Oil & Gas Lawyers Scotland

That experience gives us a deep understanding of our clients’ commercial imperatives and the drivers and risks within the oil and gas sector. Our oil and gas lawyers advise on all aspects of offshore and onshore activity, both in the UK and internationally, and our ability to provide expert advice to both upstream and service sector clients sets us apart from our competitors.

Brodies extensive industry experience has earned them a formidable reputation in the oil and gas sector not only locally but internationally.
Legal 500 UK 2025

We specialise in all legal aspects of the oil and gas sector's activities – from start-up and exploration through the drilling and production phases, to decommissioning, with significant experience in corporate/asset acquisitions and disposals and related diligence exercises. We provide a wide ranging level of services to our oil and gas clients, from ad-hoc advice on everyday issues, like execution deeds and general contractual queries, to strategic and transformational matters including mergers and acquisitions.

As experienced corporate solicitors, we understand the impact that factors such as entering new regions, technological advances, environmental considerations and attracting new investment can have on your business. In addition, our clients also benefit from Brodies’ breadth of legal expertise, which complements the oil and gas team’s specialist sector knowledge, in areas such as regulatory, shipping, health and safety, competition law, IP/IT and employment.

Brodies LLP provides us with a one stop shop to all of our Oil and Gas and related legal services. They provide a professional, proactive, understanding service and always with a can-do attitude to any issues we have. They work totally collaboratively with us and we see them as an integral part of our team. Their personnel are extremely knowledgeable, experienced and always provide a professional, timely, friendly service.

Legal 500 UK 2025

I am always amazed by Brodies service levels. I do not feel I ever need to chase for anything, its responses are returned so quickly.

Chambers UK 2025

With Brodies practical knowledge of the oil and gas industry, it always provides a well thought-out solution even for our most sophisticated matters.

Chambers UK 2025

The Brodies team works with a very 'in-house' mentality. It understands the advice you need and the speed you need it in.

Chambers UK 2025

Oil & Gas key highlights

Brodies acted as sole external legal adviser to Japex E&P UK Limited in relation to all legal issues relating to the development of the Seagull discovery, including strategic and regulatory advice. This development is important to Japex because it is its first UKCS development. It also received the Oil & Gas UK MER UK award, which recognises innovative and sustainable ways to maximise economic recovery from the UKCS.
Our team has more than 100 years’ combined experience working with, and for, oil and gas clients.
15 specialist oil and gas lawyers based in Aberdeen and focused exclusively on all aspects of oil and gas legal work.
Our energy academy is a unique programme of informative and relevant seminars, providing legal updates and practical information within the energy sector - click here to find out more.
Brodies is a member of the international network of experts Energy Law Group. The Energy Law Group (ELG) is the most extensive network of experts in energy, mining and natural resources law in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

ELG membership

We are a member of the international network of experts Energy Law Group (ELG), the most extensive network of experts in energy, mining and natural resources law.

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