Recognised as the pre-eminent legal adviser to the North Sea, CMS Cameron McKenna has drafted many of the industry standard documents that have been adopted in the UK and exported around the world. Our dedicated team of oil & gas lawyers, the largest in the UK, has considerable experience of working on all aspects of oil and gas matters and projects, from production, processing, refining, trading, storage, transmission, distribution and right through to the point of sale.
An exciting place to work, the oil & gas industry is also challenging, dangerous and has far reaching effects on the environment we live in. From our experience and understanding of the industry and the issues that it faces, we know where the problems and pitfalls lie and are able to guide you through them. We have the strength and depth to undertake successfully the largest oil and gas projects worldwide.
Our clients come to us for advice on:
- Licences; concessions; PSCs
- Joint ventures; JOAs and UOAs
- Flotations, share issues and takeover offers
- Acquisitions and disposals – dealings in oil and gas company shares and assets, farm-ins and exchanges
- Drilling and other offshore service contracts
- Pipeline construction, transportation
- Construction and financing of FPSOs and production, refining and storage facilities; pipelines; IPPs and LNG projects
- Crude oil; gas and LNG sales
- Litigation and arbitration in the oil and gas industry
- Advising on continuing obligations and corporate governance for publicly quoted oil and gas companies
- Gas storage projects
- Health & Safety
View our practices in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.
