Energy Disputes

We have a dedicated energy disputes team which focuses solely on disputes arising across the oil & gas, power and renewable sectors. The disputes team is featured in Global Arbitration Review ‘GAR100’ of the world’s busiest international arbitration practices and ranked by Legal Week in 2015 in the top 10 litigation firms by revenue. 

As trusted advisors to numerous international energy companies, our energy disputes offering is truly global. We advise clients in the UK and across the world, from South America to the Far East, with significant recent experience in regions such as continental Europe, sub-Saharan Africa (for example, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria), North Africa (including Algeria, Egypt, Morroco, Tunisia), the Russian Federation, the Middle East (including extensive experience in Iraq) and Brazil. 

Our recent experience related to energy disputes includes advising:

• TAQA, Spirit Energy and JX Nippon on their rights under the joint operating agreements to discharge RockRose as operator of their joint venture. A move which has been described as ‘unique’ in the industry. Our clients were successful and the outcome of this case gave rise to new case law in an area of fundamental interest to oil and gas practitioners.
• An oil major on a complex arbitration relating to the re-development of an oilfield in Iraq, which was designed to boost national oil production in the country. Whilst the project site is located in Iraq, key client contacts and witnesses are located in Europe, North Africa, the USA, and South America.
• A major client in a potential arbitration concerning the supply and construction of subsea equipment in relation to an offshore gas field.
• UAE oil and gas companies in an ICC arbitration with their joint venture partner over its share of a license block in Iraq.  
• Wind farm owners in relation to a claim against its operation and maintenance contractor. The dispute concerned allegations of gross negligence, failure by the contractor to properly maintain the wind farm during the first 10 years of its life, and disagreement over the calculation for the availability guarantee.
• A multinational conglomerate on multiple disputes in relation to a package of EPC works being carried out on a Refinery Project Saudi Arabia. 
• On a high-value litigation for an exploration and production company relating to an FPSO chartered for the purposes of developing and producing an oil field in the North Sea. 
• A major electricity company in relation to issues arising under an EPC Contract with a contractor.

 To find out more about other related services you can visit the Energy & Climate Change expertise section.