Greg Gordon joined the School of Law as a lecturer in 2004 after a period working in Aberdeen and London as a solicitor specialising in litigation, primarily in the oil and gas sector. He became a senior lecturer in 2011 and Professor Law in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Prof Gordon is the Head of School. He previously served as Deputy Head of School and as the Co-Director for Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law.
Prof Gordon’s principal teaching and research interests are in energy law (particularly upstream oil and gas law), delict/tort and commercial contracting.
Prof Gordon is an editorial board member of the Stair Memorial Encyclopedia, a Board member of SULI and a Trustee of the TB Smith Memorial Trust.
Board Member, SULI Editorial Board Member: Stair Memorial Encyclopedia Member, IIUM Law Journal International Editorial and Advisory Committee Visiting Lecturer and Fellow, Wuhan University (2018) Visiting Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore (2016 & 2020) Visiting Lecturer, Louisiana State University (2015)
Prof Gordon currently co-ordinates and/or teaches on the following the courses:
Undergraduate
Level 1: Delict and Unjustified Enrichment
Level 2: Business Law (in Aberdeen and Qatar)
Level 3: Energy Law
Level 4: Civil Liberties
LLM
The North Sea Energy Law Programme (4-seat professional masters programme delivered in conjunction with the Universities of Groningen, Oslo and Copenhagen) Contracting in Hydrocarbon Operations
Legal Principles (Distance Learning) Cooperative Oil and Gas Contracts (Distance Learning) Risk Allocation in Oil and Gas Service Sector Contracts (Distance Learning)
MSc
Legal Issues in Decommissioning Operations: Regulation (online and on campus) Legal Issues in Decommissioning Operations: Commercial (online and on campus)
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends
Gordon, G. W. (ed.), Paterson, J. B. (ed.), Usenmez, E. (ed.)
Dundee University Press, Dundee. 632 pages
Books and Reports: Books
Oil and Gas Law on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf: Current Practice and Emerging Trends
Paterson, J., Gordon, G. W., Usenmez, E.
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. Paterson, J., Gordon, G., Usenmez, E. (eds.). Second edition. Dundee University Press, pp. 1-13, 13 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
R (on the application of Prudential) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax: Qualified Legal Professionals in a Privileged Position
Gordon, G. W.
British Tax Review, vol. 2011, no. 1, pp. 73-81
Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
Review of 'Precontractual liability in European private law'. Ed by John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org), The Common Core of European Private Law, 2008. xxvi + 508 pp. ISBN 9780521516013. £85.
Gordon, G. W.
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 526-527
Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
Oil and Gas Law Current Practice and Emerging Trends: 2nd edition. Gordon, G., Paterson, J., Usenmez, E. (eds.). 2 edition. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 111-136, 26 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. Gordon, G., Paterson, J., Usenmez, E. (eds.). 2nd edition. Dundee University Press, pp. 443-497, 55 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters