• Advising Siccar Point Energy and its sponsors, Blackstone Energy Partners and Blue Water Energy, on the sale, for up to US$1.46bn, of Siccar Point Energy to Ithaca Energy.
• Advising Occidental Petroleum on the international aspects of its US$57bn acquisition of Anadarko, on its US$3.9bn Mozambique and South Africa sales to Total and on its Ghana sale to Kosmos and GNPC.
• Advising Tullow Oil on the sale of its Ugandan interests to Total and on its convertible bond offering.
• Advising Total on its:
  • US$7.45bn acquisition of Maersk Oil; and
  • acquisition of Chevron Denmark.
• Advising Neptune Energy on its US$3.9bn acquisition of ENGIE E&P International and on its proposed acquisition of Edison’s UK and Norwegian North Sea assets from Energean.
• Advising BG Group on its:
  • US$70bn recommended takeover by Shell;
  • US$5bn Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas pipeline sale to APA, Australia's largest gas infrastructure business; and
  • US$1.7bn disposal to Cosan of its 60.1 per cent holding in Comgás, Brazil’s largest gas distribution company.
• Advising Hess on its sales of Ghana upstream interests to Aker Energy and LUKoil.
• Advising on Wintershall Dea’s €4.0bn inaugural bond issue.
• Advising Pilgrim’s Pride on its US$952m acquisition of Kerry’s Meats and Meals business in the UK and Ireland.
• Advising TelecityGroup on its proposed US$4.5bn all-share merger with InterXion.
• Advising on the settlement between the Karachaganak consortium (BG, Eni, Chevron and LUKoil) and the Republic of Kazakhstan, including the US$3bn transfer of 10 per cent of the consortium’s interests to national oil company KazMunayGas.
• Advising Sinochem on its acquisition of Emerald Energy, the first London main market takeover by a Chinese state-owned enterprise. 
• Advising on various transactions for Xstrata, including its unsolicited and contested C$20bn acquisition of Falconbridge, its Cerrejón and Prodeco Colombian coal acquisitions and its rights issues.

Education

• Trinity College, University of Oxford, UK (BA/MA in Law)