Hill Dickinson LLP counts junior upstream companies, rig and oil infrastructure owners and financial institutions, in addition to ports and shipowners, among its key roster of clients. The group is steered by corporate partner Jonathan Morris, while Roderick Palmer, who formerly led the practice, handles supply contracts and sales, and charter agreements.

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Key clients

  • Dial Square Investments PLC
  • Ascent Resources PLC
  • Reabold Resources PLC
  • Antler Global Limited
  • Helium One Global Ltd
  • Upland Resources Limited
  • Tergeo Limited
  • Block Energy PLC
  • Reabold Resources PLC

Work highlights

  • Advised for Dial Square Investments PLC (now renamed Energy Pathways PLC) on its reverse takeover of Energy Pathways Limited, the admission of its enlarged issued share capital to the AIM market of the London Stock exchange and its connected placing.
  • Advising Ascent Resources PLC on the assignment of a beneficial interest in 49% of the net proceeds of its €656,500,000 energy charter treaty claim to a newly incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary for the purposes of ringfencing the proceeds of the claim for the benefit of Ascent’s shareholders.
  • Advised AIM-listed Reabold Resources PLC on the sale of its investee company, Corallian Energy Limited, to Shell UK Limited for £32,000,000.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jonathan Morris

Other key lawyers

Roderick Palmer