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Energy
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ANTITRUST
Gazprom tries to settle EC competition case
Gazprom is attempting to settle a long running antitrust investigation by the European Commission, the Russian energy giant said this week.
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STRATEGY
Ashurst pushes on infrastructure after Bain strategy review
A Bain & Co management consultancy report has recommended to Ashurst that it focus on growing areas, including finance and infrastructure, as it develops globally.
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ENERGY
Mining lawyers could be hit by stock market downturns
Legal work for mining lawyers is the most likely area to be hit in Australia by the falls in international stock exchanges and the economic problems coming from China, according to local lawyers.
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TENDERING
A&O loses place on panel of leading UK energy client
Allen & Overy and Squire Patton Boggs are two of the firms to fall off the panel at the National Grid, leaving space for new entrants including Herbert Smith Freehills and Addleshaw Goddard.
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LAW FIRM EXPANSION
Law firms expand in booming Texas
According to an analysis conducted with Leopard Solutions' Firmscape, 11 firms opened one or more new offices in Texas in the past year, with six in Dallas, three in Houston and two in Austin.
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OIL AND GAS
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Mayer Brown follows energy work to open in Mexico
Announcing its opening in Mexico City, the international firm says it is solidifying 'its position as a market leader in connection with Mexico's energy reform'.
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MANAGEMENT
Hopes rest on lawyer to clean up Nigeria's oil sector
Hopes to clean up the notoriously corrupt and mismanaged sector are lying with a Harvard-trained lawyer and former Exxon executive, who was appointed this month as Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
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ASSET SALES
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Infrastructure work goes into boom in Australia
A programme of government privatisations is fuelling a boom in infrastructure work and M&A activity in New South Wales - a boom which could last a decade, according to Norton Rose Fulbright.
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OIL AND GAS TEAMS
Chadbourne adds seventh energy lawyer in London in a year
Chadbourne & Parke has increased its 100-lawyer global energy team by the recruitment of two partners from DLA Piper in the last month - Ben Donovan in June and Ursula Owczarkowski this week.
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COMPLEX LITIGATION
Australian firms gear up for multi-billion energy disputes due to last years
Norton Rose Fulbright and Corrs Chambers Westgarth are said to have been building teams for two years to handle a series of disputes in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry that are expected to last years and involve 'mind blowing' sums.
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REDUNDANCIES
Energy lawyers ready for boom in employment disputes
According to Baker & McKenzie and other law firms, oil and gas companies could be particularly prone to litigation - especially as a result of layoffs - as the sector goes through a downturn.
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ENERGY
M&A energy pipeline in US looks strong despite oil price slump, says Norton Rose
M&A activity looks likely to increase in Q3 as companies begin reorganisations, according to William Wood, head of energy and infrastructure for Norton Rose Fulbright in the US.
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ASIA FOCUS
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Four-partner Ashurst team to launch Tokyo office for King & Spalding
John McClenahan, former managing partner of Ashurst in the City, will become managing partner of the new King & Spalding office in Tokyo with an initial focus on energy and project finance.
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OIL AND GAS
High-profile UK lawyer returns to corporate stage
Sam Laidlaw, the Macfarlanes-trained lawyer who was criticised for his luxurious lifestyle as he warned of possible energy blackouts while at the helm of the UK's leading energy business, is to build an oil and gas venture backed by private equity.
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