Team Background

Oil and Gas

Miras Legal team have provided legal support to local and international clients in the Oil & Gas industry for many years. We have successfully represented clients, in agency agreements, acquisitions of drilling companies, shareholder agreements, labor issues, product supply, variation orders and disputes between main and sub-contractors, liens and purchase of usufruct rights of industrial lands, and project finance.

Miras Legal was involved in a number of key projects, including assisting Saudi sovereign fund TAQA in its acquisition of Schlumberger drilling and represented ADES in its acquisition of a Kuwaiti drilling company.

One of our partners successfully represented a leading international Korean contractor on claims and counterclaims totaling more than USD 67 Million relating to the termination of soil remediation contract. 

One of our partners successfully represented a leading petroleum Kuwaiti company in a court case worth more than USD 30 Million, in which the first instance and appellate courts ruled to dismiss the claim related to non-incorporated JV agreement.