Oil & Gas

Oil & Gas

OIL & GAS

Our oil and gas lawyers have advised clients worldwide for over three decades in every aspect of upstream, midstream, and downstream services.

We act for global corporations, governments, state-owned companies, sponsors, private equity funds, independents, mid-market entities, and lenders. Our sector-specific insight and local coverage are available worldwide and cross-border.

Our legal services include strategic advice on planning, development, financing and permitting, and in legislative, political and regulatory matters. In commodities, we represent clients who trade, finance and transport crude oil and refined oil products, natural gas and natural gas liquids, and LNG.

In the oil sector, our upstream experience includes licensing and concessions, exploration and extraction, farm-ins/farm-outs, and joint ventures. We advise on the acquisition, disposal and decommissioning of interests and assets; due diligence; investigations; financing, cash-calls, security structures over oil assets, and trading and shipping. Our work also includes offtake of production and sale of products, lifting and transportation, storage, and through-putting.

In gas, we advise on the construction, financing and operation of pipelines, tank farms and refineries, in sales and handling, CNG, and the import and export of LNG. We are particularly aware of natural gas as a key transition fuel in decarbonizing the sector and its role in achieving energy security. We advise worldwide across the LNG supply chain, including upstream exploration, production, liquefaction, tenders, sales and shipping, regasification terminals, downstream sales and transport.

Our lawyers have previously advised Exxon, ENI, Total, Trafigura and various regional and national oil companies on Oil & Gas matters.