Alan Shanks

Partner

Edinburgh

contact details

• e: Alan Shanks
• dt: +44 (0) 131 222 9805
• df: +44 (0) 131 222 9800
• m: +44 (0) 7714 208 066

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expertise

Alan is a leading corporate and banking partner with particular expertise in the shipping and energy sectors. He heads the firm's energy department in Scotland and has a key role in the highly regarded shipping and transport team.

experience

Alan specialises in financing, acquisitions and disposals, and joint ventures involving companies in the marine and energy sectors. Previously based in the firm's Dubai office, Alan acts for a number of major companies and financial institutions in the UK, the Middle East and across the world.

successes

Acting for the purchaser in the $124m acquisition and restructuring of a ship-owning company in Qatar.

Acting for vendors in connection with the sale of a Scottish-based group of vessel owning companies with an enterprise value of $150m.

Acting in connection with the formation and financing of a joint venture to combine the fleets of a Norwegian and a Scottish operator of offshore supply vessels.

Acting for a Scottish oil and gas service provider in connection with the reorganisation of their businesses in the MENA region.

Acting in connection with the formation of a series of joint ventures to own and operate a fleet of platform support and other vessels in the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea.

Acting for the lessee in the refinancing of a $50m Sharia-compliant arrangement for the construction of eight barges on behalf of Middle Eastern clients.

interests

Alan enjoys skiing, cycling and tennis.