Jason Kerr > White & Case LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Jointly led by Michael Watson and Philip Stopford, the oil and gas team at White & Case LLP is highly sought after for its wide practice which encompasses the breadth of M&A, project finance and disputes, in addition to energy transition mandates. David Baker is noted for his adept handling of high-profile construction cases, development work and M&A, with a particular focus on LNG projects, Jason Kerr deals with international project finance matters and the ‘exceptionally talented’ Mukund Dhar, who is backed by an excellent track record in international oil and gas transactions, ‘goes above and beyond for clients’.

At White & Case LLP ‘the team is solidly collegial, innovative, responsive and overall, a force to be reckoned with‘. The firm has one of the broadest and most active emerging markets teams in London, acting for the world’s largest commercial banks, DFIs, sovereigns, state-owned entities, commodity traders, energy companies, and multinational corporates on deals across the Americas, Africa, CEE, CIS and the Middle East. The practice, which is home to US- and English law-qualified partners, handles sovereign and corporate loans, leveraged finance, export credit matters, structured trade and commodity finance, sustainability-linked loans, project and debt finance, and much more. The firm is ‘unique in its ability to problem-solve and ensure its clients achieve their desired outcomes in challenging jurisdictions‘. The deep bench of talent includes US-qualified debt specialists Melissa Butler and Ian Clark; English law debt experts James Hardy and Stuart Matty; energy partner Philip Stopford; banking partner Christopher Czarnocki; head of the Africa group Mukund Dhar; and international finance lawyer Jason Kerr.