Ledingham Chalmers welcomes back oil and gas experts

Aberdeen-based partners Laura Petrie and Uisdean Vass have joined Ledingham Chalmers from Womble Bond Dickinson. Mr Vass has also taken up the newly-created head of oil and gas position.

The new practice will advise upstream companies on a range of issues including contracting and regulatory matters such as acquisition, divestment and farm-in arrangements, as well as operational considerations and decommissioning.

Firm chairman and partner, Jennifer Young, said: “Uisdean is a well-respected oil and gas specialist with decades of experience practising in the UK and internationally; while Laura brings formidable oil and gas experience together with broad commercial abilities in areas including renewables, corporate and banking law.”

Both new partners have worked with Ledingham Chalmers before: Mr Vass, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and Louisiana State University, was a partner in the oil and gas team in 2003.

University of Aberdeen alumnus Mrs Petrie was a trainee in the firm’s Inverness office between 2004 and 2006.

A third new start, Laura Edmunds, joins the commercial litigation team in Aberdeen as a senior solicitor.