Watson Farley & Williams LLP is well versed in handling M&A, project finance matters and litigation, advising a spread of financial entities and traders on oil and gas transactions often cross-border in nature. Practice head Chris Kilburn acts for sponsors and lenders on M&A in the oil and gas arena, while Heike Trischmann assists with the firm’s expansion into LNG and Joe Levin is a key name to note for upstream financing.
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  • ‘A full service oil and gas offering. Partners with real expertise, who work on the matters, engage directly with the client, and who are available when you need to speak.'

  • 'Joe Levin is fantastic. He's switched on, understands the commercial as well as the legal dynamics at play and works in a collaborative way with both his clients and counterparts.'

  • 'Proactive, diligent, and responsive.’

  • ‘Joe Levin is a solution-focused and adaptable finance partner, with a breadth of oil and gas expertise.'

  • 'Chris Kilburn is an experienced and practical corporate partner. Whether leading on a M&A transaction or acting in a supporting capacity on a wider matter, Chris understands clients' needs and delivers clear, digestible advice.'
  • ‘The team are highly experienced.’

  • ‘Heike Trischmann shows fantastic attention to detail and advocates strongly for client's position in negotiations whilst attempting to find common ground.’

  • ‘Pragmatic, commercial and solutions-focused.’

Kernmandanten

  • BW Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd
  • Dana Petroleum Limited
  • Mauritius Commercial Bank
  • DNB Bank ASA
  • CCC Oil and Gas Ltd and Massader (The Sovereign Wealth Fund of Palestine)
  • Coastline Exploration (“Coastline”)
  • HSBC Bank plc
  • Beacon Energy plc
  • TotalEnergies
  • Star Energy

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advising BW Energy on an up to US$300m new international reserve-based lending facility. The facility will be used initially to further finance and develop the Dussafu license off the coast of Gabon.
  • Advising CCC Oil & Gas and Massader (the Palestinian Sovereign Wealth Fund) on the development and financing of the integrated Gaza Marine gas project involving the development and financing of a gas field offshore Gaza, Palestine, and the development and financing of a gas processing plant at El Arish in Egypt.
  • Advising AIM listed Star Energy (formerly IGas Energy Plc) on its acquisition of a majority stake in a company with geothermal assets in Croatia.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Praxisleitung

Chris Kilburn

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Heike Trischmann; Joe Levin