Oil and gas
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Hall of fameDentons
Charles specializes in LNG and gas projects and sales, downstream gas and electricity market reform and regulation, and energy and natural resources projects. He is a partner in the Firm's Energy, Transport and Infrastructure practice. His clients include: for market reform and regulation – governments, energy regulators, gas and electricity utilities, and energy trading companies (in the UK and overseas); for LNG and other energy projects – international and national oil companies (IOCs and NOCs), LNG terminal operators, project sponsors, and governments, in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
Rising stars
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Mitasha Chandok is an experienced corporate associate in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Oil and Gas, Energy and Infrastructure, Power and Renewables, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Private Equity practice groups and the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) practice. Mitasha’s experience includes mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development and financing, and corporate advisory work. She routinely advises clients in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. Mitasha is also actively involved in advising on energy transition matters and ESG advisory matters for energy and non-energy clients. She has worked in mature and emerging markets (nearly 50 jurisdictions) and has advised extensively across Asia and Africa on a number of transactions and projects (including first entries). Mitasha is an executive committee member of Gibson Dunn’s London Office Diversity, Talent and Inclusion Committee, where she chairs the gender sub-group and co-chairs the multicultural forum.
Ashurst
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Partner with a focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors
Slaughter and May
Partner; Oly is a member of our infrastructure, energy and natural resources practice and our real estate practice. He has wide-ranging experience in the acquisition, disposal and development of all real assets. He has a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors, including large-scale projects, M&A and commercial matters across the value chain. He is a member of the firm’s steering committees for the energy and infrastructure and the commercial contracts streams.
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Heike specialises in all aspects of oil and gas law, and also has expertise in electricity and water projects. She has acted for governments, national oil companies as well as junior and major oil and gas companies, banks, energy trading companies, regulators and individual investors in more than 40 countries worldwide on a broad range of international and domestic corporate, commercial, regulatory and projects work in the oil and gas industry. Heike regularly advises on production sharing agreements, concessions and licence arrangements, M&A and farm-ins, joint operating agreements, oil, gas and LNG supply, transportation, storage and access agreements, trading and other commercial contracts and the underlying regulatory regimes in the relevant jurisdictions as part of investments in the petroleum industry.
Baker McKenzie LLP
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
James is a solicitor advocate and Partner in the firm's dispute resolution division in London.
Hall of fameSlaughter and May
Partner; Hywel has advised on a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions. He has particular experience in public and private M&A, joint ventures and equity financings as well as infrastructure, energy and natural resources matters.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Anna Howell is co-chair of the firm’s Oil and Gas Practice Group, and a member of the Energy and Infrastructure, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Groups. Anna advises on complex cross-border transactions in the energy and natural resources sectors with a particular focus in the oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), power and mining sub-sectors. Anna routinely advises high-profile clients on some of their most prestigious and challenging matters to take place in the market, including first entries into both mature and emerging markets throughout Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Her experience ranges from cross border M&A, the development and financing of projects, joint ventures and restructurings. Anna understands and has advised on the whole energy value chain from upstream concessions and transportation arrangements to downstream commodity sales and trading.
Clifford Chance LLP
Partner Craig Nethercott is a partner in the Global Energy & Infrastructure Group at Clifford Chance. He has experience in project finance, banking, capital markets, and Islamic finance. Craig has advised on transactions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He is ranked Band 1 for Projects by Chambers UK 2023.
Clifford Chance LLP
Partner Russell Wells is a Partner in Clifford Chance's London office and is the Global Head of the firm's Energy and Resources Sector, co-head of the Energy Transition Group and co-head of the Worldwide Projects Group. He has almost 35 years of commercial, corporate and finance experience in the energy sector – including a large number of landmark transactions throughout the World. Russell has worked in our Hong Kong, London and Singapore offices. Russell is ranked as Band 1 for his expertise in projects by Chambers UK, and is ranked as a Leading Individual by Chambers Global for his work across Africa. He is also listed in the International Who’s Who of Project Finance Lawyers and the International Who’s Who of Energy Lawyers.
Akin
Justin Williams is an English qualified solicitor with 25 years’ experience of handling complex international disputes, both in international arbitration and before the English High Court. He heads Akin’s London international arbitration practice and has a broad practice, but with particular focus on energy and on technology. He has acted in numerous complex and high-value international arbitrations in Latin America, North America, the Caribbean, Europe, CIS countries, sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Asia. His practice includes both commercial and treaty arbitration. In addition, Justin has acted in some of the largest and most complex litigation cases in England and (together with local counsel) in off-shore and other jurisdictions, including Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Caribbean and the Indian subcontinent. To learn more about Mr. Williams, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/justin-williams.html
Baker McKenzie LLP
Ashurst
Ashurst
Ashurst
Pinsent Masons LLP