Mark Russell | Lawyers

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Mark is a leading energy and chemicals sector specialist with almost 20 years’ experience of advising clients on some of the world’s most innovative, complex, sensitive and sizeable projects and transactions. With industry leading expertise in no- and low-carbon products and projects, including those arising from the energy transition, as well as across the entire conventional energy and chemicals value chain, in both developed and emerging markets, his practice spans all areas of transactional activity in the energy sector, including project development and financing, joint venturing and M&A, commercial contracts and energy and commodities trading.

Experience

Mark’s recent notable work includes advising corporates, financial sponsors, financial institutions and governments:

on a number of green and blue hydrogen value chain projects (including hydrogen, ammonia, methanol and efuels) across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East
on the development of multiple commercial scale carbon capture and storage projects in the UK and elsewhere
on the development and financing of major gas value chain projects, including the landmark US$11bn Coral South FLNG Project in Mozambique (Africa’s largest ever project financing, and the first FLNG facility to be project financed. Winner of PFI Africa Deal of the Year 2017)
on many of the industry’s largest and most complex private M&A and joint venture transactions
on more than US$200bn of long-term commodity offtake arrangements across multiple energy, chemicals and other products
on the creation and implementation of new industry business models for first-of-a-kind and/or first-in-market projects in a number of jurisdictions

Education, Qualifications and Languages

Mark studied law at Trinity College, Dublin.

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