John P Bowman

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John Bowman

HOUSTON
T: +1 713 751 3210
F: +1 713 751 3290

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Energy Representative Matters

  • Represented large European gas distributor in price redetermination arbitration with gas producer

  • Represented international oil company in disputes with national oil company over NOC’s right to renegotiate Production Sharing Contract and obligation to pay all taxes

  • Represented U.S. oil refiner in dispute with international oil trading company concerning operating issues relating to oil pipeline in Central America

  • Represented non-U.S. oil companies in disputes concerning JOAs for blocks in Colombia and Ecuador

  • Represented U.S. oil company in dispute with installer of offshore drilling and production platform

  • Represented oil field service company in dispute concerning project to construct floating production and storage barge

  • Represented major international oil company in disputes with promoter concerning Kashagan Field in Kazakhstan

  • Represented oil terminal operator in dispute with state oil company over Government’s seizure of terminal and termination of contract rights

  • Represented political risk insurer in regard to claims of expropriation by Latin American regulatory agency

Refinery and Petrochemicals Experience

  • Represented methanol producer in dispute with Host Government over new law allegedly giving state gas company a preferential right to purchase

  • Represented developer of software to optimize refinery output and petrochemical companies in disputes over technology licensing, plant construction and valuation, and supply agreements involving non-U.S. companies

  • Represented U.S. petrochemicals company in ICC arbitration with British Petrochemicals Company concerning license and supply agreements; seat of arbitration in London

  • Represented a U.S. petrochemical company in ICC arbitrations over licensing dispute; seat of arbitration in Zurich

  • Represented Brazilian petrochemical company in ICDR arbitration with Texas corporation over sale of methanol; seat of arbitration in Houston

  • Represented Malaysian petrochemical company in licensing dispute with U.S. petrochemical company; the arbitration was under the Rules for Arbitration of the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, and the seat of the arbitration was Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

International Arbitration Experience

  • Represented large independent oil company in UNCITRAL arbitration over national oil company’s obligation to pay all taxes; seat of arbitration in Geneva

  • Represented small independent oil company in LCIA arbitration with major international drilling company over existence of contract for jack up drilling rig; seat of arbitration in London

  • Represented major oil company in UNCITRAL arbitration with another major oil company over diversion of LNG shipments; seat of arbitration in New York

  • Represented U.S. oil company in AAA construction arbitration with installer of offshore drilling and production platform, offshore Trinidad

  • Represented oil terminal operator in ICC arbitration with state oil company over expropriation of contract rights, seat of arbitration in New York

  • Represented oilfield service company in ICC and AAA ICDR arbitrations regarding projects in West Africa, seats of arbitration in London and Houston

  • Represented European oil company in ICC arbitration over voting rights in JOA governing operations in Colombia; seat of arbitration in Brussels

  • Represented West African state-owned oil company in U.S. litigation concerning enforcement of Swiss arbitral awards

  • Represented distributor of medical devices in DIS arbitration with manufacturer; seat of arbitration in Stuttgart, Germany

  • Represented Taiwanese manufacturer of computer components in ICC arbitration against distributor; seat of arbitration in London

  • Represented Swedish oil company in ICDR arbitration with another Swedish oil company over valuation of oil and gas properties; seat of arbitration in Houston

  • Represented Latin American oil company in ICDR arbitration with Australian-owned company over triggering of preferential purchase right and right to remove operator in JOA; seat of arbitration in Dallas

  • Represented Latin American television network in a major ICC arbitration in Mexico City; the parties’ agreement was subject to Mexican law

  • Represented a German-owned pipeline inspection company in disputes with legal representatives in Colombia; arbitrations under Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission

  • Represented French, UK, and U.S. energy companies in ad hoc arbitration in JOA dispute with promoter concerning block in Ecuador; seat of arbitration in Houston
LANGUAGES
French - Reads oil and gas and arbitration French
Spanish - Reads oil and gas and arbitration Spanish

MEMBERSHIPS
Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Texas State Bar Section of Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law
College of Commercial Arbitrators, Fellow
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow, London
University of Texas, Center for Energy, International Arbitration and Environmental Law, Advisory Board
Institute for Transnational Arbitration - Advisory Board
Institute for Energy Law - Advisory Board
International Arbitration Club, London
International Arbitration Institute, Paris
Houston International Arbitration Club (co-founder)
AAA International Centre for Dispute Resolution International Panel
AAA Commercial and Energy Panels
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
ICC Latin American Arbitration Group
International Bar Association, Section of Energy & Natural Resources Law
Houston Bar Association

EDUCATION
J.D., University of Kansas
B.A., University of Kansas

ADMISSIONS
Texas