TRANSACTIONAL
Transactions / Russia
Russia: Expanding Opportunities for Foreign Investment in Major Oil and Gas Deposits
Jennifer A. Josefson, Alexandra A. Kotlyachkova
Amendments to Russia’s Strategic Investment Law take effect in mid-December and should ease some of the current restrictions on foreign investment in the oil and gas superpower. More »

Corporate / London
Focus on Shale Gas in the UK: Current Developments and Regulatory Considerations
Nina Howell, Susanna Marshall, Khaled Dahlawi
The development of potential shale gas opportunities in the UK continues to receive increasing interest from energy companies looking to diversify. More »

Project Development / Middle East Finance
Project Bonds - An Option For Project Finance in the Middle East?
Rizwan H. Kanji, Lidia Kamleh
Given the prevailing economic climate, project sponsors should weigh a number of factors before incorporating project bonds into a project’s capital funding structure.
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Transactions / Latin America Practice
The Impact of the U.S. Secretary of State’s Sanctions on PDVSA
Vera de Gyarfas
U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s national oil company have not produced an immediate visible impact on U.S. companies with business related to Venezuela. More »

REGULATORY
Environmental
EPA Releases Final Hydraulic Fracturing Study Plan
Lynn Kerr McKay, Drew T. Bell
On November 3, EPA released its final Plan to Study the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources. The study will be EPA’s most extensive review of hydraulic fracturing to date. More »

Government Relations / Latin America Practice
Evolving Energy Relations between the United States and Brazil: Actions and Expectations from the Presidential Visits
Kendall W. Carter
Four principal areas of Brazil’s carefully-planned energy policy informed recent discussions between President Obama and President Rousseff. More »

DISPUTE RESOLUTION
International Arbitration
Energy Trading Disputes: Accompanying a Revolution
Louis-Alexis Bret
Energy traders’ moves into acquisition, ownership, and operation of large-scale assets have altered the landscape of energy trading disputes. More »

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December 2011

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