Firas Albani, Senior Associate - Energy & Projects, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader
Firas is a senior associate in our Infrastructure, Energy, Resources, and Projects (IERP) practice, based in our London office. He advises clients on M&A and project development across the oil and gas, energy transition, renewable and mining sectors, primarily in Africa, as well as in EMEA. More recently, Firas has been advising oil & gas and renewable clients on various projects in the energy transition space, including hydrogen, CCS and offshore wind.

He has spent four years working in Paris, where he undertook a secondment to the gas division of EDF’s in-house legal team. He primarily advised on gas-to-power projects and long-term LNG sale and purchase agreements.

Firas speaks English, French and Arabic.

Mahdi Sajjad, CEO, Euphrates Energy
Highly experienced and respected international energy sector executive with more than 35 years’ experience in oil and gas as well as related energy projects, alongside long established commercial and governmental relationships across the broader MENA region and with key China state energy firms. Previous roles include Marc Rich AG, Clark Refining and Vitol.

Founder and former CEO of Gulfsands Petroleum plc.