xii List of Contributors
Rhodri Thomas is an associate at Watson, Farley and Williams LLP,
specializing in employment law and a contributor toDiscrimination in
Employment – Law and Practice, 2006, Law Society Publishing.
Devan Khagram is a trainee at Watson, Farley & Williams LLP. He joined
the firm in September 2005 and will be qualifying into the firm’s employment
and immigration department in September 2007.
Energy and Projects
Anna Sorokojoined Watson, Farley & Williams in January 2006 as a
consultant and has over 20 years experience advising major utilities and
oil and gas companies on a wide range of international matters, partic-
ularly on projects relating to infrastructure including being the Central
Area Transmission System (CATS) pipeline lawyer for 3 years. Anna is both
an English and a Texas qualified lawyer and has worked in a number of
countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia and UAE, both in-
house in major international organizations and in private practice. Anna
is also an elected director of the East of England Energy Group, which
business-driven energy industry association represents over 280 companies
throughout the energy chain. She has wide commercial and legal expe-
rience in Mergers & Acquisitions, corporate restructurings, negotiation of
Gas/LNG Sales arrangements, carbon capture and storage, and negotia-
tion of a US$1 billion LNG/Power project in Turkey, project lawyer for
the Great Yarmouth Power Plant. Recently, Anna has been advising on
and managing all legal work for the Excelerate Energy Teesside GasPort
Project for which she won The Lawyer 2007 Infrastructure Team of the Year
Award.
Neil Buddis an associate at Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, specializing in
energy and construction. He has worked on a number of renewable energy
projects, both in the UK and internationally, including onshore and offshore
windfarms and biomass power plants.
Philip Maceis a consultant at Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, specializing
in energy related M&A, private equity and project work. He has worked in
the oil and gas industry for many years and has experience of major trans-
actions in the North Sea, the Middle East and most other major oil and gas
regions.
Fabiola Céspedesis a consultant at Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, spe-
cialized in dealing with M&A transactions, onshore and offshore upstream
operations and joint ventures. She has advised on transaction in Norway,
UK, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain and Bolivia and has dealt with major indus-
try oil and gas players such as BP, Repsol, Shell, ExxonMobil, Petrobras and
Total.