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2 WATSON FARLEY & WILLIAMS: KEY FACTS 133 PARTNERS 400+ LAWYERS OFFSHORE OIL & GAS PROJECTS ARE A PARTICULAR STRENGTH FIELDS A SIZEABLE TEAM OF FINANCE AND CORPORATE LAWYERS CAPABLE OF HANDLING HIGH VALUE TRANSACTIONS. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC OFFICES 11 COUNTRIES 20+ LANGUAGES SPOKEN VERY RESPONSIVE ALWAYS COMES BACK TO US CHAMBERS UK 2015 ESTABLISHED 1982 NOT ONLY KNOWS THE LETTER OF THE LAW, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY KNOWS THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF HOW IT WORKS CHAMBERS UK 2015
3 OIL & GAS 2 OUR OIL & GAS PRACTICE Industry focused and experienced, Watson Farley & Williams dedicated oil & gas lawyers deliver premium advice to an international client base involved in the extraction, processing, distribution, trading and financing of oil & gas worldwide. PROVIDES A REALLY SOUND APPROACH WITH A GOOD COMMERCIAL ASPECT. CHAMBERS UK 2014 Working in all the major hydrocarbon producing areas of the world, our oil & gas lawyers work as an integrated team on complex and multi-jurisdictional projects, transactions and disputes across the industry. Supporting a diverse range of clients across the supply chain, our clients include exploration, development and production companies, offshore services companies and contractors, storage and distribution companies and refinery developers and operators, local and national governments, financiers, funds and other investors. Commercial and effective, our oil & gas lawyers utilise significant sector expertise to provide pragmatic advice based on the wider business environment, ensuring that it is both bankable and workable on a day-to-day basis. Delivering a full service to oil & gas companies our partner led teams advise on corporate, finance, tax, dispute resolution, employment and regulatory law, supporting oil & gas companies at every stage of a project or transaction.
4 3 Watson Farley & Williams SELECTED EXPERIENCE UPSTREAM: COMMERCIAL AND ASSET TRANSACTIONS Working on range of commercial oil & gas transactions, our experience includes the purchase and sale of, and farm in arrangements relating to, exploration and production assets around the world. DONG ENERGY Advising DONG Energy on the acquisition of the outstanding 50% interest in the Siri Field (the producing oil & gas field in the Danish North Sea) from Siri Holdings Ltd and Altinex Oil (subsidiaries of Noreco, the Norwegian listed oil & gas company). A NATIONAL OIL COMPANY Acting for a national oil company in South East Asia in relation to a unitisation agreement and a unit operating agreement, including drafting and negotiating the agreements and related ancillary documentation. GALOC PETROLEUM COMPANY (GPC) Advising GPC on its acquisition of an additional interest in the Philippinesʹ Galoc oil field from Alcorn Gold Resources Corp. and PetroEnergy Resources Corp. WELL KNOWN FOR ITS PRESENCE IN THE OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS AND TRANSPORT SECTORS. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC 2014 MINZA OIL & GAS LTD Advising Minza in relation to the sale of US$100m of oil acreage in the East Timor Sea to an Asian state-owned oil & gas company. PROGRAMME OF US ONSHORE OIL & GAS INVESTMENTS Advising Matra Petroleum on an agreement allowing it to make a series of investments into the US onshore oil & gas sector. The purchase agreement allows Matra to acquire up to 38,746 net acres across 50 leases in the Texas Panhandle through a series of investments. TOWER RESOURCES PLC Advising Tower Resources on its purchase of Rift Petroleum Holdings Limited (with assets in South Africa, Zambia and Ethiopia) and farm-in to Block 2B onshore Kenya alongside Taipan Resources Inc. BAYERNGAS UK LTD (BGUK) Advising on two separate acquisitions relating to projects in the UK Southern North Sea. BGUK acquired a 25% interest in the Clipper South project from Fairfield Energy and a 12.5% interest in the Cygnus project from Endeavour Energy for US$110m. ZEUS PETROLEUM LTD Advising Zeus Petroleum Ltd (a subsidiary of Lochard Energy Group Plc) on the disposal of interests in two UK petroleum production licences to Petroleum Geo-Services, a leading seismic data company. KEY PETROLEUM LTD Advising Key Petroleum Ltd on its acquisition of production licences for two onshore oil fields in the South East of England. The acquisition was structured as a share purchase of the UK licensee.
