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Samira Afrasiabi
Partner, Global Co-Head of Energy, Resources and Infrastructure
samira.afrasiabi@freshfields.com
London: +44 20 7936 4000
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Samira is global co-head of our Energy, Resources and Infrastructure group and a corporate partner in our global transactions group based in London.

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  • bp on the sale of a 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak at an enterprise value of US$10bn.

  • BASF on the merger between Wintershall Dea and Harbour Energy, with the Wintershall Dea assets valued at US$11.2bn.

  • bp on the sales of non-controlling stakes in bp Pipelines TAP and bp Pipelines TANAP to funds managed by Apollo, in separate transactions valued at c.US$1bn.
  • Rolls Royce SMR on its partnership with CEZ Group to deploy SMRs in the UK and Czechia.

  • South32 on the sale of the Cerro Matoso nickel operations in Colombia to CoreX.

  • Haleon plc on various matters including its $3.1bn secondary global offering by Pfizer and $400m share buyback and its demerger from GSK plc and its listing on the London Stock Exchange.

  • General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero on its lead investment in Venterra’s fourth fundraising round of £150 million.

  • Occidental Petroleum Corporation on the sale of its Ghana assets to Kosmos Energy and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation for an aggregate headline price of US$750 million.

  • Tullow Oil plc on the sale of its entire stake in the Lake Albert Development Project in Uganda to TotalEnergies for US$575 million in cash plus post first oil contingent payments.

  • Hess Corporation on the sale of its Ghana interests to Aker Energy and other M&A transactions.

  • The joint administrators of Arcadia on the sale of its Topshop, Topman and other clothing brands to ASOS, Boohoo and City Chic.

  • UKGI in relation to HMT’s trading plan and sale of shares in NatWest Group.

  • General Atlantic on the partial sell down of its stake in the Argus Media Group to Hg.

  • Novartis on the separation and subsequent spin-off of the Alcon business.

  • CK Hutchison on the creation of a 50:50 joint venture with Veon to combine their telecoms businesses in Italy.

  • Novartis on the $16bn acquisition of GSK’s worldwide oncology business, which was part of three inter-conditional transactions entered into with GSK.

Samira Afrasiabi
Partner, Global Co-Head of Energy, Resources and Infrastructure
samira.afrasiabi@freshfields.com

T +44 20 7936 4000

London Office

100 Bishopsgate

London EC2P 2SR
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