s comprehensive sector focus sees him regularly work with senior lenders and borrowers on the acquisition and financing of a number of projects, most regularly with banking clients in connection with the digital infrastructure space. Florian Agnel has built an impressive portfolio of international mandates, with a broad skillset including M&A, secondary market and project development work. Philip Brown is reputed for his debt and equity financing capabilities, as well as his  understanding of the UK infrastructure market. Sarah Shaw focuses on M&A within the energy space – an area of work that has been strengthened further through the arrival of Alastair Young from Bracewell (UK) LLP in April 2023.

Described by clients as a ‘very commercial’ team with ‘high-level knowledge’,  the corporate practice at Hogan Lovells International LLP is well-placed to advise blue chip clients including financial institutions and listed companies on corporate policies, M&A transactions of all types and sizes and ESG matters. With particular strengths in the life sciences and healthcare, financial services, insurance, real estate, energy and industrials and fintech and TMT industries, the team also offers specialist knowledge in emerging markets and on competition and NSI and tax matters. Focusing on the African market, global co-head of the energy and natural resources sector group, Sarah Shaw, acts on a range of matters for corporates, private equity and infrastructure funds on public takeovers, joint ventures, restructurings, acquisitions, and disposals. Nicola Evans, global head of insurance, is often sought out by boards of listed companies to assist with a range of corporate insurance matters. Generalist M&A practitioner Tom Brassington regularly advises clients in the TMT and life sciences arena, while John Connell assists listed companies, banks, financial investors and insurance companies with M&A and disposals. Former co-head Ben Higson left the practice in December 2022, while former co-head Patrick Sarch left the team in February 2024.