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About Catherine
Catherine Grant is a transactional energy lawyer based in London. She focuses her practice on projects, M&A and general corporate and commercial matters in the energy sector. Catherine also has experience advising banks, international financial institutions and borrowers on complex cross-border financings. Catherine has particular experience working on African and emerging market transactions. Prior to joining Bracewell, Catherine spent six months on secondment to ExxonMobil.
Experience
Recent Notable Matters
Eni S.p.A. — disposal of Nigerian assets to Nigerian exploration and production company Oando
Savannah Energy Plc — acquisition of Exxon and Petronas’ entire interests in the Doba oil field in Chad and their shareholding in the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline and Floating, Storage and Offloading vessel for a total consideration of up to $676 million
Etablissements Maurel & Prom SA — refinancing of existing $600 million term loan facility with commercial banks and $200 million shareholder loan
Eni S.p.A. — $934 million sale of a participating interest in the Egyptian Shorouk Concession, containing the Zohr gas field, to Mubadala Petroleum
Etablissements Maurel & Prom S.A. — acquisition of producing interests in Angola from Mitsubishi Corporation
New Age (African Global Energy) Ltd — development of the Etinde gas and condensate project in Cameroon
SPE Guinea Bissau AB (a wholly owned subsidiary of Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB) — agreement to sell participating interests in the Sinapa and Esperança oil and gas licences, offshore Guinea Bissau, to CNOOC
Delfin LNG — development of the Delfin floating LNG project in the Gulf of Mexico
Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority of Tanzania (EWURA) — development of natural gas regulations and guidelines for the natural gas industry in Tanzania (an Africa Development Bank funded mandate)
Chrysaor Limited — proposed disposal of certain upstream interests in the North Sea
Genel Energy plc — acquisition of interests in the Chevron-operated Sarta and Qara Dagh blocks in the Kurdistan region of Iraq
Apache Corporation — sale of multiple UK North Sea upstream oil and gas assets to Chrysaor Limited
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank — as agent to the lenders in the $2.44 billion letter of credit facility and approximately $544 million in funded debt for McDermott International, Ltd in the successfully completed emergence from bankruptcy
Crédit Agricole — $2.8 billion financing facility in prepackaged Chapter 11 restructuring transaction for McDermott International, as agent to revolving debtor-in-possession (DIP) lenders
Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank — as lead arranger, in the $4.65 billion financing of McDermott International, Inc.’s all-stock combination with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., consisting of a $2.26 billion senior secured term loan facility, a $1.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility and a $1.39 billion senior secured letter of credit facility
Crédit Agricole — $1.7 billion new financing for McDermott International which includes immediate access to $650 million of financing comprised of $550 million under a term loan credit facility and $100 million under a letter of credit facility, as lead arranger and revolving administrative agent
Kigali Water Limited — project development and financing of the Kigali bulk water treatment plant PPP in Rwanda, the first project financed bulk water project in sub-Saharan Africa. Awarded “Africa Water Deal of the Year” at the IJ Global Awards 2017*
Syndicate of eight international lenders — corporate financing in connection with a LNG plant in Angola. Awarded “African Oil and Gas Deal of the Year” at the IJ Global Awards 2016*
Ministry of Finance of Angola — largest oil receivables-backed financing to date*
eni Ghana — OCTP/Sankofa oil and gas development with a total project value of $7.9 billion. Awarded “African Oil and Gas Deal of the Year” at the Project Finance International Awards 2016*
* Work completed prior to Bracewell