Watson Farley & Williams LLP

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• ‘Chris Kilburn - great oil and gas industry knowledge, great AIM knowledge; well respected by other AIM related service providers; accessible; always cool under pressure - keeps his head when others are losing theirs.’

• ‘Compact but full service oil and gas offering; partners with real expertise in the areas it's needed, who work on the matters and engage directly with the client (rather than delegating to an associate once instructed), and who are available when you need to speak. Always practical and working towards the big picture outcome and the client's goals. Core team of associates who are also proactive, diligent, and responsive.’

• ‘Joe Levin is a solution focused and adaptable finance partner with a breadth of oil and gas expertise who wants to work with and support his clients, taking a commercial approach to help ensure deals close.'

• 'Heike Trischmann - highly knowledgeable and determined E&P partner who is a valuable asset for commercial O&G contracts, Heike has experience advising on matters in many different jurisdictions which helps her to bring new perspectives to transactions.'
• 'Rob Fidoe - whether leading on a dispute or acting in an advisory capacity on a wider transaction, Rob's experience across the energy sector and beyond ensures he provides comprehensive, practical, and strategic advice.’

• ‘The oil and gas team at WFW have a wide breadth of experience across the industry, not only in respect of pure upstream oil and gas work but also in areas such as LNG, hydrogen and other more green sources of energy which are of importance in the present day.’

• ‘Heike Trishchmann is one of the best I have worked with. She is down to earth and has a knack of getting right to the heart of any matter before her - both from a commercial and legal viewpoint. Her attention to detail is second to none and she understands the commercial drivers and always seeks to propose solutions which ultimately benefit the client's business goals.’

• ‘Our firm is highly focussed on the natural gas and - increasingly - green hydrogen space. The direct experience of assignments in the natural gas and LNG sector of Partner Heike Trischmann has ensured that WFW are our preferred legal partner. Heike has been working with the German firm to jointly develop the Green Hydrogen offering and this has led to our firm being able to introduce additional legal expertise to enhance our own client offerings.’

• ‘Exceptionally knowledgable in the sector. Know the market well and provide thoughtful, practical and effective advice.’

• ‘WFW has the capabilities of a larger firm and the flexibility of a smaller firm.’

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Heike Trischmann

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.