Linklaters LLP’ integrated cross-practice group fields a deep bench primed with industry expertise and the capability to handle M&A, joint ventures, commercial contracts and financings across the breadth of the entire oil & gas sector. Mark Russell heads the infrastructure practice and specialises in project development, M&A and joint ventures, and trading. Head of oil & gas sub-sector Daniel Tyrer is vastly experienced in upstream oil and gas, LNG, pipeline, refinery and petrochemical plant related project development, and global financing transactions.
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Key clients
- National Grid plc
- Mirfa International Power Company PJSC
Work highlights
- Advised National Grid on its private M&A auction sale of a 60% stake in its gas transmission business ("NGG") and gas metering business to a Macquarie-led consortium for £4.2bn.
- Advised Bapco, the flagship refining company wholly owned by the Kingdom of Bahrain (KoB), on the US$4.2bn multi-source conventional (including ECA-backed) and Islamic financing of its circa US$6.5bn expansion and upgrading project.
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Daniel Tyrer, Mark Russell