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Paul C. Deemer
Paul C. Deemer
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Biography
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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Representative Experience
Mergers, Acquisitions and Dispositions
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- Represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation (Sinopec) on its C$10.3 billion acquisition of Addax Petroleum Corporation, a Canadian company publicly traded on the Toronto and London Stock Exchanges with assets in West Africa and the Middle East. This transaction was named Energy and Natural Resources Deal of the Year at the ALB China Law Awards 2010 and a Deal of the Year 2009 by Asian Counsel
- Represented Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Company on its C$2.1 billion takeover of Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd., an oil and gas company with assets in Syria which was listed on the Stockholm and Toronto stock exchanges
- Represented Shougang in connection with an agreement to acquire, through its majority-owned subsidiary, two global automobile parts businesses of the largest auto-parts manufacturer in North America in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy for approximately US$90 million; named a Deal of the Year 2009 by Asian Counsel
Energy Projects & Transactions
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- Represented a Chinese company in connection with the approximately US$2.4 billion Sino-Russian Crude Oil Pipeline project, involving construction of a 1400-mile pipeline to bring Siberian crude oil to north-eastern China. This pipeline will initially supply China with 20 million tons of oil per year, rising to 30 million tons per year
- Represented 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
- Advised a large Asian utility in the negotiation of a master sale and purchase agreement for LNG with a large Russian seller
Project Finance
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- Represented U.S. lenders in connection with the financing of a power plant in South China
- Represented the Kazakhstan state-owned pipeline company in connection with contracts relating to the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline system
- Represented EBRD and OPIC on the Chernogorskoye Field financing, the first project financing of a privately-developed oil field in Russia
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- 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 of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Professional Recognition
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- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) inaugural edition of the Expert Guide to Leading Practitioners: China in Energy and Project Finance, 2011
- Asialaw Leading Lawyer in the field of Energy and Natural Resources, 2011
- "Dealmaker of the Year," American Lawyer, April 2010
Activities and Affiliations
- Fellow: Royal Geographical Society
- Member: Association of International Petroleum Negotiators
Publications and Presentations
- "A look on the bright side," Asian Counsel, November 2009 (co-author)
Solicitors and Registered Foreign Lawyers. A list of partner names is available for inspection at CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9UE. Vinson & Elkins RLLP is a limited liability partnership formed under the laws of New York authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (No. 0079019).
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Full Biography
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20/F, Beijing Silver Tower
No. 2 Dong San Huan Bei Lu
Chaoyang District
Beijing 100027 China
Tel +86.10.6410.6391
Fax +86.10.6410.6360
Alternate Office
3/F, The Center
989 Chang Le Road
Shanghai 200031 China
Tel +86.21.6196.8088
Fax +86.21.6196.8099
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