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oil and gas law

Oil and gas is crucial to the way in which the world functions and it’s becoming increasingly important to hire an experienced and knowledgeable oil and gas attorney to deal with issues pertaining to the area of oil and gas law.

With a foundation of 53 years combined experience in oil and gas law and the industry as a whole, Bowman Gilfillan’s oil and gas attorneys have a unique knowledge-base that covers the full legal spectrum of energy and energy-related matters for both emerging and established clients. Our specialist knowledge in the oil and gas industry is supplemented by our capacity to draw on a vast network of multi-disciplinary experts. This allows us to meet the varied needs and requirements of our clients. An oil and gas attorney from Bowman Gilfillan can advise you on any issue pertaining to oil and gas law.

Based in South Africa and rendering services to both private individuals and corporations, whether South African or foreign, the practice has gained unique and wide-ranging experience in providing legal services and advice to clients doing business in Africa. Our oil and gas lawyers make a point of understanding our clients’ unique needs and learning about their service requirements. We are dedicated to delivering legal services with an unwavering commitment to the principles of integrity, excellence and professionalism.

our commitment

We believe that it’s our dedication and experience in meeting our clients’ needs that attracts people and their business to Bowman Gilfillan.

This is reinforced by our commitment to:
  • provide legal services of the highest calibre 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

our oil and gas law services

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, and onshore and offshore transportation
  • 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

the team

The practice, with its highly trained and efficient support network, is headed by Barrisford Petersen, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. He is supported by Lizel Oberholzer, an attorney, and Noel Tunbridge, a consultant and attorney.

The practice forms part of a team of legal specialists, including corporate, tax, litigation, maritime, transportation, employment, real estate or conveyancing. These specialists create synergies that enable the practice to provide clients with a full spectrum of legal services and information regarding the latest trends and developments in each practice area. Our comprehensive experience, the relationships that we have developed in the energy sector, and our focus on commercial business realities, make our practice a clear choice for your legal service requirements.

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

Recent Deals and Matters that Bowman Gilfillan has assisted companies in
Resource Generation

Acted for Resource Generation in relation to its secondary listing on the Main Board of the JSE. The listing will occur on 14 July. Resgen currently has a primary listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.

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Thanks to the efforts of our expert commercial attorneys, Bowman Gilfillan has received a range of prestigious awards
Chambers and Partners 2010 ranked us first in the following departments:

Competition/Antitrust

Corporate/M&A

IT & Telecommunications

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The Consumer Protection Act: The Duty To Register Names

The Consumer Protection Act sets up an extensive administrative structure for the protection of consumers, with numerous provisions dealing with the obligations that businesses have, and, also, actions that they may not take. One of the obligations that will apply is that a person providing goods or services to consumers will be allowed to conduct business only under specific names (section 79(1)). A number of scenarios are envisaged by Act.

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Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Transformation policy of Bowman Gilfillan
Bowman Gilfillan is involved in a continuous transformation process and in 2004 adapted a Transformation Charter.  The Transformation Charter was revised in 2008 with recommendations for the next 3 years.

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Pro Bono work by lawyers | attorneys in South Africa
Bowman Gilfillan is proud to be one of the first large commercial firms to develop and implement a comprehensive pro bono policy.  In accordance with this policy we pursue meritorious public-law cases and act for indigent clients in a number of ongoing matters.  As a responsible corporate citizen, Bowman Gilfillan encourages its practitioners to seek to provide legal services to deserving organisations and individuals on a pro bono (free) basis.  A number of pro bono matters have been taken on in a wide variety of fields, from education to healthcare and other social services and partnerships have been established with recognised public interest legal services providers such as the Legal Resources Centre and the Aids Law Project.

Bowman Gilfillan has also entered into an arrangement with CIDA City Campus, particularly in business subjects, in terms of which we prepare the lecture materials for, and present lectures to, their second year students.  We also provide CIDA with legal advice. All of this is done free of any charge, as part of our social responsibility programme.

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International links with Bowman Gilfillan
We are an independent corporate law firm with well established relationships with some of the leading law firms in the major financial centres of the world.
Bowman Gilfillan has formed an association with Coulson Harney Advocates, a corporate and commercial law firm in Kenya. The association provides Coulson Harney with a springboard for its involvement in legal advisory work around Africa.


 

In Association with Coulson Harney Advocates       Member of Lex Mundi - The World's Leading Association of Independent Law Firms       Member of Employment Law Alliance - Helping Employers Worldwide       We support The Global Compact
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