The team comprises Hugh Morrison, Patrick d'Ancona and Andrew Benbow.

"We are delighted to begin working for Genel. The company has enormous potential in its Kurdistan assets, and has a first-class management team looking both to develop these and capitalise on any acquisition opportunities in the Middle East and Africa," explained Patrick d’Ancona, head of M:Communications’ Energy Practice.

"We look forward to bringing our oil industry expertise to bear in supporting Genel's work in delivering on these goals. We believe this reinforces our position as the market-leading energy team with clients active across the industry’s whole spectrum including Statoil, Rockhopper Exploration, Dart International and Cape PLC."