At Fieldfisher, our Europe-wide team of technically astute and commercially focused oil and gas lawyers with extensive international experience work for clients in the upstream, midstream, downstream and services sectors. We providing support across the full project cycle from oil and gas exploration and production, transportation and processing, refining, marketing, storage and sales to end of field life decommissioning.
Our team has genuine oil & gas sector expertise allied with strength and depth across all key disciplines. We are well-positioned in the energy transition, assisting our clients in carbon capture and storage (CCS) /hydrogen projects and working collaboratively across our wider energy sector offering on wind, solar and other renewable energy projects.
We
support clients in all aspects of the oil and gas industry including
anti-bribery, corruption and sanctions, banking and finance, capital markets,
competition, construction, cyber security, dispute resolution including
international arbitration, employment and pensions, environmental, health and
safety, IP/IT, joint ventures and operations, project development, mergers and
acquisitions, planning, project development, real estate, regulatory and tax.
Why choose our Oil and Gas lawyers?
We advise a broad range of clients, ranging from National Oil Companies (NOC), International Oil Companies(IOC), independents, commodity traders, lenders, private equity funders, investment banks, major international contractors and regulators.
With
complementary expertise in regulatory, insurance and risk transfer, and
contentious and non-contentious construction. Our oil and gas team help clients
tackle a multitude of legal challenges, no matter the size or complexity of the
issue.
Pragmatic and solution-focused, our specialist lawyers provide legal advice to management and in-house teams on upstream, midstream and downstream matters.
Our team have in depth oil and gas sector experience both on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and internationally. We are further supported by leading lawyers from Fieldfisher's corporate, projects and infrastructure, dispute resolution, banking and finance, cyber security, competition, environment, health and safety, insolvency, intellectual property, real estate, planning and tax teams.
Our
Paris office has a particular specialisation in the Organization for the
Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) laws of West and Central
Africa, while our CIS group comprises dual-qualified UK and CIS lawyers fluent in
English, Russian and other regional languages.
The Fieldfisher Gas Primer: A summary of the European Gas position
In this useful guide to the current gas situation across Europe, our experts have outined the variety of different positions adopted by Governments across the region to try and mitigate high prices for both consumers and wider industry.
Financing oil and gas: Finding funding amid the energy transition
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