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Addleshaw Goddard
MILTON GATE
60 CHISWELL STREET
LONDON
EC1Y 4AG
England

Work Department

Corporate.

Position

Over 20 years’ experience of advising on public and private M&A, capital markets, joint ventures, complex reorganisations and private equity and investment transactions across a number of sectors. He has particular expertise in the energy and natural resources sectors, including in transactions involving Africa. Recent experience includes advising SSE on the sale of a 25% interest in Beatrice Offshore Windfarm and related joint venture arrangments, advising Seven Energy on various acquisitions and fundraisings, including the US$255m equity investment in it by IFC, the IFC ALAC Fund and Temasek, advising Cairn Energy on its recommended takeover of Nautical Petroleum, and advising Xylem Inc on various M&A transactions.

Career

Qualified 1994, trained Linklaters. Linklaters 1992-2003; Shearman & Sterling 2003-07; Shepherd and Wedderburn 2007-13; Addleshaw Goddard 2013.

Education

University College London (LLB).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas

Aside from being recommended for its ‘specific knowledge of UK LNG contracts‘, Addleshaw Goddard‘s oil and gas practice has a focus on emerging markets and is noted for its ‘growing reputation in the Nigerian and wider African market‘. The national offering is headed by ‘excellent‘ upstream oil and gas and LNG specialist Paul Jones, and M&A and joint venture specialist Angus Rollo, both from the London office, as well as David McEwing, who is experienced in debt and equity funding of oil and gas projects, from the Aberdeen office.