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Summary
Anna Soroko joined Watson, Farley & Williams
in January 2006 and has over 20 years experience advising utilities, governments
and oil and gas companies on a wide range of energy matters, including
Gas Sales arrangements, the Cyprus Government on an energy import terminal,
negotiation of a US$1bn LNG/Power project in Turkey, gas and oil pipeline
transactions, project construction including the Great Yarmouth Power Plant
and Teesport GasPort.
In 2007 Anna won The Lawyer, Infrastructure
Team of the Year award for her work on the Teesside GasPort Project. Anna
is also extensively involved in the legal aspects of Carbon Capture &
Storage. She is also well known as a speaker at numerous international
conferences.
Recent Experience
- Leading team for all onshore aspects of
Excelerate Energy's Teesport GasPort Project including land, regulatory,
construction, commercial, finance and corporate issues
- Advising on aspects of Judicial Review
against GEMA relating to NTS capacity issues
- Advising Clients on LNG and storage projects
to proceed including changes to the law and responding to consultations
- Advising Client on establishing and obtaining
finance for new Oil & Gas company
- Leading team on disposal of TXU Europe’s
North Sea gas assets, including financing aspects thereof and negotiations
on gas sales arrangements
- Drafting and extensive negotiations for
$1bn LNG/Power project in Turkey including sales, transportation and purchasing
agreements, negotiations with international consortium, shipping arrangements,
shareholder agreements and finance
- Leading legal team for construction and
development of the Great Yarmouth Power Plant including gas purchase, EPC,
financing and Joint Venture Arrangements
Education and Qualifications
| 1987
| Doctor of Jurisprudence (cum laude), University
of Houston Law Center
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| 1987
| Admitted as an Attorney at Law in Texas
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| 1977
| Admitted as a solicitor of England and
Wales |
Published Materials
| 2007
| "WFW Lead the Way on Innovative Energy
Projects" - Article in Lloyds List
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| 2007
| "LNG, Storage & Infrastructure"
- Chapter in UKTI Investors Guide to the UK
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| 2007
| Article in Lloyds List on FSRU's
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| 2006
| "CCS - Association for Greenhouse
Gases or Just a lot of hot air?" - Lloyd's List
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| 2005
| "Pipeline Reuse:- A unique opportunity
for the UK" - Pipeline World
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| 2005
| "Reuse of Offshore Pipelines"
- Eco East Magazine
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| 2005
| "Carbon Sequestration" - Energy
Exchange |
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