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AIPN Deal of the Year: Akin Gump Advises DEA Deutsche Erdoel in Acquisition of Sierra Oil & Gas

May 23, 2019Association of International Petroleum Negotiators

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(Houston) – DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG’s acquisition of Sierra Oil & Gas, in which Akin Gump advised DEA, has been named by the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) as its Deal of the Year.

The Deal of the Year award recognizes an outstanding and noteworthy M&A transaction from the previous calendar year. The landmark DEA-Sierra deal was the largest upstream M&A transaction in Mexico since its 2013 liberalization of the petroleum sector (click here to learn more).

The Akin Gump’s cross-border team advising DEA was led by partner David Sweeney and associate Eduardo Canales, with assistance from associates Savannah Raymond, Marcela Varela-Sisley and Calvin McKnight in Houston, and partners Julian Nichol, Sebastian Rice and Justin Williams in London.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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