
Nertila Qenani
Counsel
nertila.qenani@akingump.com
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Oil & Gas
- Conventional Power
- Renewable Energy
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Liquefied Natural Gas
- Energy Transition
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Bioenergy
- Private Capital
- Conventional Energy
- Renewables & Energy Transition
Biography
- Practice concentrates on cross-border energy transactions.
Nertila Qenani advises on complex cross-border energy projects in the U.K., 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.
EducationL.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, with distinction, 2011
GDL, BPP University Law School, England, with merit, 2010
B.A., King's College London, 2009
L.P.C., BPP University Law School, England, with distinction, 2011
GDL, BPP University Law School, England, with merit, 2010
B.A., King's College London, 2009
Bar AdmissionsSolicitor, England and Wales
Solicitor, England and Wales
Recognitions
- The Legal 500 UK - Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Power, 2022

