Practice Areas

The following are part from our pratice areas:

Legal Services for the Oil & Gas Industry

 

We provide our clients with efficient and innovative solutions to their commercial, legal, regulatory and structural challenges, including:

 

• Designing and implementing upstream oil and natural gas bid rounds, obtaining or granting access to upstream acreage, farm-ins and farm-outs, joint operating arrangements and advising on oil field service contracts.

• Project development and financing of large-scale field developments, including sponsor agreements such as project development agreements and drill rig, platform, service vessel and FPSO development and financing.

• Advising on partner evaluation and selection; shareholder, supply and sales agreements; utility, industrial gas and logistics agreements; and corporate and project financing arrangements.

• Natural gas, crude oil and product pipeline development and financing.

• Crude oil, natural gas, NGL, condensate, LNG, refined product and petrochemical product sales.

• Construction contracting using all forms of construction management contracts and appearing in a variety of arbitral and court jurisdictions in connection with construction disputes.

• Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, particularly in the upstream E&P, refinery and petrochemical sectors.

• Bank and capital markets financing transactions in international and regional markets to support working capital and other financial programs.

• Specialized subject-matter expertise, such as the impact of WTO and trade agreement commitments; assessments of antitrust and competition law; tax advice regarding structures and sales across various jurisdictions; and advice on employment arrangements, particularly in respect of executive employment.

• Arbitration and dispute resolution across a range of jurisdictions and legal systems involving sales contracts, antitrust challenges, upstream rights and related matters.

• Intellectual property, including evaluation and acquisition of technology licenses and obtaining patents and sales of technology.

 

 

Other services:

• Business & Commercial Law

• Company & Professional 

• Firm Startups

• Contract Drafting & Negotiation

• Immigration and Residency 

• Business Sales & Purchases

• Selling Your Business Safely

• Buying a Business Advantageously

• Shareholder Agreements

• Financing and Loan Workouts

• Licensing: Strategy, Negotiation & Agreements

• Contract Disputes and Litigation

• General Corporate Counsel

• Real Estate Law

• Employment Law: Terminations & Severance Arrangements

• Intellectual Property

• Trademark Registration & Protection

• Executive & Individual Estate Planning & Probate Administration

• Guardianships

• Litigation Avoidance & Cost Containment Strategies

• Counterfeit Goods & Seizures