Clare Munro > Brodies LLP > Aberdeen, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Brodies LLP Offices
Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
ABERDEEN
AB10 6SD
United Kingdom
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Clare Munro
Work Department
Oil and gas.
Position
Clare has worked in the Oil & Gas sector for over 20 years, both in-house and in private practice. She specialises in the UKCS but has worked on projects in China, Indonesia, the Netherlands and Norway as well as onshore projects in the UK.
Clare advises clients on all aspects of upstream work with particular expertise in M&A and project development work, and acts for a range of oil & gas clients from SMEs through to supermajors.
Career
Trained Ledingham Chalmers; qualified 1995; corporate assistant Paull & Williamsons 1995-96; in-house oil and gas legal adviser BP, Aberdeen, Indonesia, China 1996-2004; partner Ledingham Chalmers 2004, then taken over by McGrigors; partner Bond Pearce 2007; set up own consultancy company offering oil and gas legal services 2010; partner Brodies LLP 2011 to date.
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland; Law Society of England; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.
Education
Aberdeen Grammar School; University of Edinburgh (LLP Hons 2(1)); Aberdeen University (Diploma in Legal Practice).
Leisure
Walking, skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
(Leading individuals)A pre-eminent firm in the Scottish oil and gas market, Brodies LLP is considered a ‘go-to firm for any offshore oil and gas-related matters’ and in May 2023, it expanded its international offering by opening an office in Abu Dhabi. The ‘outstanding’ Clare Munro leads the team, bringing extensive experience in corporate oil and gas matters, including asset acquisitions and disposals and related diligence exercises. Greg May leads the firm’s service-sector offering and has over two decades of experience in the drilling sector, with considerable international project experience spanning Europe, North America and the Middle East. Rhona McFarlane has experience of all aspects of UKCS upstream and midstream work, including joint ventures, field developments and transportation agreements. Sonia Love left in December 2022 for an in-house role at TotalEnergies, while Bryan Wilson recently relocated to Abu Dhabi to play a key role in the firm’s new Middle East operation.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Scotland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Oil and gas Scotland > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Health and safety
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Investment funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Public sector > Parliamentary and public affairs
- Insurance > Personal injury: defender
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Health
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
- Employment > Pensions
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Projects
- Real estate > Social housing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport