Offering the full range of dispute resolution services to energy, resources and infrastructure clients
Ashurst is proud to focus on the oil and gas, mining and utilities sectors, on contractual disputes including sale and purchase, joint venture and operator agreements. We have global experience in unitisation redeterminations, farm-in and farm-out agreements, price redeterminations, long-term supply and distribution agreements, royalty agreements and drilling contracts.. Clients turn to us for resolution of strategic and complex domestic and international disputes. We work with clients to secure excellent outcomes. If required we have extensive experience in litigation, arbitration and other dispute resolution mechanisms. We combine deep local market knowledge coupled with access to our global network, resources and expertise.
Trusted advisors on global energy and resources disputes
We advise some of the world's leading businesses in the oil and gas, mining and utilities sectors on contractual disputes including sale and purchase, joint venture and operator agreements. We have global experience in unitisation redeterminations, farm-in and farm-out agreements, price redeterminations, long-term supply and distribution agreements, royalty agreements and drilling contracts.
Understanding the market in which our clients operate
We offer more than excellent legal advice. We provide our clients with a comprehensive understanding of the issues arising on international energy and resources disputes. Our global teams combine an understanding of the market in which you operate and the legal expertise to help you find the right solutions quickly.
Our experience includes advising:
- On an arbitration concerning re-pricing of gas under one of the most significant long term gas supply agreements in Western Australia;
- The owner of one of the world's largest mines regarding mining infrastructure. Advice on the effect of contractual provisions enabled the client to recover its loss without the need for dispute proceedings;
- A project company in respect of a dispute under an EPC contract, governed by UAE law, relating to the alleged unavailability of a power plant in the UAE;
- A Project JV on disputed variation, delay, breach of contract and payment valuation claims arising under EPC contracts for a major LNG project, including acting in an UNCITRAL arbitration under the pipeline EPC contract;
- An operator of a gold mine in relation to a dispute with the mine owner concerning the termination of an operating agreement and unpaid amounts under a debt facilities agreement;
- A global resources company in relation to a major industrial refining plant involving issues surrounding the design, construction and operation (including the suitability of the processes) of that plant;
- A UK gas supplier on a £100m dispute concerning the failure of steam and gas turbines in a power plant in Kent, UK;
- A wind farm development company on issues arising under a power purchase agreement, EPC contract and services agreement due to force majeure; and
- A Japanese trading corporation on a dispute concerning the construction of processing facilities in Brunei.
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