Oil and Gas.
We came to energy from inside it. The practice is corporate and transactional, informed by years spent in a national oil company's legal function.
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There are two ways to learn an industry. One is to advise it. The other is to work inside it.
The firm's sector knowledge was built inside a national oil company's legal function. That is where you learn what an internal approval actually requires, how long it takes, and which points a counterparty can concede and which it cannot. It is not the same as having advised on a transaction from the outside, and in this sector it is more useful.
The practice itself is corporate and transactional, with a dispute strand running down the contracting chain. Acquisitions and joint ventures involving energy businesses, entity structuring, the commercial agreements that hold them together, and the payment and contractual claims that subcontractors and suppliers bring us. Narrower than the sector as a whole, and we would rather say so.
“Knowing what a counterparty's internal approval requires, and how long it will take, is worth more here than knowing the market precedent.”
There are two ways to learn an industry. One is to advise it. The other is to work inside it.
The firm's sector knowledge was built inside a national oil company's legal function. That is where you learn what an internal approval actually requires, how long it takes, and which points a counterparty can concede and which it cannot. It is not the same as having advised on a transaction from the outside, and in this sector it is more useful.
The practice itself is corporate and transactional, with a dispute strand running down the contracting chain. Acquisitions and joint ventures involving energy businesses, entity structuring, the commercial agreements that hold them together, and the payment and contractual claims that subcontractors and suppliers bring us. Narrower than the sector as a whole, and we would rather say so.
“Knowing what a counterparty's internal approval requires, and how long it will take, is worth more here than knowing the market precedent.”
Where this sector meets our practice.
§ Practice register · Sector 03Corporate & Transactions.
- Corporate CommercialThe supply, services and framework agreements beneath every venture.
- Cross-Border M&AAcquisitions and disposals across the energy supply chain.
- Free Zone StructuringOnshore, free zone and holding arrangements for licensed businesses.
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