• Acted for Helios Investment Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in IXAfrica Data Centre Limited, a leading developer and operator of hyperscale-ready data centres in Kenya.
• Acted for a client on the acquisition of undeveloped lithium mining rights in Argentina.
• Advised Coller Capital as lead investor on a secondary buy-out in respect of two financial services companies.
• Advised a client on the potential acquisition of 100% of a Belgian project company developing a gas-fired combined cycle electric generating facility CCGT project.
• Advised a client on the English law aspects of a joint venture agreement in connection with a joint bidding arrangement for offshore wind licences in Poland.
• Advised a client on a joint bidding agreement in relation to offshore oil and gas bidding rounds in Uruguay.
• Acted for an activist client on the regulatory considerations associated with an activist strategy in respect of a UK energy company.
• Acted for a client on the potential investment into a European integrated electricity generator, distributer and supplier.
• Advising a management team on the negotiation of a shareholder agreement with a majority investor in respect of an oil and gas company.
• Acted for a consortium on its competitive bid for the acquisition of a movable buildings business. *
• Acted for an U.K. oil and gas company on a number of acquisitions in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) including the acquisition of several offshore licences in the UKCS, onshore reception facilities and a gas pipeline. *
• Acted for a U.S.-based private equity firm on the acquisition of a portfolio of gas power plants in the U.K. *
• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company on its competitive bid for a number of oil and gas concessions in Brazil. *
• Acted for the lenders on the corporate aspects of the financing provided in relation to the development of the Humber Gathering System gas pipeline in the North Sea.*
• Acted for a Brazilian oil and gas company on its divestment of a 50 percent interest in a joint venture owning two pipe-laying support vessels. *
• Advised a client on the acquisition of interests in several production sharing contracts in Indonesia. *
• Acted for an oil and gas company on a number of mandates including on the negotiation of a long term services agreement relating to certain ancillary services required for a European pipeline and the amendment of an operating agreement relating to the same project. *
• Acted for a Romanian oil and gas company on gas sales arrangements (including agency arrangements). *
• Acted for a global natural resources company on the negotiation of a bespoke vessel sharing arrangement. *
• Advised a number of Brazilian clients on commercial contracts mandates including offtake arrangements associated with a prepayment facility for the acquisition of crude oil, a potential dispute relating to a close-out agreement in relation to assets in Africa and a master services agreement. *
• Advised a bidder in relation to all aspects of the proposed Kuala Lumpur/Singapore high speed railway project. *
• Acted for an infrastructure fund on the internal restructuring of three of the funds and on the disposal of its interest in eight U.K. public-private partnership assets. *
• Acted for a bidder in relation to the consortium arrangements in respect of a rail franchise bid in the U.K. including risk capital arrangements. *

*Matters handled prior to joining Akin Gump.