5 OIL & GAS 4 SELECTED EXPERIENCE OIL & GAS SERVICES We act for a broad range of service providers to the upstream oil & gas industry, including owners and operators of drilling vessels, seismic vessels, floating production platforms, vessels and rigs offering a mix of production, storage, regasification and offloading capabilities, and tankers. ROSETTI MARINO SPA Drafting and negotiating a contract for the fabrication, construction and commissioning of the Cygnus project jackets, piles, decks and bridges, including negotiations with the counterparty on risk allocation and insurance in offshore construction. INTERNATIONAL TUBULAR SERVICES LTD (ITS) Advising ITS, a leading provider of oil & gas drilling equipment and services, on a joint venture with Malaysian listed Scomi Group Bhd involving the establishment of a 50/50 joint company. ABAN OFFSHORE Advising Aban Offshore in relation to drilling contracts for the drillship ABAN ABRAHAM with various oil companies and services sharing arrangements in West Africa, including Addax Petroleum (Nigeria) and its Chinese partner Sinopec. BJ SERVICES COMPANY Advising BJ Services, a US company providing fracking services for shale oil & gas operations, in connection with operations in Thailand and Cambodia. APACHE ENERGY LTD Advising Apache in relation to its acquisition of an FPSO facility located in the Van Gogh Field, offshore North West Australia. Advice included drafting and negotiation of the purchase and O&M agreements as well as ancillary documentation. RIG ACQUISITION FINANCING Advising a syndicate of lenders on financing a Singapore company (owned by a Bursa Malaysia listed oil major and SGX listed offshore service provider) to purchase a self erecting rig and derrick equipment. BUMI ARMADA BERHAD Advising Bumi Armada on contracts for a US$750m deal with Vietnam based Hoang Long Joint Operating Company for the supply and lease of an FPSO vessel to be deployed in the Te Giac Trang oil field, off the coast of Vietnam. GC RIEBER SHIPPING ASA Advising GC Rieber, a specialist offshore subsea and marine seismic company, in relation to its investment in Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd involving the restructuring of the ownership structure and financing of Bluestone and its subsidiaries. SEADRILL MANAGEMENT AS Advising Seadrill, the international offshore drilling contractor, on a corporate restructuring of its Malaysian stock exchange listed subsidiary to meet minimum Bumiputera participation and related application for Petronas licence renewal. VIETNAM FPSO Advising a syndicate of six Vietnamese banks on the US$227m financing of an FPSO for the Chim Sao field located offshore Vietnam.
6 5 Watson Farley & Williams SELECTED EXPERIENCE MIDSTREAM: STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND LNG Our practical lawyers support clients on transactions involving land based and floating oil products storage facilities, oil tankers and onshore gas transmission and distribution pipeline networks. PIPE LAYING VESSEL Advising ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Punjab National Bank and Indian Bank in relation to loan and letter of credit facilities aggregating US$97.3m to part finance the acquisition of, and project costs relating to, a derrick pipe laying vessel chartered to Quippo Prakash. VILLAR MIR ENERGÍA Advising Villar Mir Energía on the development of a regasification terminal and associated combined cycle power plant in Spain which provides natural gas to Fertiberia and electricity to Ferroatlantica, two of the highest gas and electricity consumers in Spain. KOGAS Advising, together with Wood MacKenzie, on a potential gas pipeline, including international government and host government contracts and transportation agreements. EXCELERATE ENERGY Advising on complex and innovative commercial agreements for a unique gas import project in Teesside, UK involving installation of facilities to enable regasified LNG to access the UK pipeline system. 1.4BN SPANISH GAS STORAGE PROJECT FINANCING Advising oil and gas exploration company SPV Escal UGS in obtaining a financing facility for the Castor underground gas storage project offering a 1.9bn cubic metre capacity. Project finance was provided by Luxembourg Watercraft Capital, S.A. with funds obtained through the issuing of project bonds amounting to 1.4bn. PUMA ENERGY ASIA PACIFIC Advising on its equity participation in a joint venture to own and operate a crude and petroleum product tank farm and terminal facility in Johor State, Malaysia, under long-term concession from the Johor State Government. GREENOAK HOLDING LTD Advising in connection with commercial contracts and the sale of an oil product transhipment terminal and related port facilities situated on the Black Sea. GOVERNMENT OF CHAD Advising the government of Chad on the exploitation of its oil & gas resources and the building, financing and operating of a transnational oil pipeline. LEIF HOEGH & CO LTD Advising Leif Hoegh & Co Ltd on the acquisition of shares in a company undertaking a gas storage project, including advice in relation to the shareholders agreement and related commercial and project agreements. HOEGH LNG AS & MITSUI OSK LINES Advising on the commercial agreements (including shipbuilding contracts and long-term time charterparties) for two LNG shuttle and regas vessels designed to service the Neptune LNG import terminal in Massachusetts Bay. EDISON SPA Advising Edison on the construction and implementation of an Italy to Greece Gas pipeline project. HIDROCANTÁBRICO Advising Hidrocantábrico on negotiations with Enagas in relation to agreements for the transportation of gas and access to gas mains.
