SALANS

James E. Hogan is the managing partner of the Baku office of the international law firm Salans.

Active in international practice since 1984, he has concentrated exclusively on corporate, commercial and natural resource matters relating to the CIS and Eastern Europe since 1988. He is particularly active in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of petroleum, mining and other natural resource projects in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and elsewhere in the CIS. His experience has included PSAs, service agreements, concessions, oil-field service and drilling contracts, licensing and pipeline and marine transportation issues, including the sale and transportation of LNG. 

His experience includes advising major international companies on investment strategies, the establishment of joint ventures and cooperation structures, project finance, infrastructure development, privatization, licensing and related tax, currency, customs, environmental, governance and other matters. He also frequently advises financial institutions, development banks and investment funds in the areas of investment and secured lending.

Mr. Hogan graduated from the University of Michigan (A.B. with distinction, in Russian and East European Studies, 1979), the Pushkin Institute, Moscow (1980‑1981) and the University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1984). He was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1984, qualified to practice in France as conseil juridique in 1991 and became an avocat admitted to the Paris bar in 1992. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Tax & Investment Center (ITIC) and is Vice-President and a Board member of the France-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and the International Bar Association.