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; and
- 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; and
- 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; and
- 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.
