Energy and natural resources
European power utility
Drafting, advising and negotiating master trading, term and long term supply agreements for biomass for its sourcing for its power plants in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Advising on and drafting all its LNG supply and shipping agreements for shipments from the US to Europe and Asia.
Drafting, advising and negotiating the terms of a long term LNG sale and purchase agreement for shipment from North America.
Advising in High Court on disputes arising out of the catastrophic failure of a 900 MW CCGT power plant; take or pay gas dispute; claims against the turbine supplier under the EPC contract; and captive insurance issues.
LCIA arbitration. Defending claims of a breach of a long term fuel supply agreement for its power plant in Europe. The issues concerned the question of authority to vary the agreement, implied terms and interpretation of the agreement.
UNCITRAL arbitration. Defending claims that the threshold to trigger a price review and re-negotiation of the price for fuel under a long term fuel supply agreement to a power plant had been activated.
European oil and gas group
Drafting and advising on the terms of a long term gas off-take agreement.
US Energy group
Advising on the terms of gas trading contracts for trading gas in the CIS.
Far East power utility
UNICITRAL arbitration. Disputes arising out of performance of a long term take or pay contract for the supply of gas.
Energy contract issues
Regularly advising on contracts for the supply and trading of coal, oil, gas and LPG and including; the interpretation and price review, arbitration, jurisdiction and clauses, force majeure, termination and quality issues, hardship clauses, price indices and indices substitution clauses, credit support and guarantee requirements.
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Energy and natural resources
International trade
Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd
Advised on their dispute with Citibank N.A concerning claims for US$270 million under repo' sales of metals made under master agreements following allegations of a major fraud at Qingdao port in China.
European power utility
LCIA arbitration. Defending claims of breach of a long term fuel supply agreement for its power plant in Europe. The issues concerned the question of authority to vary the agreement, implied terms and interpretation of the agreement.
UNCITRAL arbitration. Defending claims that the threshold to trigger a price review and re-negotiation of the price for fuel under a long term fuel supply agreement to a power plant had been activated.
ICC arbitration. Defending claims for price adjustments to the API2 price under split shipments of Russian coal in a long term supply agreement.
European commodity trading group
Concurrent ICC arbitrations. Bringing claims against a buyer under two contracts for the supply of coal; allegations of repudiatory breach under both contract. Subsequent enforcement proceedings and world-wide freezing orders.
International steel and industrial group
Advising on a series of claims made under guarantees for the supply and delivery of steel products and subsequent proceedings to enforce the guarantees.
Japanese trading group
Advising and drafting the terms of long term LPG sale contracts and ancillary CoA terms.
International trade issues
Regularly advising clients on vessel nomination, delivery, quality, force majeure, illegality and sanctions, pricing and payment, rejection, warehousing and storage, termination, jurisdiction and arbitration, bills of lading, commodity financing and repo contracts, letters of credit, performance bonds and guarantees.
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International trade