Oleg Orekhov Email & Phone Number

Monaco

• advising on offshore renewable energy projects including floating offshore wind and wave energy• floating offshore wind M&A

Moscow, Russian Federation

• major oil producer on a number of conventional and unconventional oil joint venture / mergers and acquisitions projects with international oil majors (Exxon Mobil, BP, Equinor), including drafting and negotiating Shareholders and Operating Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Operating Agreements, Shareholder Services and Staffing Agreements, Agreements on the Area of Mutual Interest etc. between the shareholders, subsoil license holders, operators• international LNG project: drafting a USD 500mln Shipbuilding Contract (SBC) for the construction of an LNG vessel intended to operate as a near-shore floating liquefaction unit• leading gas producer on sale of a stake in a Russian LNG project to Total• major Spanish oil company on acquisition of a stake in a Russian upstream project

Oil & Gas• major oil producer on USD 300mln acquisition of a stake in a drilling company • major oil producer on participation in a bid for the development of hydrocarbons blocks in the Middle East and advising on the deal structuring taking into the account local requirements as well as group structuring issues• major oil producer on acquisition of a stake in an upstream project in Africa• major oil producer: drafting a Joint Venture Agreement to be entered into with a CIS national oil company and negotiating the terms of future oil supplies and swaps• leading gas producer on drafting a long-term EUR 6bn Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) entered into with German EnBW and a series of other gas trading instruments, including long-term framework GSAs, spot sales, virtual hub sales, LNG delivery, ISDA and EFET driven contracts etc.• South American company on preparing a series of contracts governed by English law in view of development of an LNG project: JV Agreement, Joint Operations Agreement, GSAs, Gas Processing Agreement, Gas Balancing Agreement, Gas Management Agreement• Indian gas company on drafting a model LNG Terminal Services Agreement under English law• leading Russian electric power supplier on reviewing long-term GSAs Corporate & Commercial • foreign private equity fund on circa USD 50mln acquisition of a stake in Russian internet company• major Russian hydrocarbons producer: drafting and negotiating EUR 160mln acquisition of gas turbines and related installation and maintenance agreements• leading oil producer: drafting a drilling services agreement to be entered into with an Exxon Mobil subsidiary governed by English law• leading US chemicals producer: drafting a number of commercial contracts covering all the stages of the company’s business model: purchase of raw materials, tolling, sale of products to customers • major Russian electric power supplier on acquisition of power generating facilities and related power regulatory issues

Moscow, Russian Federation

Oil & Gas• Chevron and a number of energy sector companies: drafting memoranda on corporate law issues• Japanese hydrocarbons company on the transfer of geological data, use of main pipelines and a number of matters regarding the company’s strategy in Russia• US producer of subsoil equipment on acquisition of a Russian business Mining • Rio Tinto on carrying out due diligence check in view of acquisition of a Russian subsoil property; advising on marketing of precious stones in Russia• Russian gold-mining company on its listing on Toronto Stock Exchange through a reverse takeover transaction, including preparation of disclosure documentsContractsDrafting, reviewing, negotiation, identification and prevention of financial and operational risks, analysis of enforceability issues including competition and other regulatory matters. • UK oil and gas company: drafting and negotiating FEED and EPCM USD 40mln contract in view of holding a tender for the development of oil and gas site in Saratov region of Russia • major Canadian real estate company: drafting FEED contract in view of constructing a residential area • multinational and Russian companies: drafting and reviewing supply, sale, purchase, distribution, design/basic engineering, works/fit-out and lease contractsRegulatory• Deutsche Post on potential liability matters in view of launching e-mail services• international sports agency on legal issues related to transfers of professional football players, review of the players’ employment contracts • monitoring legislation changes and delivering regular legal updatesArbitration, Litigation and Dispute Resolution• major Russian state owned uranium producer on a USD 700mln litigation process• leading international lime supplier on litigation over a property in Russia• major multinational mining company on view of an international arbitration case• Canadian drilling services provider on a commercial dispute in Russia

Moscow, Russian Federation

ContractsDrafting, reviewing and commenting on:• sale and purchase, supply contracts• lease agreements• consultancy services contracts• confidentiality agreementsCorporate• Gazprom on a range of corporate and regulatory matters• Enel, Italian electric energy provider, on its restructuring operations in Russia• Russian gold-mining company on an IPO project: preparing due diligence report and admission documents • Russian oil and gas companies on a number of subsoil use due diligence projects within M&A transactions• one of the largest Russian chemicals producers on the securities law requirements to settle a EUR 59,9mln dividends payment issue• world's leading manufacturer of tissue and paper: on-going legal support of its EUR 8,3mln additional shares placement in Russia• Sochi 2014 Olympics IT services provider on the Russian law requirements and limitations related to its establishment in Russia• advising on employment, competition and information disclosure issues; drafting corporate documents, memoranda and comments on a wide range of corporate law issues; providing advice regarding corporate compliance procedures etc.

Solicitor Of England And Wales

M.A., International And European Law

Second best result in class among native students

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), International And European Law

The margin of appreciation of the state in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

J.D., International Law

Diploma with honors

M.A., Interpreter (English, French)

Diploma with honors