Doug Glass' principal areas of practice are cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, international law, project development and corporate finance, with a special focus on energy and EMEA matters. Mr. Glass is also a member of the firm's management committee.
Mr. Glass has represented public and private companies in all phases of their domestic and international business activities for more than 30 years. He has worked on joint ventures, infrastructure projects, financings and acquisitions and dispositions for clients in a wide variety of structures and in a number of countries. In addition to his extensive experience in Russia and the CIS, he has worked on transactions in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, China and Latin America. His representations include—
- one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies in connection with its Development Contract on a world-class oilfield in Southern Iraq and its joint venture with a leading European energy company
- the negotiation of a strategic oilfield service joint venture on behalf of a well known Qatari company with one of the world’s largest supplier of oilfield equipment
- the sale of a $3 billion strategic stake of a Latin American energy company from a private company client to one of the large State Chinese oil companies
- the $2.2 billion acquisition and related financing of one of the world's largest iron ore mining and manufacturing concerns for a consortium of private companies
- the acquisition of over $1.5 billion of upstream assets in the Russian Federation for a publicly listed international energy company
- the listing on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market and the related issue and subsequent private placements of shares for an independent energy company with a market capitalization of over $500 million
- the formation of a $1 billion energy investment fund led by the former COO of one of the world’s energy supermajors
- the negotiation and execution of Production Sharing Contracts with the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq for several companies and their ongoing activities in Kurdistan
- the development of a Greenfield LNG Port, re-gas and gas transportation facility in India for one of the largest multinational energy companies
- the negotiation and implementation of a $200 million project financing of an energy project in the Russian Federation, a transaction that was named “European Oil & Gas Deal of the Year” by Project Finance magazine
- the proposed acquisition of an interest in one of the world’s largest oil field in Kazakhstan for a Chinese energy company
- the development of the proposed $2.5 billion Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline Project for a Central Asian government.
Mr. Glass is listed in Legal 500 UK (2009), Chambers Global Guide (2008), Chambers Europe Guide (2008), Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Energy and Resource Lawyers (2010), Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers (2009) and the Guide to the Best of the Best in Energy (2008), Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Global Banking and Finance, The International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers (2010), The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers (2008) and The International Who’s Who of Professionals. He has spoken at various legal conferences and seminars in the United States, Europe, Russia, China and the Middle East on a wide variety of topics relevant to the worldwide energy business.