Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

• V&E’s energy practice is deliberately structured so that, in addition to complex and high-profile M&A transactions, financings and disputes, our energy lawyers also handle the day-to-day contractual, commercial and regulatory aspects of the industry, with the result that our lawyers are highly experienced and familiar with the national and international oil and gas and power industries and how they operate.  In our view this means that our lawyers have significantly more in-depth knowledge about the specifics of the energy sector than our typical competitors.  Similarly, our lawyers commonly spend extensive periods of time in the regions to which our work relates, such that our oil and gas lawyers are well-acquainted with the projects themselves and fully integrated with the local legal communities and knowledgeable regarding local legal and regulatory environments.

• We believe we have the pre-eminent practice in international upstream oil and gas transactions.  Our London lawyers are involved in a significant proportion of the largest and most complex energy deals to take place worldwide and our London energy partners are known as leading lawyers in their areas.  Alex Msimang is known as one of London’s leading lawyers in upstream oil and gas transactions, particularly those relating to Africa and Latin America.