David M. Blumental

Mr. Blumental’s representative experience includes advising: 

• A consortium of three Indian oil and gas companies, Oil India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, and Bharat PetroResources Limited, on the acquisition, from Rosneft, of a:

• 23.9% stake in JSC Vankorneft, which holds the Vankor Licenses in Eastern Siberia
• 29.9% stake in Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha, a Russia-based oil and gas exploration and production company

• Shandong Ruyi Technology Group on its acquisition of a majority stake in Groupe SMCP, a France-based global designer, distributor, and retailer of accessible luxury apparel
• Northern Heavy Industries Group on its acquisition of The Robbins Company, a designer and manufacturer of underground excavation construction machinery for boring tunnels
• AMER International Group on its acquisition of a minority interest in General Moly, a mineral company engaged in the exploration, development, and mining of molybdenum
• Newegg, an online retailer of electronic products, in an investment by Hangzhao Liaison Interactive Information Technology Co., Ltd.
• Sinopec on its C$2.9 billion acquisition of Daylight Energy Ltd., a Canadian oil and gas company traded publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange* 
• Sinopec on its acquisition of working interests in three deep water natural gas blocks offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia*
• CNPC International on its proposed US$2.1 billion acquisition of a private European company with oil and gas assets and operations in the North Sea and in several West African countries*
• Devon Energy Corporation on its US$2.5 billion sale of 1/3 working interest in five oil shale projects comprising 1.2 million acres covering the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, the Niobrara, the Mississippian, Ohio Utica Shale, and the Michigan Basin*
• CNOOC Limited on its acquisitions from Chesapeake Energy and investments of more than US$3.47 billion in US shale properties, including working interests in oil and gas leases covering over 1.4 million acres in the Eagle Ford Shale and the Niobrara Shale* 
• Singapore Petroleum Corporation on its US$223 million acquisition of an American company with interests in two oil and gas blocks in Bohai Bay, China* 
• BG International Ltd. on the negotiation of production sharing contracts for deep water blocks in the South China Sea*
• Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados, a pipeline operating company, on the negotiation of operating and lifting agreements for US$1.2 billion heavy crude oil pipeline and marine terminal in Ecuador* 
• Husky Energy and CNOOC on the negotiation of tie-in arrangements and natural gas transportation, processing, and handling agreements relating to a deep water development in the South China Sea*  
• Hess Corporation on unconventional oil and gas operations onshore China* 
• A US energy company on sale of its 50% share in a company owning interests in over 12 power plants in China, Taiwan, and Korea for approximately US$220 million* 
• Chinese steel and minerals company on its proposed acquisition of iron ore mining rights in Argentina and a proposed joint venture to own and develop uranium mining rights in Kyrgyzstan* 

* Matter handled prior to joining Latham