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Paul's practice is focused on international mergers and acquisitions and on the development and financing of international energy projects. He has worked extensively on international oil and gas projects, including the acquisition and disposal of oil and gas assets and companies owning those assets, cross-border oil and gas pipeline projects, and LNG and electric power projects in Europe, Asia, the FSU, and the Middle East. He has represented developers as well as multilateral lenders on international energy project financings.
Paul has worked on projects in China since the early 1990s, and he has broad experience on Chinese oil, natural gas and electricity projects. Prior to Beijing, Paul was based for 18 years in Vinson & Elkins' London office. He also was one of the partners in charge of opening our Moscow office in 1991, and has spent substantial periods working there. He has represented major international clients, including multilateral lenders, in the development and financing of energy projects in Russia and other CIS countries. Paul currently serves as the co-Managing Partner of the Beijing and Shanghai offices.
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- Represented Chinese clients on the purchase of companies owning the oil and pipeline interests of EnCana Corporation in Ecuador for approximately $1.42 billion
- Representing a large Asian oil company in the acquisition of a U.S. Company with producing oil and gas interests in Kazakhstan
- Representing a Chinese company in connection with negotiations relating to the Sino-Russian Crude Oil Pipeline project, and in connection with the development of the Sino-Kazakhstan Crude Oil Pipeline
- Representing one of the largest multi-national energy companies in the development of a port, LNG regasification facilities and gas transportation arrangements in Gujarat, western India, including negotiations with Indian Government agencies and advice relating to other aspects of the project
- Representing Occidental Petroleum Corporation in relation to Project Dolphin, a major cross-border pipeline project which is one of the world's largest integrated energy projects; the initial phase of the project involves the development and production of natural gas in the North Field of Qatar, the construction and operation of a 440 km cross-border subsea pipeline from Qatar to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and the marketing of natural gas and liquids; this project was shortlisted in 2000 for the "International Project Finance Deal of the Year Award" by the International Financial Law Review
- Represented clients on electric power projects in China, Indonesia, and other Asia/Pacific nations
- Advising clients on agreements relating to pipelines in the Caspian Sea Region
- Advised several European, Asian, and African governmental entities on energy projects in various parts of the world
- Represented the developer in connection with the development and financing of the Teesside Power Plant (1850 MW) in England
- Represented U.S. lenders in connection with the financing of a power plant in South China
- Represented a U.S. energy company in the sale of its interest in a group of power plants in China, including its interest in the Meizhouwan Power Plant
- Represented a U.S. utility in connection with the sale of its majority interest in a company owning interests in 12 power plants in China and Korea
- Represented multilateral lenders on the Chernogorskoye Field financing, the first project financing of a privately-developed oil field in Russia, and on the financing of Conoco’s Polar Lights project in Russia
- Represented the developer of a 500 MW gas-fired power station in Indonesia in the negotiation of a gas sales agreement with Pertamina, which was signed in 1997
- Represented the government of a central Asian republic in the successful negotiation of petroleum agreements with two large European energy companies
- Representing U.S.-based clients in the development of CDM projects in China
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
- Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1975 (Order of the Coif)
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1969
- Attended the University of Madrid, Spain
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1976; Solicitor, England and Wales
- "Dealmaker of the Year," American Lawyer, April 2010
- "Most Highly Regarded Oil and Gas Lawyers in the World," The International Who's Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers, 2006 and 2009
- Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business in projects and energy law, Asia Pacific, 2007, 2008, and 2010
- "Leading individual", Chambers Asia, 2010
- The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2006
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the Best of the Best in energy and natural resources, 2006
- The International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers, 2005 - 2007 and 2009 - 2010
- One of the “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” in the global oil and gas practice, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, 2005
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2009
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Guide to the World's Leading Project Finance Lawyers, 2008 and 2010
- Legal Experts, 2003 - 2006
- Global Counsel 3000, 2003 and 2004
- "The Leading U.S. Lawyer in London for Energy Law,"Legal 500 (a leading UK legal directory), 1993
- Fellow: Royal Geographical Society
- Member: Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
- "A look on the bright side," Asian Counsel, November 2009 (co-author)
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