Simmons & Simmons leverages the strength of its European network to advise on high-value transactions and projects, notably in the oil and gas sector. David Shearer specialises in cross-border M&A and project development, with particular emphasis on gas-fired power projects and LNG storage infrastructure. Ivo van Dijk brings further expertise in the gas import and storage space, advising on the financing of infrastructure expansion programmes.
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Key clients
- bp
- Ducor Petrochemicals
- Encavis
- EDF
- Freepoint Commodities
- Hunt Oil
- Gate terminal
- Gilde Equity Management
- ING Bank
- Kingdom of Spain
- Moeve
- Nebras Power
Work highlights
Acting as project counsel to a consortium of Stone City Energy, EDF, Nebras and Siemens Energy on the development, construction and financing of a €1.2bn combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Uzbekistan.
Advised Gate terminal, a joint venture of Gasunie and Vopak, on the Rotterdam LNG import terminal’s expansion of its regassification capacity from 12 BCM to 16 BCM per year.
Advised Moeve Global on the sale of its 25% interest in Block 53, an oil and gas field concession off the coast of Suriname, to TotalEnergies.
Practice head
David Shearer
Other key lawyers
Ivo van Dijk