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Natalie is an Associate in our Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes team based in Aberdeen.

Natalie’s focus is on assisting energy and construction sector clients to manage and resolve disputes, with a particular focus on the offshore oil & gas industry (for example, joint venture disputes, company/contractor disputes and providing advice on regulatory matters) and the onshore construction industry (for example, payment disputes and delay and defective work claims). Her experience includes advising on high value litigation in both the Court of Session in Scotland and High Court in London, and in international arbitration. 

Natalie also takes an active role in both diversity & inclusion and corporate social responsibility initiatives within CMS. Natalie is a member of the CMS Women’s Network. Natalie has also been a volunteer for the Mock Schools Project, Legal Experts in Schools Programme and is currently volunteering at Social Bite.  

Natalie has also written case comments for the UK Supreme Court Blog, which is run jointly by CMS and Matrix Chambers and profiles all disputes which call before the UK Supreme Court, and regularly contributes to other CMS publications and articles. 

Relevant experience

  • JV dispute/removal: working as part of a close team on an expedited trial over a three-month period in the English High Court regarding the first contested removal in the UKCS of an operator under a joint operating agreement, in which our clients were successful (TAQA Bratani Ltd & others v RockRose UKCS8 LLC [2020] EWHC 58 (Comm)).
  • Equinor as an interested party in judicial review proceedings raised in the Court of Session (Scotland) by environmental campaigners in respect of the Rosebank development (Greenpeace and Uplift [2025] CSOH 10).
  • Waldorf CNS (II) Limited in High Court (London) proceedings regarding the interpretation of a royalty agreement and deductible costs related to North Sea petroleum production (Walter & Eagle v Waldorf CNS (II) Limited [2024] EWHC 3183 (Comm)). 
  • Shell in successfully obtaining interim injunctions to protect Shell Centre Tower, Shell Haven and all of Shell’s retain sites in England & Wales against protestor activity. 
  • A number of oil & gas companies on issues surrounding default and forfeiture of a joint venture partner under a joint operating agreement.
  • An energy company on withdrawal from joint operating agreement and transfer of operatorship under a joint operating agreement.
  • Advice in relation to core fuel security requirements as set out in Part 12 of the Energy Act 2023. 
  • A number of oil & gas companies in relation to NSTA investigations and enforcement actions. 
  • A contractor in a GBP 140m multi-party dispute in the Technology and Construction Court relating to significant defect claims arising out of the construction of a new hospital. 

Education

  • 2018 – Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
  • 2017 – LL.B (Hons.), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
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