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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

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