7 OIL & GAS 6 SELECTED EXPERIENCE DOWNSTREAM: SUPPLY, TRADING AND TRADE FINANCE We act for a range of financiers and producers bringing oil and related products to market, providing specialist advice on long term sale and purchase agreements and a variety of structures to finance that activity, including L/C facilities, preexport facilities, securitisations and all related crossborder security issues. GAZPROM MARKETING & TRADING/GLOBAL LNG Advising on a large number of LNG spot cargo trades and master sales agreements, including complex FOB trades and LNG ship sub charter arrangements. GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS Advising the Government of Cyprus in relation to the bidding process to be adopted and parameters to be specified when inviting various producers to sell LNG long term into Cyprus. CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS LTD Advising on the long term purchase of gas at the UK national balancing point (NBP) in a unique deal that took account of the physical nature of the delivery chain and under lying LNG source and covered the sellerʹs related force majeure risks. HAS A GREAT DEAL OF INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDES TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR EACH CASE. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC 2014 A MIDDLE EASTERN BANK Advising a Middle Eastern bank in respect of a 95m letter of credit and loan facility to an oil trader to finance trading in oil and petroleum products. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Advising Standard Chartered Bank as facility agent, security agent and arranger on a syndicated borrowing base facility to companies in the Trafigura group, secured on oil stocks in Kenya, Mozambique and Zimbabwe and on oil receivables. ELEKTRIZITATS GESELLSCHAFT LAUFENBURG Advising Elektrizitats Gesellschaft Laufenburg on gas sales agreements for delivery at the UK Beach. LNG MASTER TRADING AGREEMENTS Advising a European utility on LNG master trading agreements with two major oil & gas companies. RABOBANK LONDON BRANCH Advising Rabobank as facility and security agent on a US$60m borrowing base facility to Tricon Dry Chemicals LLC secured on stocks of oil products and receivables. FORTIS BANK NEDERLAND Advising Fortis Bank Nederland on a security assignment of rights arising under a contract for the purchase of petroleum products between a Cypriot company (Russian owned) and a Swiss incorporated trading company. SUI SOUTHERN GAS COMPANY Advising this state owned gas company on long term regasified LNG supply agreements and the tender for the construction of an FSRU and long term LNG import into Pakistan. INTERNATIONAL OIL TRADER Advising an international oil trader on a US$45m advance payment arrangement for the purchase of oil products from Cubametales/Cupet, the Cuban state oil producer.
8 7 Watson Farley & Williams PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT IN OIL AND GAS... LEGAL 500 UK 2014
9 OIL & GAS 8 SELECTED EXPERIENCE OTHER LEGAL WORKSTREAMS: M&A AND JOINT VENTURES We regularly act on a range of transactions including share acquisitions, disposals, buy-outs, buy-ins, public takeovers, public to private transactions, international privatisations and joint ventures. GENESIS PETROLEUM CORPORATION PLC Advising Genesis on the recommended offer by Bayerngas Norge AS for the entire issued share capital of Genesis. The offer was implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement under the Companies Act RHEOCHEM Advising Rheochem plc on its acquisition (through its subsidiary) of the outstanding 50% of Zeus Petroleum from Pacific International Management Inc. EXMAR NV Advising Exmar on its sale to Teekay LNG Partners LP of a 50% interest in two of its LNG carriers, which took the form of a sale of 50% shareholdings in various vessel related companies and the agreement of ongoing management and operation arrangements. GOLAR LNG Advising in connection with the reorganisation and spin-off of part of its LNG transportation business. Under the transaction, Golar transferred interests in eight LNG carrying vessels and certain other holdings to a new subsidiary for US$824m. HOEGH LNG Assisting Hoegh LNG on their disposal of the Port Meridian deepwater LNG port project, and connected arrangements for provision of FSRUs, joint development and further assistance. GOLAR LNG ENERGY LTD Advising Golar on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Bluewater Gandria NV from Bluewater Floating Production BV for a consideration of US$19.5m. GLOBAL PROCESS SYSTEMS (GPS) Advising GPS as main contractors to Exxon on joint venture arrangements with Kentz and in particular on liabilities for L/Ds and other risk exposure as well as redrafting MOU and JV agreements. GLOBAL PETROLEUM LTD Advising Global on its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Jupiter Petroleum Limited with assets in Namibia and Juan de Nova. ACTEON GROUP LTD Advising Acteon Group Ltd on a number of acquisitions involving targets based in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. This included the coordination of due diligence, drafting sale and purchase and ancillary documentation and handling closing arrangements. BAYERNGAS UK Advising Bayerngas UK Ltd (BGUK), on the acquisition by its subsidiary Bayerngas Europe Ltd of a 13% interest in the Babbage Field from Centrica Resources Ltd. Located in the UK Southern North Sea, the Babbage Field has been producing gas since BGUK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bayerngas Norge AS with upstream operations in Norway, Denmark and the UK. This matter is the third investment in a North Sea gas field that we have advised on for the client. ABAN SINGAPORE PTE LTD Advising Aban on its acquisition of a 39.5% shareholding in Sinvest AS, a quoted Norwegian drilling rig owner with five rigs under construction in Singapore and thereafter its offer for all existing shares.
