Energy
Stronachs’ Energy Team understands the energy industry and the needs of those involved. Our expertise reaches beyond advising on black letter law and covers key aspects of the industry’s legal and financial landscape, its commercial practices and contracting structures.
Our dedicated team of energy practitioners advises all sizes of company from start-ups to international operators. Our work encompasses traditional upstream and mid-stream projects, field developments, operations, decommissioning, M&A, offshore or onshore wind, CCUS, hydrogen, technology projects and provision of advice to supply chain.
We are experts on issues in the UKCS and have acted for clients on projects across Europe, in Africa, the Americas, the Caribbean, Caspian, the Far East and the Middle East.
Our senior team have decades of experience, understand the issues, can identify the risks and can provide the advice you need.
From 2022 Chambers and Partners Legal guide “Stronachs provide a very professional service for both Scottish and English law issues and are very cost-effective. I have always found them very approachable, easy to work with and supportive.” – an impressed client, with Legal 500 carrying the testimonial “impressive breadth and depth of knowledge and understanding of oil and gas projects.”
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 and Gas Industry are available from Aberlour Press. For A Guide to New Energies, click here.
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 Drilling and Appraisal
Acquisition of licences in the UKCS, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, work on international drilling campaigns, and shale gas exploration.
Technology
From concept, through the protection of intellectual property rights and licensing and confidentiality agreements, FEED, contract negotiation and financing to business sale.
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). Chambers describes us as “top-notch for decommissioning”.
Corporate Finance
Including raising private equity, AIM and ISDX listings, company investments, international and multi- jurisdictional transactions.
Indemnities
Advising on directors duties, CVA’s, administrations, liquidations and enforcement of security.
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
Neil Forbes
Ross Gardner
Callum Armstrong
Patrick Norris
News & Insights
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.
Continued success for Stronachs in latest Legal 500 rankings
Continued success for Stronachs as top corporate lawyer recognised alongside others and firm ranked across several key practice areas.
Stronachs Corporate Partner shortlisted as finalist in prestigious Legal 500 Awards
Stronachs has announced that Callum Armstrong, Partner in the firm’s Corporate team has been shortlisted as ‘Rising Star of the Year’ in the Legal 500 Scotland Awards 2024.