Watson Farley & Williams LLP is well versed in handling M&A, project finance matters and litigation, advising a spread of financial entities and traders on oil and gas transactions often cross-border in nature. Practice head Chris Kilburn acts for sponsors and lenders on M&A in the oil and gas arena, while Heike Trischmann assists with the firm’s expansion into LNG and Joe Levin is a key name to note for upstream financing.
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‘A full service oil and gas offering. Partners with real expertise, who work on the matters, engage directly with the client, and who are available when you need to speak.'
'Joe Levin is fantastic. He's switched on, understands the commercial as well as the legal dynamics at play and works in a collaborative way with both his clients and counterparts.'
'Proactive, diligent, and responsive.’
‘Joe Levin is a solution-focused and adaptable finance partner, with a breadth of oil and gas expertise.'
- 'Chris Kilburn is an experienced and practical corporate partner. Whether leading on a M&A transaction or acting in a supporting capacity on a wider matter, Chris understands clients' needs and delivers clear, digestible advice.'
‘The team are highly experienced.’
‘Heike Trischmann shows fantastic attention to detail and advocates strongly for client's position in negotiations whilst attempting to find common ground.’
‘Pragmatic, commercial and solutions-focused.’
Key clients
- BW Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd
- Dana Petroleum Limited
- Mauritius Commercial Bank
- DNB Bank ASA
- CCC Oil and Gas Ltd and Massader (The Sovereign Wealth Fund of Palestine)
- Coastline Exploration (“Coastline”)
- HSBC Bank plc
- Beacon Energy plc
- TotalEnergies
- Star Energy
Work highlights
Advising BW Energy on an up to US$300m new international reserve-based lending facility. The facility will be used initially to further finance and develop the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon.
Advising CCC Oil & Gas and Massader (the Palestinian Sovereign Wealth Fund) on the development and financing of the integrated Gaza Marine gas project involving the development and financing of a gas field offshore Gaza, Palestine, and the development and financing of a gas processing plant at El Arish in Egypt.
Advising AIM listed Star Energy (formerly IGas Energy Plc) on its acquisition of a majority stake in a company with geothermal assets in Croatia.
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Practice head
Chris Kilburn
Other key lawyers
Heike Trischmann; Joe Levin