Nertila is an experienced counsel who advises clients on a range of corporate transactions, private equity transactions and energy projects in the UK, Europe and Africa.

Nertila joined Akin in February 2018, having previously trained and qualified as an associate at another leading international law firm.

Representative Work

Advised Discover Exploration Limited, an upstream energy company backed by funds managed by The Carlyle Group, on its sale of a company with interests in the Gateway to the Ems1 project on the boundary of the Dutch and German sectors of the North Sea, to Tenaz Energy for US$244 million.
Advised CIEP Windmill SARL (a Carlyle portfolio company) in connection with the sale of its majority interest in the full-cycle energy company, Mazarine Energy B.V.
Represented Discover Exploration Limited, a Carlyle backed oil and gas exploration and production company, in the completion of its acquisition of all of the shares in Bahari Resources Limited, its joint venture partner (with a 40% participating interest) in Blocks 35, 36 and 37 offshore Comoros, East Africa.
Advised VPI Holdings Limited, an affiliate of energy and commodities trader Vitol S.A., in connection with the acquisition from Drax Group plc of four combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants in the U.K. for a consideration of £193 million.
Advised The Carlyle Group on its agreement to acquire Altera Infrastructure Group’s FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) business from Brookfield Asset Management.
Advised Spruce Finance, the largest private owner and operator of residential solar assets in the United States, in connection with its acquisition of a significant residential solar portfolio.
Advised the ad hoc group of noteholders on the US$1.125 billion financial restructuring of Nostrum Oil & Gas plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company operating in Kazakhstan.
Advised an ad hoc group of creditors of Premier Oil in connection with the proposed merger of Premier Oil with Chrysaor Holdings Limited and with the restructuring of Premier Oil’s $2.7 billion of debt.

Advised Fortenova Group, a food producer and retailer in Croatia and the surrounding region, on issues arising from the existence of sanctioned Russian debt and equity holders in its capital structure.
Acted for a consortium on its acquisition of a water company in the United Kingdom.
Advised a fund on its disposal of a portfolio of European public-private partnerships and renewable energy projects.
Acted on behalf of a fund on its acquisition and development of a biomass power plant in the U.K.
Represented an energy company on its farm-in in an onshore block in Tanzania.
Acted for an energy company on its farm-in in an offshore block in Morocco.
Advised Mail.ru, the leading Internet and IT company in Russia, on the formation of a joint venture with Alibaba Group, a global digital commerce company, PJSC MegaFon, a pan-Russian operator of digital opportunities, and the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund.