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Gani is a General Counsel at Broadfield UK. He has over 20 years of professional legal experience, having practised in corporate and commercial, energy and natural resources, compliance and private matters.
Before joining Broadfield UK, Gani worked for Eldwick Law, a major international energy company (FTSE 100), a private equity firm, international law firms and international companies in Almaty, Moscow and London.
His experience in the energy and natural resources sector includes onshore and offshore, upstream, midstream and downstream projects, advising clients on exploration, development, production, processing and transportation as well as related mergers & acquisitions, financing, production sharing, compliance and regulatory issues.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf and travelling.
Career Highlights
- Representation of a Kazakh private group in connection with the $500 million sale of a medium-sized oil company to a consortium of Asian investors
- Representation of Kazakh Investment Company on the largest privatisation completed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (successful acquisition of ten percent of Kazakhmys JSC common shares)
- Representation of Kazakh oil producer in project financing negotiations, syndicated loan from EBRD, BNP Paribas, and FMO to cover the construction cost of US$300 million
- Advice to a consortium of oil & gas majors developing Kazakhstan’s largest oil and gas condensate field in connection with a series of high-profile tax and other investment disputes (totalling more than $1.6 billion)
- Representation of a large private equity fund in its acquisitions (including related financing and debt security arrangements)
- Advice and assistance on the commercial negotiation of the agreements relating to the establishment of a direct investment fund (US$400), Cayman Islands
- Representation of a major integrated international oil & gas company in connection with debt financing of an expansion project for one of the major E&P joint ventures in Kazakhstan