Global law firm Dentons has advised NYSE-listed drilling rig manufacturer Helmerich & Payne on the employment and corporate aspects of the US$1.97 billion acquisition of UK-headquartered KCA Deutag International Limited. 

The transformative deal will establish a global leader in onshore drilling and will allow Helmerich & Payne to enhance its global presence, particularly in the Middle East, and diversify its operational mix across crude oil and natural gas markets.

Helmerich & Payne delivers the technology and engineering solutions to ensure a secure, affordable and sustainable energy future. Through its subsidiaries, the company designs, fabricates and operates high-performance drilling rigs and develops and implements advanced automation, directional drilling and survey management technologies.

KCA Deutag is an international oil and gas services company, which employs approximately 9,000 people and operates in more than 20 countries worldwide.

An integrated cross-border Dentons team from 14 countries advised Helmerich & Payne on the employment and corporate matters related to the transaction. Dentons worked alongside lead counsel Kirkland & Ellis, as well as Grette in Norway and Akund Forbes in Pakistan.

Partners Evan Lazar, Aleksandra Minkowicz-Flanek and Perry Zizzi led the cross-border legal team with support from senior associate Tomasz Lasyk. Dentons’ cross-border team also included:

• Azerbaijan: Partners Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin and Kamil Valiyev, counsel Bakhtiyar Mammadov, senior associate Rena Eminova; associate Aytan Namazova
• Bolivia: Partner Ramiro Guevara, senior associates Luis Gutiérrez, lawyer Diego Simbron
• Canada: Partner Andy Pushalik
• Colombia: Partner Lorena Arámbula
• Democratic Republic of Congo: Managing Partner Pathy Liongo, partner Antoine Luntadila, senior associate Deborah Mpombolo (all from Pathy Liongo & Associates, which announced plans to combine with Dentons in 2024)
• Ecuador: Partners Patricia Andrade and Agustín Acosta
• Germany: Partners Frank Lenzen and Sascha Grosjean, counsel Wiebke Schulz, senior associate Nurdan Adamidis
• Oman: Partners Jamie Gibson and Dali Al Habboub, senior associate Fatima Al-Sabahi, trainee Ahlam AlKindi
• Peru: Partner Pamela Duffy, associate Claudia Tolentino, consultant Jaime Zegarra
• Poland: Associate Rozanna Piela-Wojciechowska
• Qatar: Senior legal consultant Mary Ann Sharp
• Saudi Arabia: Partner Ziad Saad, senior associate Mohamad Al Rifai, associates Intesar Alkhayya and Yara Alsaygh, senior legal consultant Sairah Narmah-Alqasim, consultants Dima Chehade and Sadia Farooq
• United Arab Emirates: Partner Nick Simpson
• United Kingdom: Partners Carolyn Saunders and Sarah Beeby, associates William Azuh, Amy Gordon and Jee-Young Song, trainee Kelly Johnson

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