Bracewell (UK) LLP

Bracewell is an international law and government relations firm serving clients in the energy, infrastructure, finance, and technology sectors. Bracewell (UK) LLP’s London office holds a unique position in the market as the only office of an international law firm dedicated exclusively to the energy industry. Acting as the hub of Bracewell’s European and emerging markets practice, the London team advises on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, finance and project development transactions, and disputes within the oil, gas, and power sectors.

Bracewell (UK) LLP provides comprehensive legal services across the energy spectrum. In oil and gas, Bracewell advises on upstream exploration and production, midstream pipelines, transportation and storage, LNG, and downstream refining and marketing, as well as complex petrochemical projects. In the power sector, the team has acted on some of the world’s largest conventional power projects and has extensive experience in renewables, including solar, wind, hydro, and thermal, covering project development, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.

The finance team represents sponsors, lenders, underwriters, issuers, and borrowers in a broad range of financing transactions, including reserve-based financings, project financings, corporate loans, capital markets debt, restructurings, and workouts. The firm also handles international energy disputes, advising on new country entries, asset acquisitions, farm-ins, upstream financings, and projects involving development finance institutions and export credit agencies.

Bracewell’s client base includes leading global energy companies, financial institutions, and multinational corporations, among them Apache Corporation, Africa Oil, BP, Carlyle International Energy Partners, Citi, Deutsche Bank, ENI, Genel Energy, Hunt Oil, Impact Oil and Gas Ltd, ING Bank, NEO Energy, Savannah Petroleum, Seplat, Société Générale, Total Solar, and Vargronn AS.

Staffing

• 16 UK partners
• 19 other UK fee-earners