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)Praised for its ‘deep focus, understanding, and extensive experience in the oil and gas sector‘, Devine & Severova is a specialist oil and gas firm chiefly focused on upstream work across various jurisdictions in the Middle East and Central Asia. The team is well reputed for its work on transactions and commercial agreements, but also has a growing body of work relating to operational disputes and damages. Richard Devine
leads the practice and is regularly sought out by international, national and independent oil companies for comprehensive advise across their full operations. Co-head Ana Severova leverages previous in-house experience to provide trusted counsel to clients, showcasing strong expertise in M&A, commercial agreements, and project development matters.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United Arab Emirates > Oil, gas and natural resources
- Oil, gas and natural resources United Arab Emirates