“A Team Built for the Complexity of International Energy Operations”

Founded by Chambers-ranked partners, LI&P brings together a multilingual team of lawyers, tax specialists and industry veterans dedicated to the energy sector.

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Our Main Commitments

Direct Dedication

Every engagement is led by an experienced partner. Clients work directly with senior advisors, not through layers of intermediaries — resulting in higher-quality output, faster response times, and more competitive fees than large firm structures.

End-to-End Assistance

We support our clients through every stage of a matter, from initial strategy and preparation through to final resolution. Our involvement is active and continuous, not transactional.

Comprehensive Advisory

We deliver integrated legal, tax and business counsel across domestic and regional frameworks — including OHADA, CEMAC, and the specific regulatory environments of each of the jurisdictions where we operate.

Preventive Approach

We identify and mitigate potential conflicts before they arise, while highlighting the legal and fiscal advantages available to our clients within the specific regulatory context of each jurisdiction and sector.

Reducing Exposure

We have consistently obtained the elimination or substantial reduction of amounts claimed in tax audits, inspections and administrative controls — often resolving matters without the need for court proceedings, in full compliance with applicable law.

The Partners

Sébastien Lechêne

Sébastien has spent 25+ years assisting multinational companies including 16+ years leading PwC in Equatorial Guinea (after spending several years in other African countries). He also assisted various clients in several other African countries (including OHADA countries, South Africa, Mauritius, etc.). He is a member of the AIEN.

He has assisted many major and junior energy companies throughout Africa (Exxon Mobil, Hess, Chevron, Marathon, Noble, Ophir, Glencore, CNOOC, PetroSA, Tullow, Weatherford, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, SBM, etc.) on a range of issues, such as drafting and negotiation of Oil & Gas agreements and transactions, tax planning, assistance during tax audits, analysis, registration of companies, the introduction of national partners, etc.

Javier Iñiguez

Javier has 15+ years of experience within the Oil & Gas sector.

He has assisted the main Oil & Gas operators and subcontractors in the Industry (such as Tullow Oil, Gunvor, CHC Helicopter, Tidewater, Baker Hughes, Ophir, Murphy Oil, Seacor, REPASA, GE Offshore Services, Halliburton, etc.) and specializes in the following areas:

Assistance in tax audits, tax planning, corporate restructuring and due diligence, negotiation and amendment of Contracts (PSCs, Umbrella Agreements), settlement of disputes, registration of companies, the introduction of national partners.

Cláudia Esteves

Cláudia has 15+ years of experience within International Law.

She has assisted many companies throughout Asia (China, Macau, Hong Kong) and Africa (Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) on a whole range of issues such as drafting, negotiation, and amendment of Contracts, analysis, registration of companies, corporate restructuring, and due diligence, the introduction of national partners, labour matters, insurance, etc.

Cláudia also has assisted Oil & Gas subcontractors in the Industry (Wellgear, Medilink International, TechnipFMC, CHC Helicopter, ABLE Instruments, Shermco Industries, etc.). Cláudia works in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English. She has an Accounting Certificate of the Finance Institution Centre in Spain and has completed postgraduate studies in Taxation (PIT, CIT, and VAT) at Universidade Europeia.