Ashurst advising Amerisur Resources on sale to GeoPark Colombia
Law firm Ashurst is advising Amerisur Resources on its £242 million ($313.1 million) offer for the company by GeoPark Colombia, a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoPark Limited.
Amerisur is an AIM-quoted independent oil and gas company focussed on production, development and exploration activities onshore Colombia. It has a strategic position in the underexplored Putumayo Basin covering 11 operated blocks, which include Put-9, Mecaya, Teracay and Tacacho, in which it is an operator in a 50/50 partnership with Occidental.
GeoPark is NYSE-listed, independent Latin American oil and gas company with assets and growth platforms in Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador.
The Ashurst team is being led by corporate partner Tom Mercer, assisted by senior associate Maria McAlister and associate Kiara De Silva, as well as head of incentives Nicholas Stretch and senior associate Rebecca Servian.