Shepherd and Wedderburn delivers commercial and solution-focused advice enabling oil and gas clients to achieve their objectives, whether it be as a new entrant to the UK Continental Shelf or as a long established participant. Our Oil and Gas team is highly regarded for its knowledge of the issues facing companies operating in the industry in the current market, its ability to get up to speed on deals quickly, its grasp of technical and commercial aspects of transactions, and its provision of tried and tested, as well as innovative, solutions to the challenges faced by our clients. Indeed, the Chambers client directory describes the Oil and Gas team as "totally up to speed on oil and gas matters".

Internationally, we have worked with oil and gas operatives in countries as diverse as India, Norway, the USA and Canada.

Our team draws on specialists from throughout the firm, including experience from the following practice areas:  Banking; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Competition and Regulation; Construction and Special Projects; Corporate Finance; Corporate Tax; Employment; Employee Share Incentives; Energy; Media and Technology; Pensions; Planning and Environment; Property and Renewables.

Our oil and gas advice covers areas such as:

• Sale and purchase of onshore and offshore interests
• Development, exploration and construction contracts
• Supply and service contracts
• Joint ventures
• Production sharing agreements
• Fundraising and financing (and related security)
• Joint operation agreements
• Licensing
• Farm-in agreements
• Gas storage arrangements and
• De-commissioning
  

The following is a selection of our clients:

• Baker Hughes
• Bowleven
• BP
• Bridge
• Cairn Energy 
• DeepOcean
• Genesis Oil and Gas
• InterGen
• ITI Energy
• Marathon Oil
• Oceaneering
• Talisman
• Technip
• Total
• Transco
• Wood Group
• Xodus Oil and Gas
  

"This firm is well known as a high-quality and reliable source of counsel in oil and gas, coal and renewable energy mandates. Clients speak warmly of the firm’s 'knowledgeable and proactive' lawyers and explain that the practice projects a sense of profound 'experience and professionalism'.”
Chambers 2008