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Position: Sector Head, Director
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
  • Women Leaders
Practice Areas:
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Oil and gas
Languages:
English
Biography

Megan Rodgers is a Director in the Corporate & Commercial Practice and the Sector Head of Oil & Gas. She holds a LLB degree and LLM degree (cum laude) from the University of the Western Cape. She is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and Women in Oil and Energy South Africa.

In 2008 Megan joined one of the leading commercial law firm and oil and gas practices in South Africa. By 2012, Megan joined a niche oil and gas practice in Cape Town and in April 2015 Megan joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr to start the oil and gas practice."

Recent transactional highlights
  • Lead legal advisor to Africa Energy Corp (TSX Venture: AFE) (Nasdaq First North: AEC) on its transfer of operatorship and a dual sale of an aggregate 62.5% stake in Block 2B South Africa ahead of the drilling of the Gazania-1 well.
  • Lead legal advisor to the National Oil Company of Namibia on its sale of a 39% participating interest in the Kudu Gas Field Namibia.
  • Lead legal advisor to Equinor on its transfer of a 60% stake in the East Algoa Exploration Block, South Africa.
  • Exclusive legal advisor to Eni on its upstream oil and gas activities in South Africa.
Key practice areas
  • Projects
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
Sector specialisations
  • Oil & Gas
  • Upstream M&A
  • Upstream Regulatory / Advisory
Association memberships
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
  • Women in Oil and Energy South Africa
  • Women in Upstream Petroleum South Africa
Bar admissions
  • South Africa
Academic qualifications
  • LLB, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA
  • LLM cum laude, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, SA
  • International Oil and Gas Law, AIPN USA
  • Drilling Essentials for Non-Drilling Professionals Offshore Skills Training Centre (OSTRAC)
  • Enrolled with the Legal Practice Council
Address:
Cape Town
Tel:+27 021 481 6429 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.cliffedekkerhofmeyr.com/en/people/megan-rodgers.html