Oil & Gas through and through. Now let’s drill down to the detail.

We have been immersed in oil & gas law since the industry’s inception in the North-East of Scotland, working with clients through the evolution of the sector and the peaks and troughs of the oil price cycle.

As the landscape of the industry continues to transform with the North Sea moving into the mature stages of its life cycle and the energy transition, we can help you and your business through what’s next for the sector. And with oil & gas lawyers in every discipline, we can support you with all your legal needs.

We work with clients across the globe including major oil companies, independents and new entrants; service sector companies and contractors in every segment of oilfield services; and banks and private equity investors. We also work closely with key industry bodies including the North Sea Transition Authority, Offshore Energies UK, The Net Zero Technology Centre, Global Underwater Hub, SDI and DIT.

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Areas of Expertise

Our oil & gas lawyers can provide you with a complete legal service including:

• asset acquisitions and disposals
• bespoke upstream agreements and service sector contracts
• field developments
• corporate mergers & acquisitions
• financing
• employment
• health & safety
• corporate crime
• regulatory compliance
• technology
• shipping & FPSOs
• renewable energy
• real estate
• dispute resolution services

Oilfield Services

We act for oilfield services companies, from niche independents to multinationals, in every segment of the industry providing transactional support, offshore contracting services and advice on industry funding and investment.

We have significant experience managing and undertaking complex and extensive due diligence projects, M&A transactions - both domestic and cross-border, corporate reorganisations and restructuring, as well as project management of corporate transactions in 'frontier' oil & gas jurisdictions.

We also advise on all aspects of offshore contracting. We know the market and can assist you in benchmarking your contractual terms against industry standards and to develop bespoke contractual terms and conditions which allows for greater certainty and effective risk mitigation.

We routinely advise our clients on contracts relating to construction, FPSOs, offshore supply (products and services), equipment hire, drilling (for contractors and operators), contractual management projects including training for contract teams working on procurement, fully outsourced supply-chain contract procurement projects, and decommissioning services agreements.

Exploration & Production

Our dedicated E&P legal team’s day-to-day involvement in upstream and midstream transactions means that we understand the commercial, operational and technical context of your business.

We regularly advise on the acquisition & disposal of upstream assets, farm-outs, share deals and the agreements needed to develop and operate a field. The in-house legal and commercial management experience of our lawyers ensures our advice is focused on what is important to you.

We also advise on the full range of supply chain and procurement agreements from FPSO construction, financing, leasing and services contracts, duty holding contracts for outsourced operations, to deferred payment arrangements including those triggered by first oil.

Our experience spans the globe with negotiations relating to Cameroon, Dubai, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Mauritania, Netherlands Niger, Norway and Romania.

We’re working with oil & gas businesses to build a sustainable future - we’d like to help you too.

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