10 9 Watson Farley & Williams SELECTED EXPERIENCE EQUITY FINANCE Consistently ranked by third party directories as leading advisers for oil & gas equity capital markets (ECM) transactions, we have been assisting our clients to do business on the world s markets and exchanges for many years. MADAGASCAR OIL LTD Advising Madagascar Oil on its 50.5m initial public offering (IPO) on AIM and subsequent international placings and an open offer raising in aggregate of 66.5m. The funds will be used to finance projects in Madagascar. SEADRILL LTD Acting as Marshall Islands counsel in connection with the US$192.5m IPO of Seadrill Partners LLC. NEW WORLD OIL & GAS PLC Advising New World on its admission to AIM and its conversion, via a reverse takeover, from an investment company to an operating resource company as it began drilling on its flagship Blue Creek Project in Belize. Also advised on 17m international placings. MATRA PETROLEUM PLC Advising Matra on its AIM IPO, a number of placings and investments by Delek raising 6m and Maxim Barskiy raising 4.6m. TANGIERS PETROLEUM LTD Advising Tangiers Petroleum Ltd on its admission to trading on AIM through the designated market listed process and A$6.35m placing to investors in the UK, US and Australia. TOWER RESOURCES PLC Advising on the acquisition by its subsidiary of an additional 15% interest in its Namibian oil & gas licence and related petroleum agreement as well as a new joint operating agreement with Arcadia and Repsol, and a placing to raise funds for the acquisition. YA GLOBAL MASTER SPV LTD Advising YA Global Master SPV Ltd in connection with a US$3m SEDA backed loan facility provided to AIM-listed oil & gas company Nostra Terra Oil & Gas Plc. OILEX LTD Advising AIM and ASX-listed Oilex Ltd on an underwritten renounceable Rights Issue of shares with attaching options to raise A$7.1m.
11 OIL & GAS 10 SELECTED EXPERIENCE DEBT FINANCE Our oil & gas specialists act in connection with a range of finance projects, delivering effective legal services to banks, non bank lenders, developers, sponsors, funds, ECAs, traders, producers, borrowers, financial institutions, investment firms and corporates. DVB GROUP MERCHANT BANK (ASIA) LTD Advising DVB Bank on a US$38.2m facility to Vega Corona AS, Vega Crusader AS, Vega Juniz AS and Vega Emtoli AS in order to part finance the acquisition of four vessels two oil spill recovery and two platform supply. BLUEWATER HOLDING BV Acting for Bluewater in relation to a US$180m project financing for the upgrade and lifetime extension of an FPSO owned by Bluewater Group company, for operation offshore East Timor/Australia. STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Advising Standard Chartered Bank on a US$50m reserve based reducing senior facility and US$10m junior facility to fund drilling in new offshore oil fields in Northern Greece. VIETNAM OFFSHORE FLOATING TERMINAL Advising Vietnam Offshore Floating Terminal, MISC and PTSC as sponsors on the US$240m project financing limited recourse term loan facility for the FPSO RUBY II operating offshore Vietnam. TEEKAY OFFSHORE PARTNERS LP Advising Teekay in respect of a US$260m revolving credit facility secured by the PETROJARL VARG FPSO unit. The facility was arranged through a syndicate of commercial banks led by ING Bank NV. BUMI ARMADA BERHAD Advising Armada Oyo Ltd on securing a five year US$190m limited recourse facility with a club of seven mandated lead arrangers for an FPSO undergoing conversion and owned by its parent, Bumi Armada Berhad. LOCHARD ENERGY Advising Lochard Energy, on a US$14m royalty financing arrangement with Gemini Oil & Gas Fund II, L.P. to fund development costs on the Athena field. The Athena Field is operated by Ithaca Energy Inc. and recently received Field Development Plan approval. HIGHLY EXPERIENCED AND RESPECTED. LEGAL 500 UK 2013
