Allison Soilihi

Allison is an active member of the firm’s energy industry team; energy-related working groups (e.g., international energy and projects; oil, gas, and renewable fuels; and energy storage); the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability strategic initiative; and the life sciences industry team.

She sits on the firm’s inclusion committee and co-leads the London office engagement and inclusion working group.

Before joining Morgan Lewis, Allison worked in the energy department of another international law firm in Paris and in the tax division of a major oil and gas company in France and Egypt. She is dually qualified in France, England, and Wales and is fluent in English and French.

Natural Resources and Infrastructure

• Igneo Infrastructure Partners, a global infrastructure investor, in the acquisition of B+T Group, a waste disposal and recovery business 
• Zero Degrees Whitetail Development Ltd., an English subsidiary of US clean energy innovation firm 8Rivers Capital, in connection with its collaboration agreement with Singapore-based Sembcorp
• York Energy, a UK affiliate of US-based Alpha Energy, in the execution of an oil and gas production sharing agreement with Ukraine
• York Energy (UK) Holdings Ltd., a subsidiary of a US-based oil and gas company, in the sale of its Third Energy affiliated group to Wolfland Group
• A US private equity firm in its acquisition of a North American and European chemical group
• Alpha Energy, a US investor, in its acquisition of Third Energy’s onshore gas exploration and production asset in the United Kingdom
• One of the world’s largest metal and mining producers on a large new platinum and palladium mining joint venture 
• An oil and gas major in connection with an auction bid process for acquisition of the ExxonMobil and Chevron stakes in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) oilfield project in Azerbaijan and the related Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company
• Sandvik AB, a high-tech and global engineering company, in an agreement to sell its Varel International Energy Services business to Blue Water Energy
• A major oil and gas company in negotiations of a production sharing agreement and related amendments, as well as joint operating agreements, in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in negotiations of a production sharing agreement and related amendments, as well as joint operating agreements, in Chad
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the construction and operation of an export pipeline in Chad (transportation contracts, interstate bilateral agreements, agreements relating to the construction of the pipelines, etc.)
• A major oil and gas company in its partial sale of participating interest in an upstream project in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in the context of disputes before local courts in Niger and OHADA arbitration court in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• A major oil and gas company in the context of drafting crude oil and refined products supply conventions in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the drafting of joint operating agreements in Niger 
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the drafting of joint operating agreements in Chad
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the audit of petroleum costs related to a production sharing agreement in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the audit of petroleum costs related to a license agreement in Chad
• A major oil and gas company in the process of renewal of its exploration license and granting of a new exploitation license in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in connection with the financing of a refinery in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in connection with drafting a study and bid agreement in Niger
• A major oil and gas company in drafting the corporate documentation of an export pipeline company in Niger
• Major oil and gas companies in connection with the drafting of lifting agreements in Niger and Chad, respectively
• An oil company in connection with drafting a production sharing agreement in the Comoros
• A major oil company in connection with its withdrawal from a block in Tanzania
• A major oil company in connection with analyzing the legal and regulatory framework and production sharing agreement regime in Congo-Brazzaville regarding the company’s contemplated acquisition of assets
• An independent North American company in connection with various issues relating to its interest in oil blocks in Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire
• A consulting company specialized in energy in connection with a broker agreement in Côte d’Ivoire
• A German technical service provider for the oil and gas industry in connection with a tender procedure in Congo
• A geophysical company in connection with a dispute with the customs authorities in Algeria
• A major oil company in connection with the company’s contemplated acquisition of assets in Algeria
• A major oil and gas company in connection with its contemplated acquisition of assets in Senegal
• A major oil and gas company on the impact of the OHADA legislation on its activities in Senegal
• A major Asian manufacturer and supplier of cement in its potential investment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• CRH plc, a building and public works company, in connection with its asset acquisition from Lafarge and Holcim in France
• Sandvik AB, a high-tech and global engineering company, in an agreement to sell its Varel International Energy Services business to Blue Water Energy

Technology

• A US artificial intelligence (AI) solutions investor in its acquisition of a French cybersecurity startup
• OpenGate Capital in its acquisition of the ScioTeq and TREALITY Simulation
• A retail operations platform company in its acquisition of a French retail inventory management software company
• A Canadian-based HR analytics company in its acquisition of the assets of a French API-first skills mapping engine
• A Canadian-listed group in its acquisition of a French tech company specializing in cross-platform development tools, including the corporate, labor, and employment aspects
• A Canadian-listed group in its acquisition of a French tech company focusing on digital asset management, including the corporate, labor, and employment and FDI aspects
• A private equity client on pre-seed investment in a tech gaming startup
• Mathematica Policy Research Inc., a global research and data collection group, on its acquisition of a UK company

Life Sciences

• An Asian sovereign wealth fund in its Series D investment in a French biotechnology specializing in the breeding of insects for animal and plant feed
• Takeda Ventures in the $46.4 million Series A financing of Egle Therapeutics
• Shiseido Americas Corp., a subsidiary of Shiseido Co. Ltd., in connection with the global carveout and approximately $700 million sale of bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier to Advent International 
• Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp., a global medical technology company focused on regenerative technologies, neurosurgical, and extremity orthopedic solutions, in connection with the sale of its Extremity Orthopedics business to Smith+Nephew for $240 million
• New Science Ventures LLC, a venture capital firm, in connection with a Series C preferred stock financing
• A US-listed drug wholesale company in the sale of a French affiliate to a listed German buyer
• A US-listed drug wholesale company in the acquisition of a France-based life sciences consulting firm that specializes in market access, real-world evidence, and health economics and outcomes research
• A US-listed drug wholesale company in the acquisition of a French wholesaler of pharmaceutical products
• A US-listed leading global biotechnology company specializing in the treatment of neurological diseases in its investment in a French biotech developing AI-based solutions to drive innovation in healthcare, in particular radiotherapy
• A Nasdaq-listed leading gene therapy company in its acquisition of a French biotech company
• A British multinational pharmaceutical company in the divesture of a drug portfolio to several French acquirers
• A US research center in its seed investment in a UK company focused on transforming rare respiratory disease outcomes using inhaled gene therapy
• A US research center in its seed investment in a preclinical-stage biotech company specializing in thrombo-inflammatory disorders

Other Industries

• SoLocal Group, a European leader in local online communications, in connection with the acquisition of Effilab SAS in France
• Shiseido Americas Corp., a subsidiary of Shiseido Co. Ltd., in connection with the global carveout and approximately $700 million sale of bareMinerals, BUXOM, and Laura Mercier to Advent International 
• Sequoia Capital China Advisors Limited, an investment management company, regarding a proposed equity investment in D’Estrée, a French fashion startup