Emily Smith is an Australian qualified associate in the London office of Gibson Dunn and is a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions, and Energy and Infrastructure Practice Groups.
Emily's experience encompasses transactions and projects across the oil and gas, mining and mineral extraction, power, and infrastructure sectors. She has broad expertise advising on a wide spectrum of corporate matters, including both cross-border and domestic mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations, as well as general corporate governance and advisory work.
Emily’s experience includes advising on country entry, including asset acquisitions, farm-ins, and PSC and JOA negotiations across multiple jurisdictions including: Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, the Falkland Islands, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Emily worked in the London office of another major global law firm.
Selected Experience*
- Chevron on the $2.17 billion sale of its interest in the SRC Refinery in Singapore, and its fuels station networks and related businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Australia to ENEOS Corporation.
- TotalEnergies on the merger of its UKCS upstream business with NEO NEXT to become the leading shareholder in the expanded NEO NEXT+ joint venture, alongside HitecVision and Repsol, forming the largest independent oil and gas producer in the UKCS
- Anglo American on:
- the US$3.775 billion sale of its Australian steelmaking coal business to Peabody Energy Corporation.
- the sale of its minority interest in Jellinbah Steelmaking Coal to Zashvin for US$1.1 billion.
- Vitol on the $2 billion acquisition of Engen Petroleum, a group with a significant Southern African fuels retail network
- EIG on its US$19 billion joint venture with Repsol Upstream, a newly-formed global oil and gas exploration and production company
- Varo Energy (a Vitol and Carlyle joint venture) on the acquisition of Preem AB, Sweden’s largest oil refiner.
- Shareholders of Lightsource bp on their exit from Lightsource bp, a global developer of utility-scale solar and battery storage assets, to bp.
*Includes matters prior to joining Gibson Dunn
Capabilities
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Energy Regulation and Litigation
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Infrastructure
- Mining and Metals
- Oil and Gas
- Private Equity
- Projects
Credentials
Education:
- The College of Law, Australia - 2018 Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of Queensland - 2017 Bachelor of Commerce
- University of Queensland - 2017 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admissions:
- Australia - Queensland Law Society