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International and Comparative Oil and Gas Law
Professor John Paterson is Chair in Law at the University of Aberdeen. He is a member of the Centre for Energy Law and directs Aberdeen’s involvement in the North Sea Energy Law Programme.
His research interests include systems theory, the regulation of risk, governance in the EU, corporate governance and energy law. He has been involved in a number of international projects in research, teaching and capacity building. He has provided specialist training in oil and gas law and corporate governance for the corporate sector, expert advice in international arbitration, and consultancy to international organisations. He is series editor (together with Professor Julian Webb) of the Law, Science and Society series published by Routledge-Cavendish. He is co-editor of Oil and Gas Law in the UK: Current Practice and Emerging Trends (3rd ed., 2 vols, 2018).