LAWYER PROFILE

Brian Hemming

UK 2026

Burness Paull

Ranked in 1 practice area

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas

Scotland

10 years ranked

About

Provided by Burness Paull

Career

Brian is a legal consultant in Burness Paull's Exploration and Production division with over 25 years’ experience working as a lawyer in the upstream oil & gas sector, including 18 years spent in in-house roles with Elf Exploration, Conoco, Kerr-McGee and Maersk Oil.

He is a qualified solicitor experienced in the management of the Legal, Commercial, Contracts and Business Relations functions. Having served as Company Secretary, he is well experienced in the proceedings of Boards of Directors. He was also a Chairman of the Oil & Gas UK Legal Sub-Committee between 2007 and 2009, during the time when many of the UK industry model form agreements were published.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas - Scotland

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Brian Hemming handles a plethora of upstream oil and gas mandates, including corporate transactions and reorganisations.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Brian has strong upstream oil and gas knowledge. He's very easy to deal with and is pragmatic in his approach.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Brian provides excellent service in all regards and has enormous experience in oil and gas matters.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Brian goes to great lengths to advocate for his client even when there is pushback.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Brian is a hands-on technical lawyer and a good, safe pair of hands.
Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & GasChambers Guide to the Legal Profession