Tracey has extensive experience of advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other advisory and corporate matters across a range of industries and around the globe and has recently led on a number of globally significant transactions across a range of sectors. She has a deep understanding of the energy sector and energy transition M&A.
Tracey has over 25 years’ experience of advising on cross border mergers and acquisitions and significant development projects and prior to joining DLA Piper in May 2019 spent eight years as a partner at a leading international law firm where she was co-head of its Global Oil and Gas Group.
Tracey has been recommended by Legal 500 for particularly complex transactions in the oil and gas sector and is experienced in the effective implementation of transactions within often complex contractual and regulatory frameworks.
Tracey was ranked #4 by Datasite in its list of top Female M&A lawyers in EMEA in 2022.
Professional QualificationsBarrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western AustraliaSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
EXPERIENCE
Tracey’s experience includes advising:
Shell on its acquisition of Nature Energy Biogas A/S, a Denmark based producer of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from waste with 14 operating plants and a pipeline of around 30 new plants in Europe and North America (USD2 billion).
C2X LTD, a leading developer of green methanol projects, on a USD 100 million combined investment by ENEOS Corporation, Japan’s leading energy company, and C2X’s existing shareholders, A.P. Moller Holding and A.P. Moller - Maersk.
Valeura Energy Inc (TSX listed) on its acquisition of a portfolio of producing interests located in the Gulf of Thailand by way of (1) its acquisition of KrisEnergy International (Thailand) Holdings Ltd and (2) the agreement to acquire the Thailand upstream oil producing portfolio of Mubadala Energy.
Dentsu Group Inc on its acquisition of the global omnichannel marketing production company Tag Worldwide Holdings Ltd (across 29 countries) from Advent International.
Philip Morris International Inc on its recommended cash offer for Swedish Match (USD16bn) (LMG Life Sciences Awards Impact Deal of the Year).
Shell on its acquisition of Daystar Power, Shell’s first power sector acquisition in Africa. Daystar Power operates in West Africa and provides solar power and battery solutions to business and industry. Our team was led by our London team and included our teams in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Mauritius.
A consortium led by Energy Infrastructure Partners in respect of the largest on-shore wind park development in Europe (1 GW, located at Fosen in Mid-Norway in a joint venture with Statkraft).
Baker Hughes on its acquisition of ARMS Reliability, a leading global provider of reliability solutions to some of the world’s largest industrial companies across a wide range of industries including oil and gas.
Globant (NYSE), a digitally native technology services company, on its acquisition of CloudShift, a leading Salesforce partner in the UK specializing in multi cloud digital transformation.
Shell on the sale of its downstream businesses in Australia to Vitol (USD2.6bn).
