Working with advanced energy and know-how businesses in the energy sector, HFI is a driving force for international business expansion in the Middle East region.
Working with advanced energy and know-how businesses in the energy sector, HFI is a driving force for international business expansion in the Middle East region.
Working with advanced energy and know-how businesses in the energy sector, HFI is a driving force for international business expansion in the Middle East region.
Working with advanced energy and know-how businesses in the energy sector, HFI is a driving force for international business expansion in the Middle East region.
Hugh Fraser International (HFI)
HFI is a legal and consulting services firm led by Hugh Fraser, a Scottish corporate/energy lawyer with over 30 years’ experience in the international energy sector. We are Middle East specialists supporting client ventures in an energy market valued at US$722 billion in the period to 2030.
Our focus is on ventures which combine advanced energy technology and know-how with opportunities in the key territories of the Middle East region including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar.
Our client solutions and services include international group structures, local partner ventures, technology transfer/local manufacturing ventures, and acquisitions & divestments.
Our clients are principally private equity-backed companies driving the energy transition and we are recognised as a trusted, market-leading independent practice with a proven track record of over 20 years of driving international ventures.
We have close connections with the Energy Industries Council (EIC), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), Global Underwater Hub (GUH), Society of Underwater Technology (SUT), the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute and the Net Zero Technology Centre.
Hugh’s career has spanned the Scottish power sector, the North Sea and international oil and gas industry as Group Head of Legal at John Wood Group PLC, Middle East Managing Partner of the USA law firm Andrews Kurth Kenyon and leading HFI as a market leader in the Middle East.
Hugh is a member of the GlobalScot “trade ambassador” network and holds the role of Global Ambassador for the Energy Industries Council, the UK's largest energy trade association.