Alan Burke
Biography
Overview
Alan Burke is a partner in our global M&A and Corporate practice based in London. An experienced corporate, and mergers and acquisitions lawyer, Alan leads teams from multiple practices in complex international deals.
Clients benefit from his extensive track record in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, reorganisations and restructurings. His knowledge and experience spans a broad range of business sectors, including energy, energy transition, infrastructure, healthcare, technology and financial institutions.
Alan's client list is varied and includes public and private corporations, governments, family offices and banks, such as Aramco, MOL, International Finance Corporation, Nordea, Ziff Davis, Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Camargo Corrêa and Queiroz Galvão. Notable matters include Alan's team-leading role in Aramco's US$1.3 billion Vela-Bahri merger, which created one of the world's largest shipping companies.
Experience
MOL's US$1.57 billion deal with Chevron
Alan advised MOL on its US$1.57 billion acquisition of Chevron's 9.57 per cent stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil field in the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan and an effective 8.9 per cent interest in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline running across Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
International Finance Corporation
Alan represented International Finance Corporation, together with other consortium members IFHA-II Cooperatief U.A., Swiss Re and CIEL Healthcare Africa Limited, on an investment in Hygeia Nigeria Limited, Nigeria's leading private healthcare company.
Aramco's US$1.3 billion Vela-Bahri merger
Alan led the international team of lawyers that advised Aramco on the US$1.3 billion Vela-Bahri merger of the fleet and operations of its wholly owned subsidiary, Vela International Marine Ltd, with the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri). The integration of the shipping businesses of Vela within the corporate structure of Bahri created one of the world's largest shipping companies.
Soda Sanayii
Alan represented International Finance Corporation on its acquisition of a 2.65 percent stake in Borsa Istanbul-listed Soda Sanayii A.Ş. Soda, an affiliate of Turkey-based global glass and chemical producer Şişecam Group, which is among the world's ten largest soda producers with facilities in Turkey, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy.
Camargo Corrêa and Queiroz Galvão's sale of an equity stake in Estaleiro Atlantico Sul SA
Alan represented Camargo Corrêa and Queiroz Galvão in connection with the sale to a Japanese consortium of an equity stake in Estaleiro Atlȃntico Sul SA, the largest shipyard in the shipbuilding and offshore industry in Brazil.
GDF Suez Energy International's divestment of its equity interest in T-Power NV
GDF Suez Energy International sought Alan's counsel on the divestment of its 33.3 per cent equity interest in T-Power NV, the Belgium-based power generation company, to Itochu Corporation.
Natixis SA and Captiva Capital Management S.a.r.l.
Alan represented Natixis SA and Captiva Capital Management S.a.r.l. in connection with the sale of 65 per cent of the share capital of Natixis Capital Partners Limited to Captiva International Partners LLP by way of a management buy-out, including advising on related fund and security agreements.
Entero BV in its acquisition of Powerfuel Mining Ltd and Powerfuel PLC
Alan represented Entero BV in the acquisition of the business, assets and workforce of Powerfuel Mining Limited and Powerfuel PLC from KPMG as joint administrators.
En+'s US$1 billion consensual financial restructuring
Alan represented En+, the metals, mining and energy group, on its US$1 billion consensual financial restructuring.
Auction sale of Nordea Bank's institutional global custody business to JPMorgan
Alan led the team who advised Nordea in relation to the sale of its institutional global custody business to JPMorgan following a controlled auction process, a transaction involving €200 billion of assets under custody.
TIM Hellas telecoms acquisition
Alan advised Weather Investments SpA in its acquisition of Greek mobile operator TIM Hellas Telecommunications SA, a deal worth €3.4 billion.
MOL
Advising MOL in relation to its energy assets in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Leading individual: The Legal 500
Corporate/M&A
