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James E. Hogan is a partner working in Salans' Paris and Baku offices. He is the Managing Partner of the Baku office.
Active in international practice since 1984, James has concentrated exclusively on corporate, commercial and natural resource matters relating to the CIS and Eastern Europe since 1988, with particular emphasis on Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. His experience includes advising major companies on investment strategies, the establishment of joint ventures and cooperation structures, privatisation, licensing and related tax, currency, customs, environmental, governance and other matters. He also frequently advises financial institutions, development banks and investment funds in the areas of investment and secured lending.
He is particularly active in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of petroleum, mining and other natural resource projects in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and elsewhere in the CIS. His experience has included PSAs, service agreements, concessions, oil-field service and drilling contracts, licensing and pipeline and marine transportation issues, including the sale and transportation of LNG.
He has published numerous articles on foreign investment and energy in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia and Ukraine and is a frequent speaker at international conferences.
James has been recognised as a leading business lawyer by Who's Who Legal: CIS 2011.
Recent Experience:
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Representing over 40 international oil companies in relation to petroleum exploration and production projects and subsoil use rights in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, including the Karachaganak and Kashagan projects in Kazakhstan
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Advising a French construction and engineering company on a EUR 346 million project for the design, construction and operation of a waste-to-energy plant in Baku
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Advising the Government of Azerbaijan on its planned debut USD 500 million Sovereign Eurobond Offering
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Representing a major Baku-based bank in the first Eurobond offering by an Azerbaijani financial institution on international capital markets
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Advising an international bank on the construction financing for a major hotel development in central Baku
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Representing a major international mining company in the operation and expansion of a Uranium venture in Kazakhstan
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Advising a leading international cement producer on acquisitions and operations in Ukraine and Azerbaijan
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Advising on the restructuring and commercialisation of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) under an IFI-sponsored programme
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Advising a multinational engineering and construction company on a planned project for the design and construction of a USD 1.3 billion highway in Azerbaijan
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Acting for an international chemical company in a joint venture project in Azerbaijan for the production of iodine
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Representation of an international oil-field service company in a USD 60 million project in Western Siberia, financed with production and backed by COFACE
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Advising an international oil-field equipment manufacturer in the acquisition of a well head manufacturing enterprise in Tyumen, Russian Federation
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Representing U.S. and European companies in the acquisition (privatisation) of enterprises in the tobacco, food, pharmaceutical, chemical, telecommunications and consumer products sectors in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan
Career:
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Admitted to the Paris Bar as an avocat in 1992
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Admitted to practice in France as a conseil juridique in 1991
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Joined Salans in 1989, Partner since 1992
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Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1984
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Member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association
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Member of the Boards of the International Tax & Investment Center (ITIC) and La Chambre de commerce France-Azerbaïdjan (CCFAz)
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Listed in Who's Who Legal - Oil & Gas
Education:
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University of Texas School of Law (J.D. degree, with Honors, 1984)
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Pushkin Institute, Moscow (Certificates, 1980 and 1981)
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University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts degree, with distinction, in Russian and Eastern European Studies, 1979)
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