Work Department

Energy, Oil and Gas

Position

Kenny Paton is Head of Oil & Gas for the Middle East and Counsel in the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure practice in Dentons' Abu Dhabi office. He is a senior oil and gas lawyer with over 25 years' experience across the oil and gas value chain globally, particularly in the North Sea, Africa and the Middle East having worked both as in-house counsel as well as in private practice for international law firms in London, Aberdeen and Cape Town.

Kenny acts for both the private sector, governments and NOCs in upstream, midstream and downstream projects with a particular focus on gas developments and associated domestic utilization and LNG and petroleum import/export projects.

Education

University of Dundee, 1996, Diploma in Legal Practice

University of Dundee, 1995, LLB (Hons)