
Nadine Amr


Nadine is a senior associate in the London office and a member of the Energy Transactions and Projects practice group. She has experience advising clients on a broad range of energy and infrastructure projects, transactions and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on energy M&A across Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
Experience Highlights
Equinor (formerly Statoil) in its successfully completed $2.9 billion acquisition from Petrobras of a 25 per cent interest in the Roncador field, located in the Campos Basin in Brazil. The purchase price consists of an initial payment of $2.35 billion, plus additional contingent payments of up to $550 million
Africa Oil Corp. on the successfully completed $1.4 billion acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V., which owns interests in two of Africa’s largest producing oil & gas assets, located offshore Nigeria
Equinor (formerly Statoil) in the $2.5 billion acquisition from Petrobras of a 66 per cent interest (and operatorship) in the Carcara field in block BM-S-8 offshore Brazil
ShaMaran Petroleum Corp. on the signed acquisition of 100% of the shares of TEPKRI Sarsang A/S, the holder of an 18% participating interest in the Sarsang Block located in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, from TotalEnergies for a potential total value of $170 million
Woodside on its approximately $430 million acquisition of the assets of ConocoPhillips in Senegal
STAR Rafineri A.Ş. a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and its sponsors on the development and financing of a $6.3 billion greenfield oil refinery in Turkey on the Aegean Sea. This is the largest project financing in Turkey and involves the largest and most diverse group of ECAs for any multi-source financing in Turkey to date. The STAR project sets new benchmarks for project financings in Turkey in terms of amount and tenor of facilities. The Project won 10 awards including Infrastructure Journal’s “European Oil and Gas Deal of the Year 2014” (assisted)
Africa Oil Corp. on the successfully completed acquisition by Maersk Oil & Gas A/S of 50% of Africa Oil Corp’s interests in upstream oil and gas blocks located in Kenya, and in the Rift Basin and South Omo in Ethiopia, for an aggregate consideration of up to $845 million; Named Oil & Gas Council’s African Deal of the Year 2015 (assisted)
The majority shareholder in relation to a concession to build, operate and manage a new international airport in Taif, Saudi Arabia
The concessionaire in relation to concessions to build, operate and manage private aviation terminals in Jeddah airport, Riyadh airport and Dammam airport in Saudi Arabia
The concessionaire in relation to the concession to build, operate and manage an airport in Saudi Arabia
A Middle East-focussed E&P company in relation to the proposed acquisition of a company holding upstream assets in Azerbaijan (assisted)
An E&P company in relation to the proposed farm-in to upstream assets offshore Ireland (assisted)
Credentials
- London School of Economics, B.Sc., Government and History Honours, 2009
- BPP Law School, GDL, 2010
- Kaplan Law School, LPC, 2011
- Best Lawyers UK (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch” in Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2023
- Chambers UK, Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, “Associate to Watch,” (UK-wide), 2020 and 2021; Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas (UK-wide), 2022
- Expert Guides, “Rising Star” in Energy and Natural Resources, 2020
- Legal 500: UK, Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil & Gas, “Rising Star,” 2021 and 2022
- International Financial Law Review (IFLR), “Rising Star” within the EMEA region, 2021
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
- Vinson & Elkins Achieves 12 Rankings in The Best Lawyers in America (BL Rankings, LLC) UK 2022 GuideRankings & AwardsJune 30, 2022
- Deals & CasesJune 1, 2022
- Deals & CasesMarch 9, 2022
- Deals & CasesFebruary 22, 2022
- InsightDecember 6, 2021
- InsightNovember 24, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 21, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 30, 2021
- Deals & CasesJuly 13, 2021
- InsightJune 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesMay 6, 2021
- InsightApril 28, 2021
- InsightApril 21, 2021
V&E Climate Change Update
- InsightFebruary 3, 2021
Published by the Energy Council, February 1, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 13, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 22, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 5, 2020
- InsightMay 15, 2020
Published in Oil & Gas Council
- Deals & CasesJanuary 15, 2020