Referral Agreement
with Hogan Lovells
in Russia
All Industries
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Our team has accumulated years of international, industry-focused experience through working with major foreign and Russian oil, energy, gas and mining companies.

Our expertise covers an extensive variety of energy markets, including oil and gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewable energy sources (RES), green energy, and the mining and metals sectors.

We provide a full range of legal services in the energy and natural resources sector, including support of M&A transactions, joint venture creation and restructuring, project finance, advising on regulatory, environmental and sanctions issues, as well as dispute resolution and international arbitration.

ENERGY LEADERS
Kommersant 2023

№1 in the Energy and Natural Resources categories:

  • Advising energy industry leaders

  • Advising leaders in the natural resources industry

Kommersant 2023

№1 in the Energy and Natural Resources categories:

  • Resolution of key disputes in the oil and gas industries

  • Resolution of key disputes in the energy sector

Pravo-300 2022-2023

Natural Resources / Energy (Group II)

Chambers & Partners 2008-2021

Energy and natural resources

(Anatoly Andriash)

The Legal 500 2019-2021

Energy and natural resources

(Anatoly Andriash)

Chambers & Partners 2008-2019

Energy and natural resources: mining industry

(Anatoly Andriash)

OIL AND GAS

We are often called upon to analyse and evaluate international and local legislation as well as assist in structuring and documenting complex or novel cross-border energy transactions and projects and defend client interests in the event of disputes.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
  • Exploration and production, transportation and processing of raw materials

  • Mergers and acquisitions

  • Joint ventures

  • Project unification, development and exploitation

  • Financing and Investment

  • Environmental and regulatory issues

  • Litigation

  • International arbitration

  • Intellectual property

GREEN ENERGY

Our multi-disciplinary team advises clients at all stages and on all aspects of the lifecycle of renewable and clean energy projects.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
  • Project structuring and development

  • Project finance

  • Regulatory

  • Transactional issues

  • Intellectual property

  • Taxation

  • Environmental protection

  • Construction and real estate

  • Litigation and international arbitration

MINING SECTOR

Our attorneys have considerable experience in drafting and negotiating contractual documents related to mining projects.

For projects in the field of mining and natural resources, our lawyers handle the relevant agreements, which includes joint venture agreements, concessions, joint operating agreements, royalty agreements, drilling and other services contracts, EPC contracts and transportation financing agreements.

LNG

Our team works with gas producers, financial institutions and commodity traders in order to structure investments in liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects and develop innovative LNG marketing and trading models.

MINING ADVISORY COUNCIL

LEVEL Legal Services is a member of the Mining Advisory Council – a non-profit international organization with more than 20 years of history of uniting representatives of the mining sector in Russia and CIS countries.

CLIENTS AND PROJECTS
GAZPROM PJSC
Advised Gazprom PJSC on the acquisition of gas from one of the largest gas fields in Kazakhstan and its further processing in Russia, as well as advised its subsidiaries on operating activities in a number of foreign jurisdictions
ROSNEFT OIL COMPANY PJSC
Advised Rosneft on the sale of a minority stake in Vankorneft JSC and related joint operating arrangements to ONGC Videsh Limited. Vankorneft JSC is one of Rosneft's principal production subsidiaries holding licenses for the Vankor field in the Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia
ROSNEFT OIL COMPANY PJSC
Advised Rosneft on the sale of a 33.3% stake in SevComNeftegaz LLC, a company developing the Severo-Komsomolskoye field, to Statoil and on related joint venture arrangement
Windar Renovables
Advised Windar Renovables, a global manufacturer of wind turbine towers, on setting up a joint venture in a consortium with Severstal and RUSNANO to manufacture wind turbines in Russia and a subsequent exit from this joint venture
A MAJOR MINING COMPANY
Advised the client on the sale of one of its subsidiaries in Russia, which held a subsoil use license for a subsoil area of strategic importance
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