The Bowman Gilfillan Oil and Gas practice group is founded on 50 years' combined experience in the oil and gas industry. We have a unique knowledge base that covers the full legal spectrum of energy and related matters for both emerging and established clients. Our specialist knowledge in this area is supplemented by our capacity to draw on a vast network of multidisciplinary experts in order to meet the varied needs and requirements of our clients.

Based in South Africa, we render our services to both private individuals and corporations, local or foreign. Our practice has gained unique and wide-ranging experience in providing legal services and advice to clients doing business in Africa.

We make a point of understanding our clients' needs and learning about their service requirements.

We are dedicated to the delivery of legal services with an unwavering commitment to the principles of integrity, excellence and professionalism.

the team

The core Oil and Gas practice group, coupled with its highly trained and efficient support network, comprises Lizel Oberholzer (partner), Megan Adderley (associate), Clarissa Molteno (consultant) and Noel Tunbridge (consultant and attorney).

The practice forms part of a team of legal specialists, including: corporate, tax, litigation, maritime and transport, employment, real estate and conveyancing, amongst others. Our unit creates synergies that enable us to provide clients with a full spectrum of legal services and the latest trends and developments in each practice area.

Our comprehensive experience, the relationships that we've developed in the energy sector, and our focus on commercial business realities, make our practice a clear choice for your legal service requirements.

our commitment

We believe that it is our dedication and experience in meeting our client’s needs that attracts people and their business to Bowman Gilfillan. This is reinforced by our commitment to:

• Provide legal services of the highest caliber, promptly and diligently
• Provide effective practical solutions and opinions to legal issues and disputes that arise, having due regard to the commercial realities that exist
• Negotiate and conclude transactions in the best interests of our clients at all levels with varying content, both nationally and internationally
• Provide accurate information that facilitates the proper conclusion, implementation, management and administration of all contracts.

areas of practice

Bowman Gilfillan offers legal services in support of inter alia the following:

• Mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and joint operating agreements
• Host government contracts
• Applications for the grant of mineral and petroleum rights
• Offshore drilling and drilling support services
• Engineering, procurement installation and commissioning of oil and gas production facilities
• Logistical services, anchor handling and supply boats, diving support vessels and towing vessels, helicopter services, clearing and forwarding services, transportation (onshore and offshore)
• Seismic acquisitions, processing and re-processing
• Purchase and sale agreements
• Statutory and regulatory compliance
• Acquisition and disposal of mineral and petroleum rights
• Environmental and health and safety compliance
• Business establishment and business structuring
• Empowerment defining and initiatives
• Sale and transfer of existing businesses
• Aligning businesses with the principles of good corporate governance and labour relations
• Compliance with government procurement requirements and commercial tendering processes
• Corporate secretarial services
• Establishment of internal policies and procedures relating to contract management
• Risk management through contracts and insurance
• Due diligence investigations and reports

Contact Bowman Gilfillan for expert advice from a professional oil and gas attorney.