Hussain Kubba
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
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Biography
Hussain Kubba is an energy corporate, M&A lawyer based in London. He has significant legal experience in the oil and gas sector.
Hussain advises international and North Sea clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters across the energy sector. His experience includes advising corporates, oil companies and investors on UK and international upstream transactions including acquisitions and disposals, farm-ins, joint ventures and commercial agreements. Hussain has significant experience in reviewing and reporting on licences, PSCs, concession agreements, JOAs, UUOAs, transportation agreements, off-take agreements and other contractor or operator contracts. Hussain has also been seconded to ExxonMobil and the Aberdeen offices of TAQA Bratani.
In addition, Hussain applies his M&A deal experience to advise on warranty and indemnity insurance policies. Hussain also advises on commercial joint venture agreements and shareholder issues.
Hussain was previously named as a Rising Star for Energy & Natural Resources in Super Lawyers. Previously, Hussain spent seven years as a professional engineer in Ontario, Canada, and is a native Arabic speaker.
Professional experience
Collapse all- bp, Oman – on its US$2.6 billion sale of 20% stake in Oman's Block 61 to PTTEP MENA Limited, a subsidiary of Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited.
- Tullow Oil, Gabon – advising Tullow on a swap of assets in Gabon with Perenco Oil.
- Shell, Egypt - on its US$926 million sale of upstream assets in Egypt's Western Desert to a consortium made up of Cheiron Petroleum Corporation and Cairn Energy PLC.
- Tullow Oil, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea – advising on its US$180 million asset and share sale of interests in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea to Panoro Energy plc.
- bp, Egypt - on its US$500 million sale of multiple mature oil concessions in the Gulf of Suez to Dragon Oil, including providing vendor due diligence.
- Shell, Ireland - on its $1.2bn share sale of its Corrib gas venture off the north-west coast of Ireland to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) with operatorship to Vermilion Energy Inc.;
- Petrofac IES, Mexico - on its portfolio sale of a 49% interest in its Mexican onshore and offshore assets to Perenco Oil for up to US$274m;
- Petrofac IES, Mexico - on its US$276 million subsequent sale of its 51% interest in its Mexican assets to Perenco Oil and Gas.
- bp as ACG consortium Operator, Azerbaijan - advising on and drafting the Azeri and Chirrag fields and deepwater portion of the Gunashli field production sharing agreement and joint operating agreement;
- bp, Norway - advising on the corporate sale of bp Norge to Aker and Det Norske as part of the transaction creating Aker bp;
- Frontera Energy, Colombia - advising on the sale of its joint venture interest in COR- 15 licence block, to its partner, Maruel & Prom.
- EFG Hermes Private Equity, Egypt - advising on its share sale of its producing oil and gas North Bahariya concession onshore Egypt, including transfer of operatorship;
- Pembroke, Euclid and others - on underwriting warranty and indemnity insurance policies including where the underlying transaction has an energy aspect;
- Pacific Exploration and Production - advising on the sale of its entire interest in several concessions offshore Brazil to Karoon.
- Pacific Exploration and Production - advising on the farm-out of its interest in an onshore concession in Peru to CEPSA;
- DEA AG, UK North Sea - advising on the disposal of DEA UK to INEOS, including reviewing the SPA and advising on UK North Sea matters;
- Hess – on its disposal of its North Sea interests in the Cambo Field to OMV, including transfer of operatorship to OMV;
- Genel Energy – on the increase of its stake in, and the acquisition of operatorship of, the Chia Surkh block in Kurdistan.
- Iraqi Supreme Court casts doubt over legitimacy of Kurdistan's oil and gas sector, March 2022
- Getting the deal done: upstream M&A in Egypt, January 2022
- Oil and Gas Sale and Purchase Agreements: Allocation of and limitations on liability, and the use of indemnities (2019/202 Global Law and Business)
- Getting the Deal Through: Oil Regulation 2011 (Iraq Chapter)
- Re-discovering Iraq: legal and tax issues, November 2010
- LawNow: Investing in Iraq's Power Sector, August 2010
- LawNow: Iraqi Mixed Companies: Corporate Issues, March 2010
- LawNow: Establishing your company in Iraq, May 2009
- Law Society of England and Wales, Solicitor
- AIEN (Association of International Energy Negotiators)
- UK Energy Lawyers Group (Committee Member)
- Professional Engineers (Ontario)
News
Cross-border teams advise on three winning deals at IJInvestor Awards 2024
November 29, 2024
Norton Rose Fulbright advises bp on strategic gas joint venture in Egypt
February 28, 2024
Insights
Delivering future energy: Norton Rose Fulbright at Gastech 2024 in Houston
Publication | September 17-20, 2024
UK Energy Act 2023
Publication | February 02, 2024
UK Energy Act 2023: Offshore oil and gas regime
Publication | November 24, 2023