Mergers & Acquisitions
United Kingdom
29 August 2025
Latham & Watkins advises across the full oil and gas value chain, with strong capabilities in project finance and development, M&A, and capital markets mandates. Alongside a growing expertise in decarbonisation initiatives including renewable fuels and carbon capture and storage, the firm is well-versed in complex, cross-border matters concerning exploration and production, asset- and company-level transactions, and environmental issues. Samuel Newhouse, vice co-chair of the firm’s M&A practice, focuses on high-value public and private acquisitions, disposals, and joint ventures within the oil and gas sector. Evelyne Girio advises on complex project development and M&A across the energy and natural resources space.
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Testimonials
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‘Team has deep commercial experience in the field as well as unrivalled experience of energy disputes.’
‘Availability and responsiveness stands out.’
‘Evelyne Girio brings responsiveness and strong negotiating skills, great knowledge of the sector’
‘Very good knowledge of the upstream market practice worldwide, and willing to share that knowledge with their clients to work with us to find business solutions - very practical advice.’
Key clients
- Chevron Corporation
- TotalEnergies
- EIG
- Exxon Mobil
- Vitol Group
- Navitas Petroleum
- Vivo Energy / Vitol
- Saudi Aramco
- Woodside Energy
- Carlyle International Energy Partners
Work highlights
Advised Carlyle on its agreement to acquire a portfolio of gas-weighted exploration and production assets in Italy, Egypt, and Croatia from Energean plc.
Advising the Export Credit Agencies and lenders on the project development and financing of the proposed Papua LNG Project in Papua New Guinea.
Advised GIC on its acquisition from BlackRock of a 45% equity stake in GasLog Ltd.
Other key lawyers
Samuel Newhouse; Evelyne Girio