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Natalie Haefner

Associate

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Natalie Haefner

Associate

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

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

Having spent a year in the team during her traineeship, since qualifying in August 2020, Natalie has assisted the team with managing and resolving disputes for the oil & gas industry (for example, joint venture disputes, company/contractor disputes and providing advice on regulatory matters) and for the construction industry (for example, payment disputes and delay and defective work claims).

Natalie has also taken an active role in both diversity & inclusion initiatives and corporate social responsibility initiatives within CMS. Natalie is currently 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 as an English tutor for The Access Project.  

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. 

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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)).
  • An oil & gas company in relation to an additional costs claim, as a result of restrictions that arose in respect of Covid-19, from its contractor.
  • An energy company on withdrawal from joint operating agreement and transfer of operatorship under a joint operating agreement.
  • An oil & gas company on a dispute regarding the correct cost allocation of emissions allowances under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in terms of the Processing and Operating Services Agreement in place between the parties.
  • Oil & gas operators in relation to environmental protestors planning, including by way of emergency court orders.
  • Insolvency in the supply chain/payment disputes: drafting responses to correspondence from creditors and seeking instructions from the client on a daily basis. Providing ongoing support in relation to numerous demands/court writs for multi-million pound claims.
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Education

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

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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)...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
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...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
01/03/2024
ESG Reporting Requirements and Best Practices: NSTA Issues Open Letter...
The introduction into the NSTA Strategy in 2021 of obligations in relation to “corporate governance” raised questions as to the approach that the North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”) would...
Law-Now Energy & Climate Change
01/03/2024
“End user” combustion emissions – an essential requirement in environmental...
End-user combustion emissions, and the extent to which these should be considered in the context of industrial developments, have been the subject of recent attention in both the oil and gas industry...
Law-Now Energy Disputes
05/06/2023
North Sea Transition Authority exercises revocation powers in relation...
Since its inception the NSTA has highlighted the importance of “right assets, right hands” i.e. of ensuring that offshore petroleum licences are held by the right companies to ensure their development...
Law-Now Energy Disputes
04/10/2022
The Climate Change Checkpoint Design
In tandem with the North Sea Transition Deal (“NSTD”), aimed at supporting the UK’s oil & gas sector through a period of transition to decarbonise North Sea production and encourage the focus on...
Law-Now Sustainability
08/09/2022
NSTA’s new guidance on Supply Chain Action Plans
The North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA”) recognised early in its existence that the oil & gas industry’s supply chain has a key role to play in supporting delivery of its Maximising Economic...
Law-Now Oil & Gas
14/04/2022
NSTA issues open letter to licensees on ESG disclosure and reporting
A recent area of focus for the North Sea Transition Authority (“NSTA” – formerly the Oil & Gas Authority) has been corporate governance and a drive to high standards of compliance and governance...
Law-Now Sustainability
20/07/2021
Challenge to UK Emissions Trading Scheme dismissed
In R (Elliott-Smith) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and others [2021] EWHC 1633 (Admin), the High Court considered an application for judicial review challenging the...
Law-Now Oil & Gas