Overview
Elisabeth Moseley focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the oil & gas and mining sectors. She has extensive experience of advising on share and asset acquisitions and divestments, group reorganisations, corporate finance, private equity investments, production sharing arrangements, joint ventures, joint operating agreements and commercial contracts.
Elisabeth has acted for a diverse range of clients, including governments, national and international oil companies, juniors, start-ups, financial institutions, suppliers, manufacturers and individuals. She has advised on transactions across the globe, from the UK, Europe, and Africa to South America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific and has worked in London, Sydney and the Hague.
Elisabeth has worked with clients to develop in-house training programmes and standard form documentation, including sale and purchase agreements, joint operating agreements and commodity supply agreements, for use by in-house legal and commercial teams. She has assisted the World Bank Institute Governance for Extractive Industries Programme with the preparation of guides to oil & gas and mining documents and the Mining Law Committee of the International Bar Association with the Model Mining Development Agreement Project.
Results
- Advised Petrobras on the sale of its interests in Block BC-10 in the Campos Basin, Brazil for USD 1.54 billion*
- Advised Sasol on its acquisition of an interest in the Beetaloo unconventional acreage, Northern Territory, Australia*
- Advised New Age on the acquisition of an operated interest in the Etinde permit, Cameroon*
- Advised Oyster Petroleum on its acquisition of a package of licence interests located in the West of Shetlands basin*
- Advised Shell on its divestment of interests in the Abo field, Nigeria for USD 750 million*
- Advised Shell on the €4.4 billion divestment of its polyolefins division*
- Advised Maersk on the acquisition of UKCS assets for USD 2.95 billion*
- Advised Shell on the divestment of its LPG business in Poland and Hungary*
- Advised RWE Dea on its proposed divestment of interests in the North Alexandria Deepwater block and the Western Mediterranean block, Egypt*
- Advised Vale SA on the USD 4.9 billion divestment of bauxite, alumina and aluminium mining and smelting assets to Norsk Hydro ASA*
- Advised Lynas Corporation in respect of its rare earths project at Mt Weld, Western Australia and ongoing joint venture structuring*
- Advised Jinchuan Group on the acquisition of mining assets in Democratic Republic of Congo*
- Advised Aditya Birla in connection with the proposed acquisition of Whitehaven Coal Limited, Australia*
- Advised Aditya Birla in connection with the proposed acquisition of Bandanna Energy Limited, Australia*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Recognitions
- IFLR1000, M&A, 2022-2023
- Legal 500 UK, Recommended, 2020, 2025
- The M&A Advisor, “M&A Deal of the Year” International M&A Award Winner, 2019
Community
- United Kingdom Energy Lawyers Group, Member
- Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Member
- Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association, Member
