Philip R. Weems, Head of Global Energy Practice & Managing Partner of Middle East offices, King & Spalding
Philip R. Weems is head of King & Spalding's Global Energy Practice and managing partner of the firm's Middle East offices. He specializes in energy transactions with a concentration on gas matters, upstream transactions and energy maritime issues.
Mr. Weems has received recognition in Chambers Global's World's Leading Lawyers 2008 and in International Who's Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers 2007 (top 12 "Most Highly Regarded Individuals - Global"). Prior to joining King & Spalding, he was Senior Counsel for Atlantic Richfield in Jakarta, serving as lead attorney for the Tangguh LNG Project from 1997-1999.
During 1996-1997, he was responsible for the legal aspects of ARCO's operations in the Middle East and Southern Africa. From 1990-1996, Mr. Weems was Associate General Counsel of Virginia Indonesia Company (the major supplier of natural gas to the Bontang LNG Plant), based in Jakarta.
Mr. Weems received his J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law (1982), a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney, Australia (1984) and a Certificate of Advanced Study (1989) from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.
From 1999 to 2005 Mr. Weems served on the board of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).
King & Spalding
King & Spalding is an international law firm with more than 800 lawyers in 11 offices across the United States, Europe and the Middle East, including Houston, London, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. King & Spalding is one of the most active law firms in the global energy industry. The firm has unsurpassed experience across the entire energy value chain, from upstream oil and gas matters to LNG, petrochemical, power and renewables projects. The energy team is distinguished by its unique depth of experience in international energy transactions.
In a 2007 customer satisfaction survey by EnergyPoint Research, King & Spalding received "four ribbons" for oil and gas legal services, the highest rating for total satisfaction. Chambers Global 2007 also recognized the firm as having one of the best energy practices in the world. And recently, Dubai office managing partner Philip Weems was identified as among the top 25 energy experts in the world by in-house counsel and peers in Expert Guides to the World's Leading Lawyers - Best of the Best 2008.
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