Oil & Gas

The oil and gas industry presents significant and varied challenges to industry participants. Our familiarity with the issues and varied legal experience enables our firm to give clear, informed legal advice together with practical solutions for complex projects, single transactions, regulatory compliance or dispute resolution. Our goal is to bring together attorneys to provide integrated advice based on expertise from across the various disciplines.

We have an understanding of the technical issues unique to (1) oil and gas developments, financings, acquisitions, development agreements, operations, trading of oil and gas, and sales and transportation agreements; (2)  refineries and other processing facilities; (3) gas storage; (4) natural gas gathering systems and (5) oil and natural gas pipelines.

In addition to assisting clients with large acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, financing transactions and construction projects, we also support our oil and gas clients with day-to-day operational matters, leasing arrangements, drilling contracts, JV disputes, restructurings, assignments, operating agreements, tax issues, development agreements and participation agreements.