Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP’s international markets team houses strong emerging markets expertise, which spans Africa, CIS and CEE, the Middle East, India, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Team head Martin Kavanagh is an energy and infrastructure finance specialist and is a go-to for major DFIs. Christian Leathley focuses on international arbitration in the oil and gas and engineering sectors. Other key practitioners include debt capital markets expert Amy Geddes, head of the India finance practice Dhananjaya Chak, who regularly advises sponsors and lenders in Southeast Asia.
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Key clients
- Anglo American
- Andes Petroleum Ecuador
- ALCB
- British International Investment (BII)
- GuarantCo
- Government of Malawi
- Société Générale
- Tata Group
- Reliance Industries Limited
- Arcelor Mittal
Work highlights
Advised the Government of Malawi on the development and structuring through a PPP model of the proposed 350MW Mpatamanga Hydropower Project.
Advised Société Générale, Singapore Branch on the US$133 million refinancing for Azure Power's 300MW solar PV project in Rajasthan, India.
Advised Andes Petroleum Ecuador Ltd (“Andes”) in a high-profile arbitration in which Andes sought to recover its 40% share of a $1.06 billion arbitral award from Occidental Exploration and Production Company.
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Leading partners
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Practice head
Martin Kavanagh
Other key lawyers
Christian Leathley; Amy Geddes; Dhananjaya Chak