Mrs Ana Severova > Devine & Severova > Dubai, United Arab Emirates > Lawyer Profile
Devine & Severova Offices
Devine & Severova FZ-LLC
PO Box 487177
United Arab Emirates
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Mrs Ana Severova
Work Department
Energy
Position
Partner
Career
Ana advises on a broad range of transactions, projects, joint ventures, restructurings and commercial agreements. She has particular expertise in the oil and gas sector and has advised on projects across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the CIS.
Ana’s experience ranges from advising on M&A in the heavily regulated North Sea to representing clients in entering frontier markets, such as Afghanistan and Iraq. She has drafted and negotiated a wide variety of contracts, from those based on standard forms to entirely bespoke arrangements. She has advised clients on pre-dispute strategy, settlement agreements and technical aspects of oil and gas disputes. In addition, Ana has considerable corporate and commercial experience outside of the oil and gas sector.
Over the past 15 years, Ana has practised at several leading international law firms in London and Dubai, including Baker Botts, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS. She has experience of working in-house as legal counsel for an oil trading company and through secondments at ExxonMobil, BP and Dragon Oil.
Ana qualified as an English solicitor in 2008 and has been based in the UAE since 2012.
Languages
English, Russian, Italian, Macedonian
Lawyer Rankings
United Arab Emirates > Oil, gas and natural resources
(Next Generation Partners)Well versed in the sale and purchase, operation, development and financing aspects of oil and gas projects in the region, boutique firm Devine & Severova is seeing a growing volume of mandates pertaining to decarbonisation initiatives in relation to the UAE’s net zero pledge, alongside a consistent flow of conventional instructions. The group has a client list of oil and gas developers and producers, including multinational corporations and leading industry players, exhibiting a far-reaching geographical reach. Richard Devine and Ana Severova co-head the practice and are widely praised by clients for their ‘extensive experience in oil and gas projects in the MENA region’ and their ability to provide comprehensive advice tailored to specific businesses. Both Devine and Severova focus their efforts on project development, foreign direct investment and disputes work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United Arab Emirates > Oil, gas and natural resources
- Oil, gas and natural resources United Arab Emirates