Anthony Patten
Partner Corporate, Finance and Investments
Singapore: +65 6303 6061 London: +44 20 7551 7512 [email protected]
Anthony Patten is a partner in the Corporate, Finance and Investments team in Singapore. Anthony’s focus is on corporate, project development and finance work in the oil and gas sector. Over 20 years Anthony has advised corporates, governments and banks on projects and transactions globally and across the entire value chain. Anthony spent six years of his career as a senior in house lawyer with Shell in London and Dubai and he has been in private practice in Australia, the UK, the UAE and now Singapore. His practice has a particular emphasis on LNG.
Anthony represents clients including Mitsui, ADNOC, PTT, PETRONAS, Pertamina, Total / Anadarko, BW Maritime, Golar LNG and Mubadala Petroleum.
Matters
UPSTREAM OIL & GAS
ADNOC on a range of upstream oil and gas concessions and related operational matters in the UAE
PTTEP on its acquisition of Partex Oil and Gas
PTTEP on bids for upstream assets in Malaysia, Argentina and Oman
Mitsui E&P on its acquisition of upstream acreage from BG Group in Brazil
Mitsui E&P on the sale of its interest in the Britannia field in the UK North Sea to Zennor Petroleum
Mitsui E&P on the proposed sale of its interest in the Alba field in the UK North Sea
Mitsui E&P on various upstream oil and gas transactions in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
OMV on upstream oil and gas projects in Iraq, Iran and Yemen
South Atlantic Petroleum on its acquisition of upstream assets from Roc Oil in Madagascar
Centrica on a range of acquisitions and divestments in the UK, Nigeria and Trinidad
A bidder for Occidental Petroleum’s upstream business in the Middle East and Africa
1 www.kslaw.com 1 A bidder for BP’s interest in the Rumaila field in Iraq
LNG - LIQUEFACTION PROJECTS
Shell on the QatarGas 4 project
Shell on the Nigeria LNG project
Shell on the Persian LNG project in Iran
Shell on the Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG projects in Oman
Golar LNG on the GTA floating liquefaction project in Mauritinia and Senegal
Golar LNG on the Fortuna floating liquefaction project in Equatorial Guinea
A bidder on its proposed acquisition of an interest in the Yemen LNG project from Hunt Oil
INPEX on the development of the Ichthys LNG project in Australia
INPEX on the development of the Prelude floating liquefaction project in Australia
TEPCO on the development of the Wheatstone LNG project in Australia
Mitsui and JOGMEC on the Arctic 2 LNG project in Russia
LNG Japan and Sojitz on the Brass LNG project in Nigeria
OMV on the proposed Iran LNG project
LNG - MARKETING AND TRADING
Shell, on a full time basis, on its global LNG business, including long and short term LNG sales from Shell equity LNG projects globally
Anadarko (Total) on long term LNG sales from the Mozambqiue LNG project (Area 1) to Bharat Petroleum and Shell
Mitsui on offtake from the Arctic LNG project in Russia
Mitsui on offtake from the ECA LNG project in Mexico
Marubeni on offtake from and equity investment in the QatarGas 4 project in Qatar
ADNOC (Adgas) LNG on a range of mid term LNG sales to commodities traders
Brunei LNG on long term and mid term LNG sales and related commercial matters
Exxon Mobil on its portfolio LNG business
Mitsui, Gazprom, EGL, Centrica, Gas Natural among others on LNG trading matters
LNG - REGASIFICATION PROJECTS
Lenders including K-Sure on the Bahrain LNG project
Lenders including the EIB on the GATE LNG project in the Netherlands
Shell on the development of the Altamira and ECA LNG projects in Mexico
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Shell on the selldown of an interest to, and joint venture with, Total in relation to the Hazira LNG project in India
Golar LNG on the Dubai LNG FSRU project with DUSUP
Golar LNG on two FSRU projects with Petrobras in Brazil
BW LNG on FSRU projects in Pakistan, Australia, Hong Kong and the Ivory Coast
LNG TO POWER PROJECTS
Marubeni, Pertamina and Sojitz on the development and financing of the Jawa-1 LNG to power project in Indonesia
Marubeni, Mitsui and Sumitomo on the LNG aspects of the Thilawa LNG to power project in Myanmar
Golar Power (now Hygo) on the development of the Sergipe LNG to power project in Brazil
Lenders including IFC on the GNA LNG to Power project in Brazil
BW LNG on the El Salvador LNG to power project
PIPELINE PROJECTS AND GAS SALES
OMV on the Nabucco pipeline project in Central Europe
EGL (now AXPO) on the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project in Central Europe
Brunei LNG on feedstock gas supply arrangements
Oman LNG on feedstock gas supply arrangements
REFINING, PETROCHEMICAL AND OTHER DOWNSTREAM PROJECTS
PETRONAS on the development and financing of the RAPID integrated refining and petrochemical project in Malaysia, including the formation of the 50/50 joint venture between PETRONAS and Saudi Aramco
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation on its proposed global basic chemicals joint venture with Dow Chemical (K-DOW)
Shell and PTT on the restructuring of the Rayong refinery in Thailand
A bidder on the sale of Shell’s LPG business in Hong Kong & Macau
Caltex (now AMPOL) on refined product supply agreements with Chevron
A bidder for Shell’s downstream business in Australia (subsequently sold to Vitol)
Credentials EDUCATION Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne, honors
ADMISSIONS 3 www.kslaw.com 3 England and Wales Victoria Western Australia
ASSOCIATIONS Member, AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators)
Recognition Leading Individual (Energy and Natural Resources: International, Singapore)
CHAMBERS ASIA-PACIFIC (2017-2020)
Leading Individual (Energy: Foreign Firms, Singapore)
LEGAL 500 (2017-2020)
Highly Regarded Leading Lawyer (Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development and Project Finance)
IFLR 1000 (2015-2020)
Anthony “demonstrates his experience when [clients face] difficult issues", "magically producing" alternative solutions.
CHAMBERS ASIA-PACIFIC, 2020
News IN THE NEWS January 14, 2021 • Source: Reuters News Anthony Patten discusses the recent volatility in Asian spot LNG prices
RECOGNITION August 26, 2021 India Business Law Journal Again Recognizes King & Spalding Among Top Foreign Law Firms for India Work
February 19, 2021 Chambers Global Again Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading International Law Firm
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