Oil & Gas / Energy Contracts
Scope of advisory
- Drafting and review of oil & gas sale and purchase agreements
- Spot and term supply arrangements
- Transportation, logistics, and delivery clauses
- Price, force majeure, sanctions, and termination provisions
- Risk allocation in cross-border energy trades
- Joint Operating Agreements (JOAs), including drafting and review, structuring of joint operations, allocation of risks and indemnities, operatorship and non-operator rights and obligations, coordination with contractors and service providers, and interface with lifting, sale, and transportation arrangements.
Common Engagement Contexts
- Energy traders
- IOCs, NOCs and local authorities
- Producers and suppliers
- Commercial intermediaries
Legal and commercial framework
- English law–governed contracts
- International energy trading practice
- Cross-border regulatory and contractual risk considerations
How the practice operates
We advise companies active in oil, gas, and energy markets on the drafting, review, and negotiation of predominantly English-law governed commercial agreements for cross-border energy transactions. Advisory work focuses on the contractual and commercial structuring of sale and purchase arrangements, transportation and delivery mechanisms, pricing and payment provisions, and the allocation of operational and legal risk across the transaction lifecycle.
Our practice is particularly oriented toward multi-jurisdictional transactions, addressing issues of applicable law, force majeure and sanctions risk, logistics and delivery terms, payment security, governing law, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution frameworks.
Services are provided on a non-reserved basis, focused on contractual clarity and transactional risk management.