Oil and Gas
The oil and gas sector continues to be crucial to all modern industrialised economies. Our specialist teams use their extensive expertise and experience to provide focused advice.

Our Oil and Gas team combines extensive sector knowledge with exceptional expertise in M&A, capital market, finance, share incentive, projects, litigation and regulatory to deliver a high-quality integrated service to a wide range of clients. With an outstanding track record in both major domestic and international upstream transactions, we can advise at every stage of the asset and corporate life cycle.

Our clients are mostly independents with very high potential for growth – explorers and producers with assets in Europe, Africa and beyond. We also advise a range of major midstream and service sector businesses operating in the UK.

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Colin Bathgate

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George Bruce

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Leonore Dupont

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Elaine Hunter

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Matthew Lamberton

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Ewan MacLeod

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Liz McRobb

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Deborah Miller

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Martyna Proczek

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Colin Robertson

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Alison Rochester

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Euan Small

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Why reforms to Scots Law are set to accelerate clean energy ambitions

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