Addleshaw Goddard has a deep team in Aberdeen that provides a wide range of services to clients across the oil and gas value chain, with established strength in upstream M&A and commercial agreements. Group lead Fiona Kindness' knowledge and understanding of transactional issues is ‘first-rate’; she underpins corporate advice with deep-founded commercial acumen. David McEwing handles complex financings and M&A for a variety of upstream funders and corporates, and Paul Jones advises on domestic and cross-border mandates that span LNG, energy transition, and low carbon assets. Gemma Hills oversees private equity transactions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The thing that set this practice apart from others is their team! From the senior partner to all the associates and admin team, their collaborative support in getting our deal over the line was incredible.'

  • ‘The team puts a lot of effort into making the client feel as if they are the only client the business is dealing with. Access to the partner and associates was always easy and there were never any times when they could not be reached.'

  • ‘Special mention should go to Fiona Kindness. Fiona's knowledge and understanding of the issues was first class. There were never any times when she could not provide a concise and easily understood answer which was very good for us, due to the varying levels of understanding of legal matters. I would strongly recommend anyone to use Fiona in the future.’

Key clients

  • Waldorf Energy Partners Limited and its subsidiaries
  • TotalEnergies
  • bp
  • Dana Petroleum
  • INEOS FPS
  • Petrofac Facilities Management Limited

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Fiona Kindness

Other key lawyers

David McEwing, Paul Jones, Gemma Hills