Vanguard | Energy

We have extensive experience handling disputes in both the conventional energy sector (oil, gas, coal) and the renewable energy sector (wind, solar, tidal, bio-mass, hydro). Whether arising from concessions, exploration and production sharing agreements, power purchase agreements, fuel supply agreements, long-term gas supply agreements, or transportation and transmission agreements, we have the required knowledge and expertise to resolve such disputes.

We have represented corporate clients, state-owned enterprises, as well as formerly state-owned privatised entities active in power generation, transmission and distribution, as well as large industrial energy consumers and off-takers. Our expertise covers the full range of upstream, midstream, and downstream, exploration, production, pricing, transport, pipelines of oil, gas, LNG, shale, as well as all aspects of power generation, transmission, and trading and supply.

Representative Experience

Ad hoc arbitration between the parties to a joint operation agreement about their financial rights and funding obligations in relation to their joint operation of oil and gas fields in Africa
ICC arbitration between a Middle Eastern construction company and an energy multinational about a solar energy project in the Middle East
SCC arbitration between a Scandinavian multinational and a Middle Eastern company about a petrochemical project in Saudi Arabia
ICSID arbitration between an Eastern European State and a Cypriot investor arising out of (alleged) investments in the wind energy sector°
ICC arbitration between a French energy major and an international renewable energy group about the joint development of tidal turbine technology
Enforcement proceedings concerning SCC awards rendered between the national gas companies of two former CIS States about long term gas supplies and gas pricing

_°_{This case was handled as a mandate of a previous firm, prior to founding Vanguard International Dispute Resolution}

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