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James Varanese

Partner, London

Recent experience

  • Multi-billion dollar LNG Project in Yemen, advising the state oil company as operator, and the Republic as a major shareholder, on all aspects of this project from gas field development to finance
  • Cross-border acquisition of telecoms assets in Russia, on behalf of a Swiss client
  • Advice on the restructuring of ownership interests in an oil and gas field in Kazakhstan valued at US$900m+
  • Farm in agreement for oil and gas fields in Pakistan, on owner side, valued in the range of several hundreds of millions
  • Due diligence for acquisition of oil field interests in Russia for UK client
  • LNG Project, for North African natural gas supply to be delivered to a single-point mooring system via shuttle tankers equipped with regasification units for delivery to a Middle Eastern country
  • In the Caspian region in particular, we have advised a number of majors on upstream work including Exxon Mobil and Agip, as well as downstream matters, including ChevronTexaco and others
  • Creation of a joint venture for one of the world's largest gold deposits, located in Central Asia, valued at $1.5billion plus
  • Due diligence for acquisition of hard minerals licences in Kazakhstan for UK client
  • Various finance matters for leading banks from the Baltic countries
  • Project Finance advice in connection with oil field development, LNG projects and mid-stream enterprises