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Paula Kidd

Partner

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
6 Queens Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4ZT
United Kingdom
Languages English

Paula is a partner in the Oil and Gas Department.

With more than 450 energy and climate change lawyers, including over 100 partners, the CMS Energy and Climate Change practice is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Led from its centres of excellence such as London and Aberdeen, the practice works across 75 offices globally. Building on 40 years of experience advising on power, oil & gas and renewables through to energy disputes, emerging areas and Energy Transition, CMS is uniquely placed to ensure clients receive advice best suited to their commercial needs and to our collective future.

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"Paula is excellent. She's well-informed and gives comprehensive advice."

Chambers, 2024

"She's an excellent lawyer. She's knowledgeable and could do this work any day of the week."

Chambers, 2024

"Paula is pleasant to work with, gets into the weeds and is a very serious player to engage with."

Chambers, 2024

"Paula will always go the extra mile. She's also very diligent and thoughtful in her advice.

Chambers, 2023

"She is very pragmatic to deal with and really knows her stuff. She's a star of the future."

Chambers, 2023

"She's very approachable and delivers pragmatic and incisive advice."

Legal 500, 2020

"pragmatic, professional and approachable."

Chambers, 2019

'responsive and diligent'

Legal 500, 2018

Education

  • 2008 – Dip.L.P., University of Aberdeen
  • 2007 – LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen 
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22/05/2024
CMS Contracting Update - Facing Future Risks
 Join us for a half-day conference where we will consider a wide variety of issues relevant to in-house legal representatives and those in the wider business who are involved in contract drafting and management – including an opportunity to network with your peers and get some CPD hours logged early in the year!   The event will focus on areas to bear in mind when considering contract terms in the offshore industries, to ensure your contracts appropriately address future risks that may impact your project or schedule.  We are confident this will be time well spent for all of those working in the sector, no matter the size or scope of their business.   The event will conclude with a lunch for all attendees, providing an opportunity to net­work.   There is no charge to attend the conference, and spaces are available on a first come first served basis so we encourage early registration.  Can we ask you to register by 26 April 2024 at the latest.  
12/04/2024
NSTA releases much needed guidance on measurement of carbon dioxide and...
The North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”) is responsible for offshore carbon storage licensing and permitting in relation to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Following the successful initial carbon...
09/04/2024
Core fuel sector resilience in the UK: the role of Part 12 of the Energy...
On 11 January 2024, a new set of requirements came into force, focussed on the downstream transport fuel industry, and designed to ensure core fuel sector resilience in the UK, in particular that (i)...
28/03/2024
Towards Net Zero: The OGA Plan
The NSTA has, for the first time, introduced an OGA Plan, setting out its views as to how the UKCS oil & gas industry should meet the obligations in the OGA Strategy that require relevant persons to carry...
27/02/2024
NSTA Consultation on Carbon Storage Data
In 2023, the UK’s first carbon storage licensing round led to the award of 21 offshore carbon storage licences. A handful of licenses had been awarded prior to the licensing round, so that there are...
26/01/2024
A “Move” to Annual Oil and Gas Offshore Licensing Rounds - The Offshore...
Under the recently introduced Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill (the Bill), the North Sea Transition Authority (the NSTA) would have a new obligation to invite applications for new seaward area (oil and...
23/01/2024
Key oil and gas provisions of the Energy Act 2023 become effective from...
The Energy Act 2023 (the “Energy Act”) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. The Energy Act has been years in the making and represents a significant step in the UK's efforts to achieve net zero...
23/01/2024
OEUK Decommissioning Security Agreements – Default Provisions
It is crucial to the operation of the arrangements set out in decommissioning security agreements (“DSA”) that parties post the required security within the timelines set out in the DSA as well as...
22/12/2023
Energy Act 2023: creative licence – overview of carbon dioxide and hydrogen...
Following our general update on the enactment of the Energy Act 2023 (EA23), this article looks in a little more depth at Parts 1 and 3 of EA23 regarding the new licensing regime for the trans­port­a­tion...
19/12/2023
Meeting the Decommissioning Challenge in Southeast Asia
Following on from our previous Law Now on the decommissioning regime in the UK (see our Law-Now here and here, this Law-Now considers the issues and challenges facing the offshore decommissioning sector...
09/11/2023
The Energy Act 2023
The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) received Royal Assent on 26 October 2023, and represents a significant step in the UK's efforts to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The Act introduces measures to support...
03/11/2023
OEUK DSA – Calculation and Payment of Licensee’s share of De­com­mis­sion­ing...
Parties to decommissioning security agreements are likely to be entering into an important phase of the typical process contained in these agreements. This year in particular, due to high inflation (and...