Oil & Gas
Oil and gas exploration and production has been a major contributor to the Scottish and UK economy for more than 40 years.
Continuous evolution in the upstream and midstream sectors requires flexibility and innovation in every discipline to ensure the successful, profitable development of projects on and offshore – from engineering to health and safety, and legal and professional services.
Stronachs’ specialist oil and gas team, a highly respected group of energy-focussed legal practitioners, has built a reputation for delivering dynamic, high-value, cost-effective legal services to organisations ranging from upstream operators to niche technology developers throughout the industry.
We have significant experience in acquisitions and disposals; bank, corporate and private equity funding; and complex contractual negotiation in the UK, Europe, the Americas, Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. We also have experience working in-house at operators, which gives us a clearer understanding of our clients’ needs and business drivers.
Our lawyers have both the capability to work with legal and commercial teams at every level of the operator and service company landscape, including operators, finance institutions and other professional firms acquisition and disposal work and with operators on projects as part of a team. We also have the ability to provide advice to companies with no dedicated in-house capability.
We act for a number of upstream energy and gas companies, including Harbour Energy, Dana Petroleum, TotalEnergies, Black Sea Oil & Gas, Ithaca Energy, Seplat Resources, EnQuest, Petrofac and CNR.
We also work with a wide range of companies in the supply chain, including Weatherford, Global, ADC Energy, Orion Engineering, Target Energy Group, Cameron DES Operations, Peterson (UK), DOF Subsea, AquaTerra Energy and Rotech Subsea.
The Stronachs team is ranked in the Legal 500 in Oil & Gas (2026) and by Chambers & Partners in Oil & Gas (2026), noting our “deep knowledge for any topic related to oil and gas”.
Our team has produced a number of major publications on the energy sector. The three-volume Technical & Legal Guide to Global Hydrocarbons and the Technical and Legal Guide to the UK Oil & Gas Industry are available from Aberlour Press.
Experience
Acquisitions and Disposals
Including the purchase and sale of upstream energy companies, and more than 50 oil and gas fields with deal values aggregating billions of dollars.
Exploration and Appraisal Drilling
Acquisition of licences in the UKCS, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, work on UKCS and international drilling campaigns, and shale gas exploration.
Development and Production Projects
Advising small and major energy operators on field developments including construction, transportation arrangements, FPSO contracts, facilities management contracts and product sales.
Decommissioning
Advising international companies on decommissioning issues (including decommissioning security issues) and the resolution of decommissioning disputes.
Dispute Resolution
Advising operators on a wide range of matters from joint venture disputes to regulatory matters.
Technology
From concept, through the protection of intellectual property rights and licensing and confidentiality agreements, FEED, contract negotiation and financing to business sale.
Corporate Finance
Including raising private equity, AIM and ISDX listings, company investments, international and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
General Due Diligence
We have produced more than 60 due diligence reports on oil/gas assets and companies and have carried out many contract reviews.
Key Contacts
To make an enquiry, please contact a member of staff below or call 01224 845 845
James Muir
Robert McDiarmid
Patrick Norris
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Corporate strength underpins Stronachs’ latest Legal 500 success
The firm has once again been recognised across multiple practice areas in the Legal 500 UK 2026, with rankings for corporate, energy, private client, dispute resolution and agriculture.