international law capability in the Middle East Maine Stephan Goodfellow
and has recently advised a number of Legal Intern, Baker Botts LLP international oil companies on proposed mainegoodfellow@mac.com investments in the Middle East and Africa, including advice on constitutional questions, Maine Stephan Goodfellow attended Rice BITs, sanctions and territorial issues. Prior to University in Houston, Texas, where he studied moving to Dubai, Mhairi worked for more than history, economics and photography. He is three years in Belgium and France as a group currently attending the University of Texas School adviser on the European Parliaments Legal Affairs of Law, from which he will graduate in May 2009. and Internal Market Committee. Mhairi holds an LLM in International and Comparative Law (Vrije George F Goolsby Universiteit Brussel), a Masters in International Partner, Baker Botts LLP Politics specialising in territorial disputes george.goolsby@bakerbotts.com (Universit de Libre Bruxelles) and an LLB first- class honours (University of Aberdeen). Mhairi is George F Goolsby has more than 34 years of admitted as an attorney and counselor at law in experience in the US and international oil and gas the State of New York and as a solicitor in England industries. In addition to handling traditional oil and Wales. and gas work for operators, working interest owners and royalty interests, he has many years Charez Golvala of experience in such post-production areas as Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP processing, treating and marketing of natural gas. cgolvala@chadbourne.com Mr Goolsby also specialises in cross-border hydrocarbon pipelines. He presently advises the Charez Golvala is a corporate partner with Eastern Caribbean Gas Pipeline Project. Previously, Chadbourne & Parke in London. He focuses on he coordinated the legal team for the transactions and projects in the energy industry. BakuTbilisiCeyhan (BTC) oil pipeline and Mr Golvala has a broad corporate practice, advised the South Caucasus gas pipeline, which advising clients from start-ups to multinationals both traverse Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, joint Mr Goolsby is resident in the firms Houston ventures, corporate finance and many other office. He is a member of numerous domestic and commercial transactions in a variety of industry international legal and energy industry sectors. He has acquired experience of doing deals associations. He earned both his BA and JD in Russia, the CIS and the Middle East to add to degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. his knowledge of regions as diverse as Trinidad & Tobago and the UK North Sea. Mr Golvala has Denys Hickey more than 10 years experience in the oil and gas Partner, Ince & Co and natural resources sectors, both in the United denys.hickey@incelaw.com Kingdom and abroad. His energy and projects experience extends to many different upstream, Denys Hickey is a leading member of the energy midstream and downstream oil and gas and offshore business group at Ince & Co. His agreements, project development contracts, main expertise is in oil and gas supply, abandonment arrangements, renewable energy transportation and trading, and he is also projects and emissions trading developments. involved in offshore construction and general oil and gas work covering crude, products, LPG and LNG. Upstream oil and gas work has included