Scope of Work
Oil and gas ventures rest on an interlocking web of contracts that spans the full life of the asset: from the grant of a concession or the conclusion of a production-sharing agreement, through development, drilling and operations, to decommissioning obligations at the end of field life. Every link in that chain carries legal, financial and technical risk that forgives neither improvised drafting nor hurried advice.
We advise and represent contractors, petroleum-services providers, investors and operating companies on matters including concession and production-sharing agreements, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, joint operating agreements, drilling and well-services contracts, and offtake and marketing arrangements, with a working command of the UAE regulatory framework and of each emirate's distinct authority over its hydrocarbon resources.
And when dispute arises over price adjustments, delayed performance or complex technical claims, we conduct it through negotiation, arbitration or litigation, with an understanding of the industry that precedes the legal argument and strengthens it.
What We Do
- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating concession and production-sharing agreements
- Petroleum-services agreements, EPC contracts and oilfield contracting arrangements
- Joint operating agreements (JOAs) and operator/non-operator relationships
- Drilling and rig-hire contracts, well services and offshore support
- Offtake and marketing agreements for crude oil, gas and petroleum products
- Farm-in and farm-out structuring and transfers of participating interests
- Decommissioning and site-restoration obligations, and the financial security behind them
- Local-content and in-country value requirements and sector regulatory compliance
- Energy disputes and arbitration, from contractual claims to complex technical matters
Our Approach
We begin where energy counsel should: with the asset itself, the field, the facility, and the contractual architecture that governs them, before turning to the text. Rigorous research precedes our opinion, and a candid opinion precedes any undertaking; we tell clients what the law and the contract's allocation of risk actually provide, not what they hope to hear.
Because the sector's contracts are usually drafted in English yet fall to be enforced before authorities and courts that work in Arabic, we operate in both languages to the same standard of precision, coordinating, where the matter requires it, with technical experts to build a file that holds in negotiation, arbitration and litigation alike.