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| Ms Clare Munro [More Info] Partner, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Brodies LLP Clare is head of the Energy & Infrastructure Team at Brodies. Clare has over 18 years' experience in the oil and gas sector and has worked extensively in-house as well as in private practice. As well as her wealth of experience in the UKCS she spent time abroad working on gas and LNG projects in Indonesia and China, and also has experience in Norway and the Netherlands. Clare has particular expertise in project development and transportation and processing agreements and decommissioning security arrangements as well as broad experience in corporate/asset acquisitions and disposals and related diligence exercises, joint venture issues, licensing, farm-ins and production sharing contracts. Clare is qualified in both English and Scottish law, is a Notary Public and a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators. Clare is ranked band 2 in Chambers & Partners. Clare was also identified as one of the prestigious ‘Hot 100’ lawyers in The Lawyer 2012. | |
| Valerie Allen [More Info] Senior Associate CMS Scotland Valerie specialises in commercial dispute resolution and contentious health and safety matters in the energy sector, and has been a member of the firm’s Energy team for over 12 years. She is dual qualified in both Scotland and England & Wales, and regularly advises on disputes in both jurisdictions and internationally. Valerie is experienced in working with energy industry operators and contractors on disputes at every stage - from risk management and claim prevention, through early and alternative dispute resolution to litigation and enforcement - and involving a wide range of circumstances, including in relation to: industry standard form contracts; joint operating agreements; claims for delay and disruption; payment terms and recovery; indemnity claims; supply chain insolvency; fatalities and serious injuries; protection of assets and property; disruption by environmental protestors; third party claims; “near miss” incidents; and damage to property. Valerie is also a trained mediator and has qualified as a Senior Investigator in the Kelvin TOP-SET route cause analysis system. She co-authored the Scottish chapter of the CMS Guide to Arbitration which was published in 2012. | |
| Mr Bob Cardno [More Info] Chartered Account and Tax Advisor Ernest and Young LLP Bob is a Director in EY's Aberdeen tax team. Bob has over 13 years of experience in North Sea oil and gas corporate taxation matters, dealing with areas ranging from acquisitions, disposals, corporate reorganisations and fiscal policy matters, to reporting and compliance issues. Over that period he has worked with a wide range of oil and gas companies, from start-up exploration businesses and independent exploration and production companies to majors. He also played a significant role in advising the oil and gas industry, through Oil and Gas UK, on the introduction of Decommissioning Relief Deeds in 2013. Bob is a Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Tax Advisor; in qualifying as a Chartered Tax Advisor, Bob won the John Wood Medal in recognition of first prize in the corporate tax specialist examination paper | |
| Mr Robert Ruddiman [More Info] Partner and Global Sector Head of Energy and Natural Resources Pinsent Mason Bob is a Partner and Global Sector Head of Energy and Natural Resources. He has particular experience in upstream oil and gas work having acted for exploration and production companies and service companies for many years. He is a regular speaker at industry events and recognised as "a leader in his field" by Legal 500 and Chambers. Bob has acted on a wide variety of projects and "deals" in the UKCS and overseas representing oil majors, independents, utilities, individuals, service companies, private equity houses and banks. Bob's wider power and electricity experience was gained initially during the privatisation of the UK electricity industry and more recently in the context of offshore renewables. Bob is an elected member of the Court of the University of Aberdeen and a member of the editorial board of the International Energy Law Review. | |
| Ms Anna Austin [More Info] Solicitor Pinsent Masons Anna is a solicitor based in Edinburgh. She advises on serious economic crime issues such as bribery, fraud, money laundering and economic sanctions as well as civil fraud and other regulatory crime. Her work includes advising in response to criminal allegations, advising on the conduct of internal investigations, investigations by the authorities and the defence of criminal cases involving DECC and HSE and advising on compliance issues. | |
| Ms Karin Weisenborn Weisenborn [More Info] Weisenborn-Linskaill Karin Weisenborn is an oil and gas lawyer with a master’s degree in law from Leiden University and a master’s degree in petroleum engineering from Delft Technical University. Karin has over 25 years international industry experience. After working as a production and reservoir engineer in the United States, the UK and the Netherlands for companies such as Shell, BP and Placid she graduated in law and became senior policy maker for the oil and gas department of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. In this role she was responsible for oil and gas licensing on the Dutch continental shelf and played a key role in the revision of the Dutch oil and gas legislation. Karin also was central to the UK-Netherlands cross-border negotiations leading to the Markham Treaty and initiated discussions with the DTI (now DECC) on the UK-Netherlands Framework Treaty on Transboundary Fields. Before establishing WL Karin was legal counsel for the Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Association (NOGEPA) where she represented the industry in discussions with the government that resulted in the new Mining legislation, the transition from Mining to Health and Safety legislation, various policy notes and industry guidance notes. | |
| Mr Chris Linskaill Linskaill [More Info] Weisenborn-Linskaill & Associates Chris Linskaill is a specialist oil and gas lawyer with over 25 years of international oil-field experience. Chris started in the business working with a major in geo-science and petroleum engineering, progressing to hold senior positions, including leading one of the UK’s largest offshore developments. He directed upstream and mid-stream technical, commercial and stakeholder businesses, and was responsible for overseeing company governance, opportunity realisation and financial robustness. Chris subsequently graduated in law from Edinburgh University, and now works with companies, both start-up and established players, assisting with opportunity identification, joint venture structuring, and transactional negotiations. His advice is also sought by investors, banks and equity providers for business assurance and risk assessment. As an upstream professional, Chris has travelled widely, having lived and worked across Africa, Europe, in South America, and in the Middle East. Chris, is a practising solicitor, and holds degrees in astro-physics, geophysics and law. | |
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