Simmons & Simmons has advised India’s state-owned oil production giant on its $2.48bn (£1.61bn) acquisition of a 10% stake in an African gas field. 

ONGC Videsh (OVL), a subsidiary of the country’s largest oil exploration and production company ONGC, signed an agreement this week with Oil India to jointly buy a 10% share in the Mozambique LNG asset from Videocon Mauritius Energy, part of the Videocon Group.