Henry Brendon

Associate, London

Biography

Overview

Henry Brendon is an energy and natural resources lawyer with particular experience in the oil and gas sector. His practice focuses on project development and commercial contract drafting and negotiation, acting for a range of governments, NOCs, project companies, oil and gas majors, sponsors and lenders.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales
Education
Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School
Graduate Diploma in Law
BPP Law School
BA
History
King's College London
Languages
English

Experience

Seplat Energy Acquisition of Exxon Mobil's Offshore Shallow Water Business in Nigeria
Representation of Seplat Energy Plc on the US$1.283 billion to US$1.583 billion acquisition of the entire offshore shallow water business of Exxon Mobil Corporation in Nigeria.

Heads of Agreement for the Restructuring of Atlantic LNG
Representation of the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, acting through the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, on a Heads of Agreement ("HOA") for the restructuring of Atlantic LNG, one of largest exporters of LNG in the world. The restructuring will ensure that Atlantic continues to operate as a world class LNG facility in a globally competitive LNG environment. The Atlantic LNG facility currently comprises multiple liquefaction trains, each with different shareholder structures and commercial arrangements.

Neste's sale of its base oils business to Chevron Corporation
Representation of Neste on the sale of its base oils business to Chevron Corporation. The transactions cover a combination of share and asset deals forming Neste's entire global base oils business.

Gold Mine Financing Project in Republic of Guinea
Representation of the lenders, Chaabi International Bank Offshore (Banque Centrale Populaire Group), Société Générale and Attijariwafa Bank Europe, on the US$122 million financing of a gold mine located in the Republic of Guinea, to be operated by Société des Mines de Mandiana (Managem Group).

ANOH Gas Project
Representation of ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited, a gas processing company established by SEPLAT Petroleum Development Company Plc and the Nigerian Gas Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on the project financing of the ANOH gas project, a 300MMscfd gas processing plant and ancillary facilities in Nigeria.

Mozambique LNG 
Representation of the financiers on a landmark US$20 billion project financing of Mozambique's first onshore LNG development, Mozambique LNG, which is the largest ever foreign direct investment into Africa and is a game changer for the Mozambique energy sector.

Ghana LNG Project
Representation of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation on a landmark liquefied natural gas regasification project located in Tema, Ghana.

LNG SPA Arrangements
Representation of a national oil company in relation to the negotiation of its long term liquefied natural gas supply arrangements further to the construction of a substantial onshore LNG import terminal.