12 11 Watson Farley & Williams SELECTED EXPERIENCE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Reflecting the breadth of our commercial oil & gas practice, our lawyers are active in every link of the value chain. We work across commercial and finance litigation, arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). CONCEPT OIL SERVICES LTD Advising on its US$11m claim against part of the En Gin group for deceit and conspiracy by unlawful means. Obtained a worldwide freezing order, resisted a jurisdictional challenge and an application to suspend and set aside the freezing order. IRPC PUBLIC COMPANY LTD Advising a subsidiary of the Thai national oil company in connection with disputes under a contract of affreightment for the carriage of product from the Arabian Gulf to Thailand. The disputes have been referred to LMAA arbitration in London. VITOL SA Acting on behalf of Vitol in relation to a significant claim concerning a long-term supply agreement for crude oil. The case involved a claim for repudiatory breach of the agreement, an analysis of the operation of a pre-payment facility and quantum issues. ZEUS PETROLEUM LTD Defending Zeus Petroleum Ltd in relation to a US$12m High Court claim brought by a drilling and rig management company under a letter of commitment for the provision of a semi submersible rig in the North Sea. HALLIN MARINE SYSTEMS LTD Advising in relation to its claims against HHI arising from subsea diving services performed on behalf of HHI in connection with the construction of an oil pipeline for PPT of Thailand. MATRA PETROLEUM PLC Successfully defending a dispute for Matra Petroleum under English and Russian law in relation to the acquisition agreement for OOO Arkhangelovskoe. UPSTREAM CONSULTANTS LTD Representing Upstream Consultants of Houston in a US$15m SIAC arbitration in Singapore against a Korean oil company relating to a Vietnam based project with English and Vietnamese law issues. APACHE ENERGY LTD Acting in relation to a dispute concerning the operation of an FPSO in the Asia Pacific region. The matter involves technical engineering problems and high value claims due to loss of production and off-spec hydrocarbon processing. PETROSERV Acting against a yard in Singapore in connection with threatened refusal to redeliver an FPSO pending payment of disputed VORs. We secured release of the FPSO, advised on builder s liens and rights of arrest as well as delay and disruption claims. GLOBAL PROCESS SYSTEMS INC (GPS) Representing GPS and one of its subsidiaries in the Supreme Court in respect of a claim against their marine insurers for the cost of replacing three legs of a jack up drilling rig.
13 VERY RELIABLE AND CAN REPRESENT THE CLIENT IN VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS. CHAMBERS ASIA PACIFIC 2014
14 13 Watson Farley & Williams REPUTATION DOMINATES THE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION MARKET. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC 2014 NOTED FOR ITS STRENGTH, EXPERIENCE AND FOCUS ON COMMODITIES DISPUTES. LEGAL 500 UK 2014 RECOMMENDED FOR ANY COMPLEX CASES IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC 2014 OFFERS NOTABLE CROSS- BORDER EXPERTISE. CHAMBERS UK 2014 VERY IMPRESSIVE A GOOD PRACTICE IN THIS SPACE. CHAMBERS ASIA PACIFIC 2014 PROVIDES A REALLY SOUND APPROACH WITH A GOOD COMMERCIAL ASPECT. CHAMBERS UK 2014 SOURCES SAY: ONE PARTICULAR THING I REALLY APPRECIATE IS THAT THE TEAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON SOLVING THE CLIENT'S PROBLEMS AND IS HIGHLY PROACTIVE. CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2014 CLIENT SERVICE: EXTREMELY CLIENT-ORIENTED AND PROACTIVE. THEY FORESEE PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS THAT MIGHT ARISE AND LET CLIENTS KNOW. CHAMBERS ASIA PACIFIC 2014 PARTICULARLY NOTABLE FOR ITS SPECIALISMS IN TANKERS AND OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS ASSETS. CHAMBERS UK 2014 AN IMPRESSIVE RECENT TRACK RECORD IN AFRICA. LEGAL 500 UK 2013 A TRUSTED COUNSELLOR IN THE INSURANCE, CONSTRUCTION, OIL AND GAS AND EMPLOYMENT SECTORS. LEGAL 500 ASIA PACIFIC 2014
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