Jennifer Josefson has worked with companies across the energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sector on their international and cross-border transactions and projects in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa for more than 25 years. She regularly advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, joint operating agreements, power purchase agreements, concessions, production sharing agreements, farm-ins, supply agreements, and service agreements. Jennifer also handles the commercial agreements regularly used by energy companies for revenue generation, raw materials and feedstock inputs, and facilities operations and maintenance. Jennifer is admitted to practice in England & Wales.
Jennifer helps lead the development of international contracting standards for the energy industry through her work with the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN). She served as AIEN’s president from 2021 to 2022, leading both its name change from the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) to AEIN and the expansion of AIEN’s energy scope. She also previously served on AIEN’s board of directors, was a founding regional director of AIEN’s FSU/CIS Chapter, and was a co-chair of the AIEN 2019 Model Farmout Agreement Revision. As a standing AEIN faculty member for more than 10 years, Jennifer regularly conducts AIEN’s international oil and gas contracting training courses: the Short Course and the Core Course.
A member of the firm’s energy industry team, Jennifer is also active in the Hydrogen Working Group and is a co-leader of the International Energy and Projects Working Group. She is fluent in English and Russian.
Upstream Oil & Gas
Downstream Oil & Gas / Liquefied Natural Gas
Power and Renewables
Metals and Mining
Infrastructure
Legacy Award, Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN) (2024)
Recommended, Oil, Gas and Natural Resources, United Arab Emirates,The Legal 500 EMEA (2024)
Global Leader, Energy–Oil & Gas and Energy–Power/Electricity, Who's Who Legal (2021)
Best of the Best (Top 30), Energy and Natural Resources, LMG’s Expert Guides (2020)
Band 1, Energy & Natural Resources, Chambers Europe (2020, 2021)
Band 1, Energy & Natural Resources, Russia, Chambers Global (2020–2022)
Recommended, Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Oil and Gas,The Legal 500 UK (2021, 2024)
Highly Regarded, M&A, Project Development: Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas, IFLR1000 EMEA (2021, 2022)
President (2021–2022) and Member, Association of International Energy Negotiators